SEMSCI 2018 - 2ND WORKSHOP ON ENABLING OPEN SEMANTIC SCIENCE (SEMSCI 2018)

In the past few years, a push for open reproducible research has led to community efforts for publishing datasets, software and methods described in scientific publications. These efforts underpin research outcomes more explicitly accessible. However, the time and effort required to achieve this form of scientific communication remains a barrier to reproducibility. Furthermore, scientific experiments are becoming increasingly complex, and ensuring that research outcomes become understandable, reusable and reproducible is still a challenge. The goal of this workshop is to incentivize practical solutions and fundamental thinking to bridge the gap between existing scientific communication methods and the vision of a reproducible and accountable open science. Semantic Web technologies provide a promising means for achieving this goal, enabling more transparent descriptions for all scientific objects required for this envisioned form of science and communication.