ONCE IN A HUNDRED GENERATIONS How is the digital medium distinct from all of its hardcopy predecessors? Are there unique aspects of the digital medium that will transform knowledge management and discovery? Are there unique aspects of the digital medium that will transform knowledge management and discovery across our civilization? How is the digital medium distinct from all of its hardcopy predecessors? PAST 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 FUTURE TIME (years before present)

HUMAN COMMUNICATION ERAS INFORMATION VOLUME HUMAN COMMUNICATION ERAS DIGITAL PAPER INFORMATION TRANSPORT INFORMATION INTEGRATION INFORMATION PRESERVATION PAPYRUS CLAY Library of Alexandria STONE PAST 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 FUTURE TIME (years before present) © 2007 EvREsearch®

RESPOND TO THE FLOOD OF INFORMATION Information Resources THE DIGITAL CHALLENGE RESPOND TO THE FLOOD OF INFORMATION >80% Information Resources <20% Relational Schema

BORROMEAN RINGS OF MEANING CONTENT CONTEXT STRUCTURE EvREsearch®

How do we sustain digital information in the “public good”? Solutions are needed to resolve Organizational, Technical and Economic issues

INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR 2007-08 P.A. Berkman - Science 301:1669 (19 September 2003) “IPY-4 could add value by creating innovative strategies to integrate Earth and planetary data from past and ongoing research programs. Importantly, in our global society, such information-technology strategies will contribute to the welfare of nations by opening new doors for knowledge discovery.”

SCIENCE-POLICY INTERACTIONS

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INTEGRATION CONCEPT = “MINOR OR TRANSITORY”

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INTEGRATION CONCEPT TRENDS CONCEPT LINKAGES

Antarctic Treaty Summit: Science-Policy Interactions in International Governance 2009 Washington, D.C. 1959 Antarctic Treaty

“…for peaceful purposes only…”

SCALABILITY LIMITATION OF METADATA A simple model to illustrate the exponentially increasing volume of metadata, as the granularity is doubled, relative to the actual data. In this model, the total volume of all information granules is constant (arbitrarily 20 units) and total volume of the metadata schema for each granule is fixed (arbitrarily 1 unit) independent of granule size.