----- Original Message ----- > again, sorry, only for those local. > but for the rest, interesting to note the use of these tools to handle > data dissemination. >... > Michael Buckland wrote: >> FRIDAY AFTERNOON SEMINAR ON INFORMATION ACCESS. >> South Hall 107, Fridays 3-5 pm >> http://courses.ischool.berkeley.edu/i296a-1/s08/schedule.html >> Everyone interested is welcome! >> >> Feb 8: Eric KANSA: An Open Context for Archaeology. >> The common use by archaeologists of ubiquitous technologies such as >> computers and digital cameras means that archaeological research projects >> now produce huge amounts of diverse, digital documentation. However, >> while the technology is available to collect this documentation, we still >> largely lack community accepted dissemination channels appropriate for >> such torrents of data. Open Context (http://www.opencontext.org) aims to >> help fill this gap by providing open access data publication services for >> archaeology. Open Context has a flexible and generalized technical >> architecture that can accommodate most archaeological datasets, despite >> the lack of common recording systems or other documentation standards. >> Open Context includes a variety of tools to make data dissemination >> easier and more worthwhile. Authorship is clearly identified through >> citation tools, a web-based publication systems enables individuals >> upload their own data for review, and collaboration is facilitated >> through easy download and other features. While we have demonstrated a >> potentially valuable approach for data sharing, we face significant >> challenges in scaling Open Context up for serving large quantities of >> data from multiple projects. >> This talk will explore future work with commercial service providers, >> including Metaweb to expand these efforts with a much more robust data >> sharing infrastructure.
