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IST-2001-33127
The new role of The new role of professional professional
organisations in the organisations in the management of management of
scientific knowledgescientific knowledge
Žiga Turk, Bo-Christer Bjoerk, Bob Martens, Etial Petrinja
presentation at CIB W79 conference, Aarhus, June 2002.
www.SciX.net
IST-2001-33127
April 19, 2023
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What this talk is about?What this talk is about?
the SciX projectthe SciX project
what SciX can do for youwhat SciX can do for you
what you can do for SciXwhat you can do for SciX
introduction
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Current situationCurrent situation
do researchdo research
write paper for freewrite paper for free
review for freereview for free
edit journal for freeedit journal for free
give away the copy-right for freegive away the copy-right for free
buy the results of the above buy the results of the above (subscribe to journal)(subscribe to journal)
as-is
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Who else is adding valueWho else is adding value
publisherpublisherprinting, subscriptions, distribution
librarylibraryarchiving
catalogue builder (ICONDA, ISI)catalogue builder (ICONDA, ISI)cataloguing, indexing, citation counting
professional organisationprofessional organisationhanded the journal over to the publisher in the early 1900sendorses a journal
as-is
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Who is the userWho is the user
researchersresearchersas readers (?)who thought of it first (?)
general publicgeneral publiccan they afford it (???)
research evaluation research evaluation administrations (!)administrations (!)
as-is
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ResultResult
inelastic marketinelastic market
periodicals crisisperiodicals crisis
fewer subscribers, costlier fewer subscribers, costlier journalsjournals
package dealspackage dealsUniversity/country licenses readers have less control over subscriptions
as-is
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Exemplars of free modelsExemplars of free models
e-journals and archivese-journals and archivesLos AlamosCiteSeerOpen Archives
free softwarefree softwareGNU/GPLOpen SourcePerl Artistic License
free standardsfree standardsInternet RFCs
examples
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BaselinesBaselines
the ITcon journal (1996)the ITcon journal (1996)electronic journal of IT in constructionpublication time 4-5 months500-1000 readers per paper
CUMINCAD (1999)CUMINCAD (1999)cumulative index of CAD4000 papers with abstracts1000 with full texts800+ registered users
survey on e-publishing (2000)survey on e-publishing (2000)read electronic, publish on paperdon’t care who reads
W78’96 and W78’2000W78’96 and W78’2000web based organisation
examples
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SciX projectSciX project
IST-2001-33127IST-2001-33127, KAIII, KAIII
EU funding €1.000.000EU funding €1.000.000
200 person months200 person months
Project durationProject duration1.2.2002 - 31.1.2004
Partners: 7Partners: 7
Deliverables: 20Deliverables: 20, all public and/or , all public and/or open sourceopen source
Web: Web: www.www.SciXSciX..netnet
SciX project
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PartnersPartners
academicacademicLjubljanaHankenSalfordVienna
e-businesse-businessIndra
professionalprofessionalIBRI, FGGI
SciX project
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Partners (cont.)Partners (cont.)
SciX project
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What are we doingWhat are we doing
process modelling of the as-is process modelling of the as-is processprocess
suggestion of the to-be processsuggestion of the to-be process
study of the barriers to changestudy of the barriers to change
system analysis and designsystem analysis and designinteroperabilityinformation modelsstandards compliancemachine learning, clustering
SciX project
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Tangible results – Tangible results – demonstratorsdemonstrators
e-journal infrastructuree-journal infrastructure
preprints, PhD theses archivepreprints, PhD theses archive
bibliographic indexbibliographic index
content wrappingcontent wrapping
as rentable infrastructureas rentable infrastructure
and/or open source codeand/or open source code
SciX project
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Related work in Related work in construction informaticsconstruction informatics
ontology of constructionontology of constructionwhat is construction informaticswhat are the objects of study, how to structure the fieldautomatic clustering/classificationICCI project – http://icci.vtt.fi/
interoperabilityinteroperabilityDublin coreOpen archives standardsTopic mapsWSDL“semantic” web
SciX project
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Past role of CIBPast role of CIB
member organisationsmember organisations
experts in these organisationsexperts in these organisations
names and addressesnames and addresses
get them together from time to get them together from time to time, workshops, conferencestime, workshops, conferences
distribute newslettersdistribute newsletters
CIB W78
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What has changed?What has changed?
today – people found on the Internet, today – people found on the Internet, groups established ad hocgroups established ad hoc
easy to get sm@rt people together, new easy to get sm@rt people together, new tracks of conferences …tracks of conferences …
the difference is inthe difference is inpast track recordprestige
where is it?where is it?buriedgrey literature
CIB W78
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What SciX can do for W78What SciX can do for W78
W78 digital archive … all W78 digital archive … all proceedings in electronic formproceedings in electronic form
searchablesearchable
friendly to general and specialised friendly to general and specialised search enginessearch engines
CIB W78
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What W78 can do to helpWhat W78 can do to help
provide content in digital formatprovide content in digital format50% of the costs is digitalisation (UMICH)80% in the case of CUMINCAD
fund digital archivefund digital archive
how much?how much?ECPPM 2002 … E100 per paper SciX should provide an answer (estimate E5-10 per paper)
W78 bylawsW78 bylawsfree, electronic availability of paperssupport digital archive through conference feesunify format of the papers
CIB W78
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The The endend
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