Open Forum - Call for Opinions: The Role of Workshops in the Dissemination of Research Results

摘要

The Open Forum Column was introduced with the March 2008 issue as a forum for members of the broader data management community to present (meta-)ideas about non-technical issues and challenges of interest to the entire community. With this issue, we are taking the next (evolutionary) step for the column, namely opening the floor to comments and opinions from the entire community on a specific topic. The goal is simple: allow more members of the community to express their opinion about a particular topic and hopefully identify a consensus, whenever possible.