AUTHOR=Maier Dieter , Exner Thomas E. , Papadiamantis Anastasios G. , Ammar Ammar , Tsoumanis Andreas , Doganis Philip , Rouse Ian , Slater Luke T. , Gkoutos Georgios V. , Jeliazkova Nina , Ilgenfritz Hilmar , Ziegler Martin , Gerhard Beatrix , Kopetsky Sebastian , Joshi Deven , Walker Lee , Svendsen Claus , Sarimveis Haralambos , Lobaskin Vladimir , Himly Martin , van Rijn Jeaphianne , Winckers Laurent , Millán Acosta Javier , Willighagen Egon , Melagraki Georgia , Afantitis Antreas , Lynch Iseult TITLE=Harmonising knowledge for safer materials via the “NanoCommons” Knowledge Base JOURNAL=Frontiers in Physics VOLUME=11 YEAR=2023 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physics/articles/10.3389/fphy.2023.1271842 DOI=10.3389/fphy.2023.1271842 ISSN=2296-424X ABSTRACT=
In mediaeval Europe, the term “commons” described the way that communities managed land that was held “in common” and provided a clear set of rules for how this “common land” was used and developed by, and for, the community. Similarly, as we move towards an increasingly knowledge-based society where data is the new oil, new approaches to sharing and jointly owning publicly funded research data are needed to maximise its added value. Such common management approaches will extend the data’s useful life and facilitate its reuse for a range of additional purposes, from modelling, to meta-analysis to regulatory risk assessment as examples relevant to nanosafety data. This “commons” approach to nanosafety data and nanoinformatics infrastructure provision, co-development, and maintenance is at the heart of the “