Affiliations: National Institute of Statistical Sciences, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA. E-mail: karr@niss.org
Abstract: If data availability were a simple problem, it would already have
been resolved. In this paper, I argue that by viewing data availability as a
public good, it is possible to both understand the complexities with which it
is fraught and identify a path to a solution.
Keywords: Data availability, public good, replicability, reproducibility, data archive