NPG’s experience of working with OpenSocial Marta Rolak, Nature Publishing Group, for the First European OpenSocial event in Utrecht, 7 th December 2010 Workbench Marta Rolak Product Manager Nature Publishing Group

Marta Rolak, Nature Publishing Group, 7 th December Nature – present since Nature Network – scientists want to be social too 3.Workbench – it’s all about sharing 4.Why OpenSocial? Because it’s open and social ;) 5.Plans for the future 6.Questions?

Marta Rolak, Nature Publishing Group, 7 th December 2010 Nature – present since 1869, online since 1996 Mission: First, to serve scientists through prompt publication of significant advances in any branch of science. Second, to ensure that the results of science are rapidly disseminated to the public

Marta Rolak, Nature Publishing Group, 7 th December 2010 Nature Network – scientists want to be social  Social network for scientists, launched 2007  Scientists can: write blogs network with other researchers join groups and forums participate in Q&A use widgets on Workbench since early 2010

Marta Rolak, Nature Publishing Group, 7 th December 2010 Workbench – it’s all about sharing  Aim: To help scientists work faster  Customizable platform with science widgets  Users can add/remove widgets, move them around on their personal Workbench  Significance of scientific collaboration in times of limited funding for research

Marta Rolak, Nature Publishing Group, 7 th December 2010 Workbench – it’s all about sharing  Science widgets – small applications for researchers  Workbench = OpenSocial container Protein to DNA converters Semantic search Your contacts Melting point calculator Peopletracker Nature search Workbench as an OpenSocial container widgets Shindig enabled quick implementation Other widget containers

Marta Rolak, Nature Publishing Group, 7 th December 2010 Why OpenSocial? Because it’s open and social ;)  The web is better when it’s social - OPEN  Nature Publishing Group is a champion of online sharing Connotea APIs (social bookmarking site) available since late 2004 Open Search APIs launched in 2009 allow remote searching of nature.com  Developers should be able to submit their apps to multiple platforms SOCIAL  Nature Network promotes social connections We want to be open. And social. =

Marta Rolak, Nature Publishing Group, 7 th December 2010 Widgets wanted Our Workbench is now open!  We would like to invite everyone to submit widgets to Workbench on Nature Network ResearchersDevelopers WIDGETSWIDGETS Let’s build Workbench together and help research happen faster!

Marta Rolak, Nature Publishing Group, 7 th December 2010 Widget wish list  Widgets can facilitate research in many ways: They can be purely scientific, i.e. DNA sequence manipulation tools, or they can help make everyday life easier, i.e. time zone converters Time converter to correctly set up conference calls with colleagues in distant labs Apps that facilitate sharing documents, i.e. SlideShare, Google Docs To do list – to remind scientists to make brilliant discoveries RSS readers 4

Marta Rolak, Nature Publishing Group, 7 th December 2010 Submission process Developer Workbench team Editorial guidelines Technical guidelines Nature Network QA team T&Cs

Marta Rolak, Nature Publishing Group, 7 th December 2010 Widget XML example

Marta Rolak, Nature Publishing Group, 7 th December 2010 Please get in touch! Contact: Marta Rolak Blog: Speaking of science widgets Even the smallest app can change the course of the future :o)

Marta Rolak, Nature Publishing Group, 7 th December 2010 Thank you