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Community annotation in translational biomedical informatics:
Lessons from Wikipedia
Chang Feng Quo [email protected] D Wang, Ph.D. [email protected]
Pacific Symposium on BiocomputingOpen Science Workshop
Jan 5th - Jan 9th, 2009Big Island, Hawai’i
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• What is Wikipedia?
• Lessons from Wikipedia
• The way forward
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What is Wikipedia?
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The Long Tail
Chris Anderson, Wired
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© Robert A. Rohde
ca. 09/07
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© Robert A. Rohde
ca. 09/07
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What is Wikipedia?
Long tail economics
Crowdsourcing
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Lessons from Wikipedia
• Ideological– Community access– Consensual reality– Editorial outlook
• Operational– Scalability– Data quality– Ownership
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Lessons from Wikipedia
• Ideological– Community access– Consensual reality– Editorial outlook
• Operational– Scalability– Data quality– Ownership
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Define and create community access
© 1997-2008 Brian L Dear
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Lessons from Wikipedia
• Ideological– Community access– Consensual reality– Editorial outlook
• Operational– Scalability– Data quality– Ownership
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The science of (or from?) opinion polls
© 2004 www.coxandforkum.com
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Lessons from Wikipedia
• Ideological– Community access– Consensual reality– Editorial outlook
• Operational– Scalability– Data quality– Ownership
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© Robert A. Rohde
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Lessons from Wikipedia
• Ideological– Community access– Consensual reality– Editorial outlook
• Operational– Scalability– Data quality– Ownership
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Lessons from Wikipedia
• Ideological– Community access– Consensual reality– Editorial outlook
• Operational– Scalability– Data quality– Ownership
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Lessons from Wikipedia
• Ideological– Community access– Consensual reality– Editorial outlook
• Operational– Scalability– Data quality– Ownership
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Lessons from Wikipedia
• Ideological– Community access– Consensual reality– Editorial outlook
• Operational– Scalability– Data quality– Ownership
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4 key stages of viable techs
1. Right price
2. Market share
3. Displacement
4. CommoditizeChris Anderson, Wired, www.ted.com