The establishment of publically-accessible, global oceanographic and biological databases, as well as the movement towards open-source publications, software, and engineering are providing resources to facilitate scientific inclusion and opportunities. In this way, open-source science has the potential to form new collaboration, increase scientific legitimacy, and expand capacity.
This session focuses on the development and implementation of these resources by a broad cross-section of users: scientists, policy makers, stakeholders, coastal communities, etc.
We invite contributions that discuss the development of open-source tools and databases, the use of these resources to address scientific, policy, or management challenges, and considerations for the continuation of the open-source trend.
Presenters will have the option to temporarily host unpublished software and data on conference servers.