Data Stewardship for Open Science

Preface

When I was asked to write this book in early 2015, my first reaction was: “Why write a book with the essential message to stop writing?” However, after giving it some thought, and after talking to a few colleagues, I decided that this book may serve a purpose after all.

I fully understand that a printed book in (and about) the era of data-driven science seems like an anachronism. But, first of all, this book has an e-book version and, much more importantly, it is for a large part accessible in open access in the context of a data stewardship wizard. In the wizard there will be regular updates, as well as community participation in further improving the essentials for good data stewardship for open science.

Since the agreement to write ...