[Open-access] [SPAM:###] Re: [open-science] Open Access licence data crowdsourcing exercise

Fri Jan 18 13:51:04 UTC 2013

Yes this would be a standard approach to verifying crowdsourced data.

Mark

On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Victoria Stodden <vcs at stodden.net> wrote:

> Suggestion: Is it possible to design the interface so that multiple
> people unknowingly collect information on the same journal? The idea
> is that if 20 of 20 people independently say journal X uses CC BY then
> it probably does, but if the license labeling in the spreadsheet turns
> out to be inconsistent for a particular journal then closer scrutiny
> can be applied (perhaps the journal isn't clear or uses a custom
> hybrid license and people record this quite differently etc.). You
> could, for example, randomize the order in which the empty cells are
> presented to contributors.
>
> The reason to implement a redundancy approach is to increase the
> chances that each entry is correct, and uncover areas of nuanced
> licensing.
>
> Victoria
>
> On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 7:52 AM, Daniel Lombraña González
> <teleyinex at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 12:45 PM, Mark MacGillivray <
> mark at cottagelabs.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 9:08 AM, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 8:58 AM, Daniel Lombraña González
> >>> <teleyinex at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi Peter and Ross,
> >>>>
> >>>> What about creating an app in Crowdcrafting for this problem? Will you
> >>>> be interested? It could be really engaging for big media like
> slashdot.org
> >>>> or similar web sites, so if we create an app that can help to do
> that, we
> >>>> may send a notice to Reddit.com or Slashdot.org and get all the work
> done
> >>>> really quickly.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Great idea.
> >>
> >>
> >> For the latest work I have done on Bibserver, I considered the use of
> >> crowdcrafting too - I have not done it yet, but it is now possible to
> get
> >> bibserver to generate something like a list of similar articles which
> could
> >> then be passed to a crowdcrafting app for deduplication or cleanup, or
> >> collection of license terms or links to where an article can be
> downloaded.
> >
> >
> > That sounds feasible and possible :D As usual, if you need help (or
> anyone
> > on the list) for creating a PyBossa app, let me know it. I'll be happy to
> > help you!
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Daniel
> >>
> >>
> >> Mark
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> What do you think? This idea is only valuable if you don't have a
> really
> >>>> tight dead-line.
> >>>>
> >>> This will be an ongoing problem. However it may be that the
> psychological
> >>> impact will be made in the near future.
> >>>
> >>> There will, however, be MANY applications of crowdcrafting in schol
> pub.
> >>> One thing that would be really valuable is microtasks whcih could be
> >>> launched when people read/access a publication or publisher. Let's say
> you
> >>> have volunteered to help with this. Later you read a paper from a
> journal
> >>> not already processed.The system alerts you "would you like to
> annotate this
> >>> paper?" and then you do it. Or, "would you like to put this
> publisher/paper
> >>> into the task list?"
> >>>
> >>> P.
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers,
> >>>>
> >>>> Daniel
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 1:06 AM, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I strongly endorse Ross's call for help. It's not much effort and
> >>>>> highly valuable and will further emhasize the value of Panton
> Fellowships in
> >>>>> OKF
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
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> >>>> Por favor, NO utilice formatos de archivo propietarios para el
> >>>> intercambio de documentos, como DOC y XLS, sino PDF, HTML, RTF, TXT,
> CSV
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
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> >>> Reader in Molecular Informatics
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> >>> University of Cambridge
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> > Por favor, NO utilice formatos de archivo propietarios para el
> > intercambio de documentos, como DOC y XLS, sino PDF, HTML, RTF, TXT, CSV
> > o cualquier otro que no obligue a utilizar un programa de un
> > fabricante concreto para tratar la información contenida en él.
> >
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