Why is access to underlying data important?

Providing access to all data, including underlying data is key in fulfilling OpenEPI’s goal of rapid and free exchange of knowledge, research and ideas.

When we remove barriers to data sharing and reuse, innovators, researchers and decision makers can freely benefit from open data in their own data and knowledge driven processes, and the scientific community can freely build upon each other’s work.

Access to all data allows for:

• Barrier-free and timely access to data
• Reassessment of current data interpretations and analysis
• Ability to verify, reproduce, and reuse data in new ways
• Data provenance and preservation
• Innovation of new data products and services, for the good of humanity and the SGD efforts.