HISTORICAL TRACK ON THE PRACTICE OF RESEARCH DATA PUBLICATION

Abstract

This article presents the publication of data throughout history, highlighting the practice as a form of record left by man over time. It discusses, through Bruno Latour's Actor Network Theory, the mobilization of worlds made possible by practice. It tracks “science in action” and discusses visibility, collaboration, data reuse, driving innovation, and scientific discovery. A time frame is adopted based on the main periods of history (prehistory, ancient times, middle ages, modern and contemporary ages), associating them with their forms of data and information records. The methodology consisted of an exhaustive literature review in databases, digital libraries and repositories on the subject: publication of research data. It is concluded that the practice has been evolving over time, according to the technological transformations of the period. The innovative character of the practice is attributed to the researcher or data producer, considering it as an instrument to safeguard the memory for posterity. Finally, it is understood that the proposal for publishing research data in the context of Open Science, as a means of scientific communication, is in the process of appropriation and national and international experimentation among peers.