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. 2016 Dec 1;5(1):1-4.
doi: 10.1093/gigascience/giw003.

Bermuda 2.0: reflections from Santa Cruz

Jenny Reardon  1 , Rachel A Ankeny  2 , Jenny Bangham  3 , Katherine W Darling  1 , Stephen Hilgartner  4 , Kathryn Maxson Jones  5 , Beth Shapiro  6 , Hallam Stevens  7 ; Genomic Open workshop group
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Bermuda 2.0: reflections from Santa Cruz

Jenny Reardon et al. Gigascience. .

Abstract

In February 1996, the genome community met in Bermuda to formulate principles for circulating genomic data. Although it is now 20 years since the Bermuda Principles were formulated, they continue to play a central role in shaping genomic and data-sharing practices. However, since 1996, "openness" has become an increasingly complex issue. This commentary seeks to articulate three core challenges data-sharing faces today.

Keywords: Bermuda Principles; Data; Openness; Sharing.

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Three “Bermuda Meetings” were held in 1996a, 1997b, and 1998c. At each subsequent meeting the principles for data sharing were affirmed, extended, updated, and refined.
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Covers of biology community newsletters; here, Arabidopsis Newsletter (1990) and Worm Breeder's Gazette (1990). These, like Drosophila Information Service and many others (see [3] for a partial list), helped to adjudicate community membership and mediate sharing and ownership. They typically communicated technical innovations, nomenclatures, community news and lists of which (living) stocks could be obtained from what laboratories. Cover images courtesy of Department of Genetics Library, University of Cambridge.
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