2025/03/28 – The Domino Effect of Faulty Metadata by Ricardo Hartley Belmar
“We cannot expect every metadata record to be flawless. But we can and must create minimum standards and processes for traceability and correction. Initiatives like COMET, FORCE11, Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework and the Open Science Monitor Initiative, among others, have all emphasized the need for metadata that is both machine-actionable and context-aware. The solution is not to abandon ambition but to declare the uncertainty, label the gaps, and document the provenance.”
2025/03/13 – NORF – Dr Michelle Doran joins Open Science Monitoring Initiative (OSMI) Working Groups
“We are pleased to announce that Dr Michelle Doran, the National Open Research Coordinator at NORF has recently joined the Open Science Monitoring Initiative (OSMI) as a member of Working Group 1 (WG1) and Working Group 2 (WG2).”
2025/02/19 – Monitoring Open Science in the Netherlands
“In 2025 OS-NL released a tender to develop a national monitoring strategy for the roll-out of Open Science in the Netherlands. The plan to consolidate progress at a national level is timely, and aligns with extra-national activities, including the establishment of the Open Science Monitoring Initiative, consultations from UNESCO for national monitoring strategies, and national-level monitoring already underway from EOSC.”