https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201818601001
Data as a research infrastructure CDS, the Virtual Observatory, astronomy, and beyond
Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg, UMR 7550, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
* e-mail: francoise.genova@astro.unistra.fr ORCID iD 0000-0002-6318-5028
Published online: 27 July 2018
The situation of data sharing in astronomy is positioned in the current general context of a political push towards, and rapid development of, scientific data sharing. Data is already one of the major infrastructures of astronomy, thanks to the data and service providers and to the International Virtual Observatory Alliance (IVOA). Other disciplines are moving on in the same direction. International organisations, in particular the Research Data Alliance (RDA), are developing building blocks and bridges to enable scientific data sharing across borders. The liaisons between RDA and astronomy, and RDA activities relevant to the librarian community, are discussed.
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