Project initiated November 2020
Principles
- All information is to be publicly disclosed, publicly accessible and publicly searchable.
- An organisation may be a charity, political party, “think tank”, trust or otherwise: not just a commercial entity.
- Benefits include everything from a commission for undertaking a piece of research, through to a cheap promotional pen gifted by an organisational representative.
- An ‘interest’ includes equity, royalties, patents and otherwise.
Workstreams
Data modelling
- Define common lexicon / data model: must be flexible enough to be used by journals, conferences etc - models available here
Automation
- Tasked with developing a set of automated tools for pulling in / analysing COI data from major journals
Outreach
Responsibilities are, broadly, twofold:
- Develop relationships with all the professional bodies (ABPI, NMC, GMC, BPS etc) - technical and policy
- Develop relationships with all the leading journals with a view to them adopting a common data model for all COI data
Development / infrastructure
- Tasked with writing a set of services for managing COI data