## Open Data

Open Data are research data. Offering them openly allows researchers to build on previous research.

Open Data is part of Open Science. By Open Science we mean the practice of science in a way that allows others to collaborate, contribute to and make use of the scientific process. It was decided not to use Open Science as an umbrella term, because it suggests that it refers only to scientific information. Moreover, when Open Science is discussed internationally, it often only refers to Open Data.