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

Thu Jan 10 10:59:18 UTC 2013

On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Jenny Molloy <jenny.molloy at okfn.org>wrote:

> 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
>

Many thanks Jenny.

And you are very welcome to be an author

>
> 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
>>>>>> // 55252 Mainz-Kastel, Germany
>>>>>> // cell: +49 176 213 044 66
>>>>>> // web: www.ruleofthirds.de
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Peter Murray-Rust
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>>>>> University of Cambridge
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>> --
>> Peter Murray-Rust
>> Reader in Molecular Informatics
>> Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
>> University of Cambridge
>> CB2 1EW, UK
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Peter Murray-Rust
Reader in Molecular Informatics
Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
University of Cambridge
CB2 1EW, UK
+44-1223-763069
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