The High Level Expert Group on Scientific Data has submitted a report to the European Commission titled "Riding the Wave: How Europe Can Gain From The Rising Tide of Scientific Data", which can be found at http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/newsroom/cf/itemlongdetail.cfm?item_id=6204
My thanks to Herbert Van de Sompel (a member of the expert group) for the pointer to this work.
Clifford Lynch Director, CNI
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