Open Science (OS) is a set of principles and best practices aimed at making the scientific process transparent, collaborative, and accessible to all. It accelerates scientific progress by providing public access to scientific products—such as publications, data, software, algorithms, protocols, and workflows—allowing for unhindered reuse and redistribution. Open Science is a dynamic concept that has expanded to include Citizen Science, Open Education, and Open Innovation.

Proper Research Data Management (RDM) is the foundational pillar of Open Science. It covers how data are planned, generated, structured, kept, shared, and securely deleted. In metrology, RDM is critical for ensuring that measurements are stable, comparable, coherent, and traceable.