ICSTI Annual Conference 2012 WorldWideScience.org A Global Intersection of Science, Ethics, and Law ICSTI Annual Conference 2012 Richard Boulderstone, British Library WorldWideScience Alliance Chair Walter Warnick, U.S. Department of Energy WorldWideScience Alliance Operating Agent
A Recap: What is WorldWideScience.org? Progress since 2007 Global comprehensiveness Multilingual translations Multimedia search New members Relevance to scientific integrity New strategic directions
History and Collaboration WorldWideScience.org concept emanated from Science.gov model (2006) Initial partnership between U.S. Department of Energy and the British Library (2007) Transition to multilateral governance (WorldWideScience Alliance) and ICSTI* sponsorship (2008) *International Council for Scientific and Technical Information
WorldWideScience.org searches the ‘deep web’ Where science is hundreds of times larger than the “surface web” Generally not searchable by major search engines Deep Web
Multilingual Translations The world’s first “one to many” and “many to one” multilingual translations tool in science. Ten languages – Arabic, Chinese, German, English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian WorldWideScience.org partnering with Microsoft® Translator enables true multilingual functionality.
A Case Study for Enhanced Multimedia Access to Multimedia-based Science & Technology A Case Study for Enhanced Multimedia Search & Retrieval http://www.osti.gov/sciencecinema/ Partnership between OSTI and Microsoft Research. Launched in February 2011; searches ~2,600 multimedia files. Utilizes Microsoft Research Audio Video Indexing System (MAVIS). Enables searching of digitized spoken content. Users can search for precise term within video and be directed to the exact point in the video where the term was spoken.
Korean Association of Medical Journal Editors (KAMJE) WorldWideScience Alliance New Members Two New WorldWideScience Alliance Members Korean Association of Medical Journal Editors (KAMJE) DataCite
The intersection of science, ethics, and law is… WWS.org’s Relevance to Scientific Integrity The intersection of science, ethics, and law is… Scientific Integrity Intellectual Honesty Accuracy Fairness Transparency Responsibility
WWS.org’s Relevance to Scientific Integrity WWS’s 80+ databases are trusted, authoritative sources As national, or nationally-sanctioned databases, they have an implicit commitment to Scientific Integrity
WWS.org’s Relevance to Scientific Integrity With its global search of 80+ databases, WWS… Distills and ranks the “best of the best” Serving as a “multiplier” for scientific integrity
The Next Frontier for WWS = “Big Data” What’s next for WorldWideScience.org? The Next Frontier for WWS = “Big Data” How big is “big data”? Answer = 22,700,000 hits on Google But “big data” has two major problems It’s hard to find … and It’s hard to navigate … until now.
Federated Search of “Big Data” What’s next for WorldWideScience.org? Federated Search of “Big Data” TTT F Phe TTC F Phe TTA L Leu TTG L Leu i TCT S Ser TCC S Ser TCA S Ser TCG S Ser TAT Y Tyr TAC Y Tyr TAA * Ter TAG * Ter TGT C Cys TGC C Cys TGA * Ter TGG W Trp CTT L Leu CTC L Leu CTA L Leu CTG L Leu i CCT P Pro CCC P Pro CCA P Pro CCG P Pro CAT H His CAC H His CAA Q Gln CAG Q Gln CGT R Arg CGC R Arg CGA R
Data Collections Added to WorldWideScience.org BioGRID
Data Collections Added to WorldWideScience.org BioGRID DataCite
BioGRID DataCite DNA Data Bank of Japan Data Collections Added to WorldWideScience.org BioGRID DataCite DNA Data Bank of Japan
BioGRID DataCite DNA Data Bank of Japan DRYAD Data Collections Added to WorldWideScience.org BioGRID DataCite DNA Data Bank of Japan DRYAD
EMBL-EBI European Bioinformatics Institute Data Collections Added to WorldWideScience.org BioGRID DataCite DNA Data Bank of Japan DRYAD EMBL-EBI European Bioinformatics Institute
EMBL-EBI European Bioinformatics Institute ICSU World Data System Data Collections Added to WorldWideScience.org BioGRID DataCite DNA Data Bank of Japan DRYAD EMBL-EBI European Bioinformatics Institute ICSU World Data System
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Future Growth Opportunities for WWS.org What’s next for WorldWideScience.org? Future Growth Opportunities for WWS.org Inclusion of additional scientific data collections Collaboration opportunities with entities such as DataCite and DataBib Increased membership and participation, both as database/source owners and as WWS Alliance members Growth of Open Access movement in UK, EU, US represents next potential expansion for WWS
Inclusion of Open Access Resources What’s next for WorldWideScience.org? Inclusion of Open Access Resources Currently developing a prototype for federated searching of open access journals SOAJ – Science Open Access Journals – will be added to WWS later this year
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