why are we here?

http://xkcd.com/285/

this article is about the research concept acknowledging the use of another's ideas.

this article is about the research concept acknowledging the use of another's ideas.

this talk is about the research concept acknowledging the use of another's data.

but first…

1. find data.2. access data.

3. understand data.4. be influenced by data.

5. provide credit back for influence.

so let’s be clear that citing data depends on a lot of other actions…

and try to figure out if this is about credit, influence, the advancement of science, or something else.

1. we start from a position of agreement: data citation is needed.

this run of slides was influenced by Todd Carpenter and Paul Groth.

requirements inherited from print…

2. we also start from a position of uncertainty.

this run of slides was also influenced by Todd Carpenter and Paul Groth.

(ontology is important)

unfashionable media are hard to preserve

http://dmg025.deviantart.com/art/Red-Solo-Cup-88322623

3. we must avoid “this time is different” thinking.

lesson:we usually get it wrong, or at best semi-right, the first time we do

it.

lesson:when we try to solve all the problems at once, we overdo it.

“Taking the "forklift upgrade" approach to networking, it specified eliminating all existing protocols and replacing them with new ones at all layers of the stack. This made implementation difficult, and was resisted by many vendors and users with significant investments in other network technologies. In addition, the protocols included so many optional features that many vendor's implementations were not interoperable.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Systems_Interconnection

lesson:let the critics fix the problems.

lesson:leave enough time to train a new class of users.

Influenced by Michael Buckland

4.learn from Borges on his birthday, and remember it’s about the

use of data, and its influence on science.

the glut of books rendered them useless…

…and librarians very depressed.

deleting “nonsense” datathe mythical person who knows all

the ontology of all ontologiesthe catalog of all catalogs

can we solve citation before we understand how to store and preserve, how to forget, how to name, how to find, how to

distinguish?

why are we here?there is a path.

because there is a path.

simple. weak. scalable. open.

simple. weak. scalable. open.

simple. weak. scalable. open.

simple. weak. scalable. open.

thank you.

wilbanks@creativecommons.org@wilbanks