Open Source Science Initiative (OSSci)
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- Join the Map of Open Source Science (MOSS) Interest Group
- Join the Reproducible Science Interest Group
What is OSSci?
OSSci will serve as an avenue for connecting open science stakeholders using and developing open source software within the NF ecosystem. The facilitation of these networking opportunities will bring together participants from NF projects, academia, government, and industry to openly collaborate on common goals.
OSSci will promote the idea of supporting, building, using, and connecting OSS tools in science by:
- serving as a catalyst for Open Source Science connections within the NF ecosystem
- supporting NF projects to add research expertise
- run working groups of scientists and OSSci developers around the areas of science where the projects reside — materials, climate, healthcare
- build an OSSci community and partner network, joining forces with fellow nonprofits, alliances, and government initiatives around the world
- run and manage OSSci Hub, a web portal for OSSci to allow open and easily accessible stakeholder communication
- run workshops and events supporting the working groups and projects
The Three Pillars of OSSci
1. Community Stewardship
We nurture and convene communities around the OSS used to do science. The joy of being together and forming a community of discovery is one of the key motivations to do science in the first place, and functioning as a community is also one of the main pleasures we have in life. As Antoine de Saint-Exupery sad, the only luxury we have in life is the luxury of human communication.
2. Mapping Science to OSS
We systematically map all areas of science to the OSS projects used to advance those areas, and identify needs and gaps where new projects are required or existing projects should be extended or integrated with other OSS projects. We prioritize those needs and gaps with the community.
3. Enabling new OSS development
Once we bring the community together behind the priorities, we work with partners to enable the hard valuable and fun work of software engineering required to fill on the gaps and meet the needs of scientists.