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A Social Networking Research Environment for Scientific Data Sharing: The D4Science Offering M. Assante, L. Candela, D. Castelli, F. Mangiacrapa, P. Pagano {assante|candela|castelli|gioia|mangiacrapa| pagano}@isti.cnr.it Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell’Informazione - Italian National Research Council - CNR GL 15 2-3 12 2013 Bratislava, Slovak Republic www.d4science.org D4Science Infrastructure
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A Social Networking Research Environment for Scientific Data Sharing: The D4Science Offering
M. Assante, L. Candela, D. Castelli, F. Mangiacrapa, P. Pagano{assante|candela|castelli|gioia|mangiacrapa|pagano}@isti.cnr.itIstituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell’Informazione - Italian National Research Council - CNR
GL 15
2-3 12 2013Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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Supporting enhanced forms of scientific communication
Digital Libraries (DLs) are nowadays called to support enhanced forms of scientific communication:
• based on publication of comprehensive scientific
theories;
• including the data and algorithms they are based
on;
• to make it possible for others to identify errors, to
support, reject or refine theories and to reuse data
for further understanding and knowledge.
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Boulton, G.; Campbell, P.; Collins, B.; Elias, P.; Hall, D. W.; Laurie, G.; O'Neill, O.; Rawlins, M.; Thornton, D. J.; Vallance, P. & Walport, M. Science as an Open Enterprise. The Royal Society, 2012
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DLs are actually Virtual Research Environments* requested to:
• manage in a seamless way a large amount of data ranging from traditional research outputs, mainly papers and experimental data, to living reports, executable research papers, and scientific workflows;
• promote collaboration among coworkers by realizing
innovative research paths and strategies. To make this
more challenging, data to be managed often fall into
the “big data” domain.
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Supporting enhanced forms of scientific communication
* L. Candela, D. Castelli, P. Pagano (2013) Virtual Research Environments: An Overview and a Research Agenda. Data Science Journal, Vol. 12, p. GRDI75-GRDI81 http://dx.doi.org/10.2481/dsj.GRDI-013
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The D4Science Offering
We present an innovative environment conceived to satisfy the above requirements via social networking research facilities offered by the D4Science Infrastructure.
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The D4Science social networking facilities
A set of applications made available through a thin client (namely a web browser) and relying on the D4Science Hybrid Data Infrastructure (HDI):
• An HDI is an IT infrastructure providing its users
with a comprehensive set of data management &
computing facilities offered as-a-Service.
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These facilities are conceptually close to the common facilities promoted by social networks:
• yet adapted to promote large scale collaboration and cooperation on comprehensive scientific products, data sets, theories and tools.
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The D4Science social networking facilities
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D4Science Home Social
A continuously updated list of events / news produced by users and applications
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User-shared News
User-shared News
Application-shared News
Application-shared News
Share NewsShare News
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D4Science Workspace
A folder-based file system allowing to manage complex information objects in a seamless way
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Information objects can be •files, dataset, workflows, experiments, etc. •organized into folders and shared•disseminated via URIs•accessed via WebDAV
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D4Science Notifications
A list of happenings organized by date, e.g. publication of a research product, comments on a research product, etc..
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D4Science Personalization
A settings area where the user can configure diverse aspects characterizing the system behavior including his/her data and notification preferences
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Recap and Conclusion
The D4Science social networking facilities represent an innovative approach that nicely complement the DL offering and boost cooperation and collaboration. These facilities are:
• conceptually borrowed from social networks yet adapted to deal with the scientific data practices.
• exploit an Hybrid Data Infrastructure, providing users with the capability to effectively share “big data” or scientific products.
• suitable for heterogeneous contexts ranging from cultural heritage to biodiversity communities of practice.
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Useful links
D4Science Infrastructurewww.d4science.org
gCube: the enabling technologywww.gcube-system.org
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