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Research Papers

Web Syndication Approaches for Sharing Primary Data in "Small Science" Domains

Authors
  • Eric C Kansa
  • Ahrash Bissell

Abstract

In some areas of science, sophisticated web services and semantics underlie "cyberinfrastructure". However, in "small science" domains, especially in field sciences such as archaeology, conservation, and public health, datasets often resist standardization. Publishing data in the small sciences should embrace this diversity rather than attempt to corral research into "universal" (domain) standards. A growing ecosystem of increasingly powerful Web syndication based approaches for sharing data on the public Web can offer a viable approach. Atom Feed based services can be used with scientific collections to identify and create linkages across different datasets, even across disciplinary boundaries without shared domain standards.
Year: 2010
Volume 9
Page/Article: 42-53
DOI: 10.2481/dsj.009-012
Published on Jun 29, 2010
Peer Reviewed