1. 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?
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2. HUMAN COMMUNICATION ERAS
INFORMATION VOLUME
HUMAN COMMUNICATION ERAS
DIGITAL
PAPER
INFORMATION TRANSPORT
INFORMATION INTEGRATION
INFORMATION PRESERVATION
PAPYRUS
CLAY
Library of Alexandria
STONE
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3. RESPOND TO THE FLOOD OF INFORMATION Information Resources
THE DIGITAL CHALLENGE
RESPOND TO THE FLOOD OF INFORMATION
>80%
Information Resources
<20%
Relational Schema

4. BORROMEAN RINGS OF MEANING
CONTENT
CONTEXT
STRUCTURE
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5. How do we sustain digital information in the “public good”?
Solutions are needed to resolve
Organizational, Technical and Economic issues

6. 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.”

7. SCIENCE-POLICY INTERACTIONS

8. DEPARTMENT OF STATE

9. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INTEGRATION CONCEPT = “MINOR OR TRANSITORY”

10. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INTEGRATION
CONCEPT TRENDS
CONCEPT LINKAGES

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

12. “…for peaceful purposes only…”

13. 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.