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Overlaying species occurrence data with climate data
One of the goals of the rOpenSci is to facilitate interoperability between different data sources around web with our tools. We can achieve this by providing functionality within our packages that...
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rOpenHack report
The rOpenSci project is a poster child for the fluid collaboration that has become increasingly common these days thanks to platforms like Twitter and GitHub. It has been really inspring to see open...
View Articletaxize v0.3.0 update - a new data source, taxonomy in writing, and uBio examples
We just released v0.3 of taxize. For details on the update, see the release notes. Some new featuresNew function iplant_resolve() to do name resolution using the iPlant name resolution service. Note,...
View ArticleReproducible research is still a challenge
Science is reportedly in the middle of a reproducibility crisis. Reproducibility seems laudable and is frequently called for (e.g., nature and science). In general the argument is that research that...
View ArticlerOpenSci awarded $300k from the Sloan Foundation
We're delighted to announce that we have received additional funding from the Sloan Foundation to continue and expand our efforts from the past year. We're grateful for the overwhelming support from...
View ArticleChanges in rnoaa v0.2.0
We just released v0.2 of rnoaa. For details on the update, see the release notes. What follows are some notes on the more important changes.Updating to v0.2Install rnoaa from...
View ArticleNCEAS Codefest
We're delighted to be sponsoring the upcoming Open Science Codefest in Santa Barbara, California, alongside RENCI, NCEAS, NSF, DataONE, and Mozilla Science Lab. The Open Science Codefest's goal is to...
View ArticleCommunity conversations and a new package for full text
CommunityCommunity is at the heart of rOpenSci. We couldn't have accomplished most of our work without help from various contributors and users.Most of our discussions with the broader community over...
View ArticleAnnouncing our ambassadors program
In the last 12 months we traveled all over the world delivering talks and hands on workshops at various conferences and universities. This was a great opportunity for us to raise awareness for the...
View ArticlerOpenSci at NESCent Open Tree of Life Hackathon
The Open Tree of Life project aims to synthesize our combined knowledge of how organisms relate to each other, and make the results available to anyone who wants to use them. At present, the project...
View ArticleNCEAS Codefest Follow-up
The week after labor day, we had the pleasure of attending the NCEAS open science codefest event in Santa Barbara. It was great to meet folks like the new arrivals at the expanding Mozilla Science Lab,...
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New fiscal sponsorship agreement with NumFocus foundation
I’m very pleased to announce that rOpenSci has signed a comprehensive fiscal sponsorship agreement with the NumFocus foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit that supports R&D for open source scientific...
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Introducing Rocker: Docker for R
You only know two things about Docker. First, it uses Linux containers. Second, the Internet won't shut up about it. -- attributed to Solomon Hykes, Docker CEOSo what is Docker?Docker is a relatively...
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Growth of open data in biology
Why open data growthAt rOpenSci we try to make it easier for people to use open data and contribute open data to the community. The question often arises: How much open data do we have? Another angle...
View ArticleCommunity calls
Key to the success of rOpenSci is our community and we want to hear more regularly from our members, and foster new interactions among the group. In addition, community calls are a way for us to give...
View ArticleCurling - exploring web request options
rOpenSci specializes in creating R libraries for accessing data resources on the web from R. Most times you request data from the web in R with our packages, you should have no problem. However, you...
View ArticleIntroducing a Wishlist for Scientific R Packages
There are two things that make R such a wonderful programming environment - the vast number of packages to access, process and interpret data, and the enthusiastic individuals and subcommunities (of...
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Database interfaces
There are many different databases. The most familiar are row-column SQL databases like MySQL, SQLite, or PostgreSQL. Another type of database is the key-value store, which as a concept is very simple:...
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The challenge of combining 176 x #otherpeoplesdata to create the Biomass And...
Despite the hype around "big data", a more immediate problem facing many scientific analyses is that large-scale databases must be assembled from a collection of small independent and heterogeneous...
View ArticleA drat repository for rOpenSci
We're happy to announce the launch of a CRAN-style repository for rOpenSci at http://packages.ropensci.orgThis repository contains the latest nightly builds from the master branch of all rOpenSci...
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