1. 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

2. A Recap: What is WorldWideScience.org?
Progress since 2007
Global comprehensiveness
Multilingual translations
Multimedia search
New members
Relevance to scientific integrity
New strategic directions

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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.

7. A Case Study for Enhanced Multimedia
Access to Multimedia-based Science & Technology
A Case Study for Enhanced Multimedia
Search & Retrieval
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.

8. Korean Association of Medical Journal Editors (KAMJE)
WorldWideScience Alliance
New Members
Two New WorldWideScience Alliance Members
Korean Association of Medical Journal Editors (KAMJE)
DataCite

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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.

13. Federated Search of “Big Data”
What’s next for
WorldWideScience.org?
Federated Search of “Big Data”
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14. Data Collections Added to
WorldWideScience.org
BioGRID

16. Data Collections Added to
WorldWideScience.org
BioGRID
DataCite

18. BioGRID DataCite DNA Data Bank of Japan Data Collections Added to
WorldWideScience.org
BioGRID
DataCite
DNA Data Bank of Japan

20. BioGRID DataCite DNA Data Bank of Japan DRYAD
Data Collections Added to
WorldWideScience.org
BioGRID
DataCite
DNA Data Bank of Japan
DRYAD

22. EMBL-EBI European Bioinformatics Institute
Data Collections Added to
WorldWideScience.org
BioGRID
DataCite
DNA Data Bank of Japan
DRYAD
EMBL-EBI European Bioinformatics Institute

24. 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

26. PLAY
WWS Demo 1

27. PLAY
WWS Demo 2

28. 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

29. 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

30. PLAY
WWS Demo 3