WorldWideScience.org
A Global Intersection of Science, Ethics, and Law
WorldWideScience.org A Global Intersection of Science, Ethics, and Law
ICSTI Annual Conference 2012
Richard Boulderstone, British Library
WorldWideScience Alliance Chair
Walter Warnick
U.S. Department of Energy
WorldWideScience Alliance Operating Agent
» A Recap: What is WorldWideScience.org?
» Progress since 2007
» Global comprehensiveness
» Multilingual translations
» Multimedia search
» New members
» Relevance to scientific integrity
» New strategic directions
Screenshot of WorldWideScience.org website
History and Collaboration
• WorldWideScience.org concept emanated from Science.gov model (2006)
• Initial partnership between U.S. Department of Energy and the British Library (2007)
• Transition to multilateral governance (WorldWideScience Alliance) and ICSTI* sponsorship (2008)
WorldWideScience.org searches the 'deep web'
Deep Web
Where science is hundreds of times larger than the “surface web”
Generally not searchable by major search engines
Multilingual Translations
The world’s first “one to many” and “many to one” multilingual translations tool in science.
• Ten languages – Arabic, Chinese, German, English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian
• WorldWideScience.org partnering with Microsoft® Translator enables true multilingual functionality.
Access to Multimedia-based Science & Technology
A Case Study for Enhanced Multimedia Search & Retrieval
ScienceCinema
http://www.osti.gov/sciencecinema/
• Partnership between OSTI and Microsoft Research.
• Launched in February 2011; searches ~2,600 multimedia files.
• Utilizes Microsoft Research Audio Video Indexing System (MAVIS).
• Enables searching of digitized spoken content.
• Users can search for precise term within video and be directed to the exact point in the video where the term was spoken.
WorldWideScience Alliance New Members
Two New WorldWideScience Alliance Members
Korean Association of Medical Journal Editors (KAMJE)
DataCite
WWS.org’s Relevance to Scientific Integrity
The intersection of science, ethics, and law is…
Scientific Integrity
Intellectual Honesty
Accuracy
Fairness
Transparency
Responsibility
WWS.org’s Relevance to Scientific Integrity
• WWS’s 80+ databases are trusted, authoritative sources
• As national, or nationally-sanctioned databases, they have an implicit commitment to Scientific Integrity
WWS.org’s Relevance to Scientific Integrity
With its global search of 80+ databases, WWS…
• Distills and ranks the “best of the best”
• Serving as a “multiplier” for scientific integrity
What’s next for WorldWideScience.org?
The Next Frontier for WWS = “Big Data”
• How big is “big data”?
• Answer = 22,700,000 hits on Google
• But “big data” has two major problems
• It’s hard to find … and
• It’s hard to navigate … until now.
What’s next for WorldWideScience.org?
Federated Search of “Big Data”
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Data Collections Added to WorldWideScience.org
• BioGRID
Screenshot of BioGRID3.1 Publication Summary
Data Collections Added to WorldWideScience.org
• BioGRID
• DataCite
Screenshot of DataCite Content Service Beta
Data Collections Added to WorldWideScience.org
• BioGRID
• DataCite
• DNA Data Bank of Japan
Screenshot of DNA Data Bank of Japan (DDBJ)
Data Collections Added to WorldWideScience.org
• BioGRID
• DataCite
• DNA Data Bank of Japan
• DRYAD
Screenshot of DRYAD
Data Collections Added to WorldWideScience.org
• BioGRID
• DataCite
• DNA Data Bank of Japan
• DRYAD
• EMBL-EBI European Bioinformatics Institute
Screenshot of EMBL-EBI
Data Collections Added to WorldWideScience.org
• BioGRID
• DataCite
• DNA Data Bank of Japan
• DRYAD
• EMBL-EBI European Bioinformatics Institute
• ICSU World Data System
Screenshot of PANGAEA
Play Demonstration of WorldWideScience.org Multimedia Search (opens new window)
Play Demonstration of WorldWideScience.org Multimedia Search (opens new window)
What's next for WorldWideScience?
Future Growth Opportunities for WWS.org
• Inclusion of additional scientific data collections
• Collaboration opportunities with entities such as DataCite and DataBib
• Increased membership and participation, both as database/source owners and as WWS Alliance members
• Growth of Open Access movement in UK, EU, US represents next potential expansion for WWS
Inclusion of Open Access Resources
• Currently developing a prototype for federated searching of open access journals
• SOAJ – Science Open Access Journals – will be added to WWS later this year
Play Demonstration of WorldWideScience.org Multimedia Search (opens new window)
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