[open-science] OFA Article on "Bottom-up creation of Open Scientific Knowledge"

Thu Jan 10 10:28:03 UTC 2013

Hi All

Etherpad set up here for ideas:
http://okfnpad.org/ofa-chapter

Google doc may be easier for drafting and commenting given the number of
authors (it's public):
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NfX8KXXyGKSxagOVPLNaRP6QYKIADT4aSd_XNZfYqgs/edit

Jenny

On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:

> Wow!
> We now need an OKFN Etherpad or wiki or Googledocs to collect or ideas.
> Volunteer?
>
> I've mailed Shane @ OFA to tell hime we are having a football team
> approach and asking for page limits.
>
> I think the best way will be to put our ideas down and then try to pick
> out communalities.
>
> P.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 7:42 AM, Daniel Lombraña González <
> teleyinex at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> This is evolving really good :D I think that from our Citizen
>> Cyberscience Centre we will be also taking some time to collaborate on
>> this. I'll double check with my other colleagues and let you know.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 11:01 PM, Rayna <rayna.st at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey all,
>>>
>>>
>>> 2013/1/9 Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 5:31 PM, Bastian Greshake <
>>>> bgreshake at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Peter,
>>>>> I'm also interested in joining the writing. The propagation of citizen
>>>>> science by aggregating and indexing the current scientific knowledge and
>>>>> making raw data available is exactly what we're hoping to achieve with
>>>>> openSNP. The project now runs for about 1 1/2 years and we're seeing the
>>>>> first impact of how people are using the data made available.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Great!!
>>>>
>>>> I suspect that we will move towards a chapter with a general intro and
>>>> then sections done by each contributor.
>>>>
>>>> It may me a good idea for each contributor to think of a paragraph
>>>> describing what they want to say and we'll try to hack a framework that
>>>> glues it together.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Seems like the best thing to do, indeed. Who will be proofreading at the
>>> end, btw?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> We'll probably include things like:
>>>> * citizen science
>>>> * personal science (like SNPS)
>>>> * self-aggregating communities (such as Open Malaria)
>>>> * information-driven science
>>>> * citizen analysis of public science data.
>>>>
>>>> etc.
>>>>
>>>
>>> This makes a quite impressive amount of topics to address :) And as
>>> Bastian jumped in with openSNP, I was also mulling over parts about privacy
>>> as we end up pretty naturally with uploading our genome data on github or
>>> the likes. I hope there will be a decent word count allowed ;)
>>>
>>> Last but not least: what is the deadline for a rough cut of the whole?
>>>
>>> As for the practicalities: a Doodle to schedule the kick-off confcall?
>>> As all of us except Sidhar are in Europe timezones, we should perhaps try
>>> the week-ends better?
>>>
>>> Have a nice evening :)
>>> Rayna
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Bastian
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jan 9, 2013, at 14:20 , Peter Murray-Rust wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> > I (and a number of OKFers) am a fellow of the Open Forum Academy, a
>>>>> group centered on open Standards and practice primarily in IT but also
>>>>> related fields. One of their outputs is an Open book with contributed
>>>>> chapters. In the first book Jenny Molloy , Diane Cabell and I wrote a
>>>>> chapter on Open Content Mining see:
>>>>> > http://openforumacademy.org/library/ofa-fellows-reference-library
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I have now volunteered another chapter on "Bottom-up creation of
>>>>> Open Scientific Knowledge" and they are happy to publish this. Is anyone
>>>>> interested in being a co-author? We would have an OKF affiliation as well
>>>>> as our day jobs.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I proposed this on the basis that we have the means to create our
>>>>> own knowledge (whether directly of indirectly). This could include things
>>>>> like:
>>>>> > * citizen science
>>>>> > * aggregation and indexing of current open scientific knowledge
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I want to get across the idea that we now do not have to have
>>>>> science sanctioned from the top down. Suggest you mail this list with ideas
>>>>> and we'll find a skype time.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > --
>>>>> > Peter Murray-Rust
>>>>> > Reader in Molecular Informatics
>>>>> > Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
>>>>> > University of Cambridge
>>>>> > CB2 1EW, UK
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>>>>> --
>>>>> // Bastian Greshake
>>>>> // Zehnthofstraße 36
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>>>>> // cell: +49 176 213 044 66
>>>>> // web: www.ruleofthirds.de
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Peter Murray-Rust
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>>>> Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
>>>> University of Cambridge
>>>> CB2 1EW, UK
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> University of Cambridge
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