FrontMatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 Welcome by CODATA President --Shuichi Iwata -- 2 Introduction by Symposium Chair--M. G. K. Menon -- 3 UNESCO's Approach to Open-Access and Public-Domain Information--Koïchiro Matsuura -- 4 Science Communication and Public Policy--David Dickson -- SESSION 1: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, AND TECHNOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK FOR OPEN ACCESS AND THE PUBLIC DOMAIN IN DIGITAL DATA AND INFORMATION FOR SCIENCE -- 5 Introductory Remarks by Session Chair--Elizabeth Longworth -- 6 Overview of Legal Aspects in the European Union--Thomas Dreier -- 7 Database Protection in Countries of the South--Alan Story -- 8 Economic Overview of Open Access and the Public Domain in Digital Scientific and Technical Information--Robin Cowan -- 9 Scientific Research, Information Flows, and the Impact of Database Protection on Developing Countries--Clemente Forero-Pineda -- 10 Information Technology and Data in the Context of Developing Countries--Chrisanthi Avgerou -- SESSION 2: DATA AND INFORMATION IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH SECTOR -- 11 Introductory Remarks by Session Chair--Dialo Diop -- 12 The Ptolemy Project: Delivering Electronic Health Information in East Africa--Massey Beveridge -- 13 Health Information for Disaster Preparedness in Latin America--Jean Luc Poncelet -- 14 Bioline International and the Journal of Postgraduate Medicine: A Collaborative Model of Open-Access Publishing--D. K. Sahu and Leslie Chan -- SESSION 3: DATA AND INFORMATION IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SECTOR -- 15 Introductory Remarks by Session Chair--Farouk El-Baz -- 16 Geospatial Information for Development--Mukund Rao -- 17 Borders in Cyberspace: Conflicting Government Information Policies and Their Economic Impacts--Peter Weiss -- 18 Recent Developments in Environmental Data Access Policies in the Peoples' Republic of China--Liu Chuang.

SESSION 4: BASIC SCIENCES AND HIGHER EDUCATION -- 19 Introductory Remarks by Session Chair--Lulama Makhubela -- 20 Information Needs for Basic Research: An African Perspective--Andrew M. Kaniki -- 21 International Transfer of Information in the Physical Sciences--R. Stephen Berry -- 22 Access to Scientific Information: The Ukrainian Research and Academic Network--Mikhail Zgurovsky -- SESSION 5: INNOVATIVE MODELS FOR PUBLIC-DOMAIN PRODUCTION OF AND OPEN ACCESS TO SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL DATA AND INFORMATION -- 23 Introductory Remarks by Session Chair--Dominique Foray -- 24 A Contractually Reconstructed Research Commons for Scientific Data: International Considerations--Jerome Reichman and Paul Uhlir -- 25 The Open-Source Paradigm and the Production of Scientific Information: A Future Vision and Implications for Developing Countries--Charles M. Schweik , J. Morgan Grove, and Tom P. Evans -- 26 New and Changing Scientific Publication Practices Due to Open-Access Publication Initiatives--Erik Sandewall -- 27 Overview of Open-Access and Public-Commons Initiatives in the United States--Harlan Onsrud -- SESSION 6: EXAMPLES OF NEW INITIATIVES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- 28 Introductory Remarks by Session Chair--Alexei Gvishiani -- 29 Overview of Initiatives in the Developing World--Sarah Durrant -- 30 Open-Source Geographic Information Systems Software: Myths and Realities--Gilberto Câmara and Harlan Onsrud -- 31 Open-Access Research and the Public Domain in South African Universities: The Public Knowledge Project's Open Journal Systems--Sal Muthayan -- 32 The Public Knowledge Project's Open Journal Systems--Florence Muinde -- 33 Metadata Clearinghouse and Open Access to Geographic Data in Namibia--Ndaendelao (Emma) Noongo and Nico Willemse -- 34 Open-Access Initiatives in India--T. B. Rajashekar -- 35 Closing Remarks--M. G. K. Menon -- APPENDIXES.

Appendix A--International Symposium on Open Access and the Public Domain in Digital Data and Information for Science -- Appendix B--Biographical Summaries of Symposium Speakers and Steering Committee Members -- Appendix C--Symposium Attendees -- Appendix D--Acronyms and Initialisms.