[Sigsti-l] Draft #2 of 'data discovery' session proposal

[KT Vaughan]

Hi Joe (and Gail and John and the rest of the SIG!) -
My session is shaping up to be less about open archives and more about 
open communication - in the form of blogs - among scientists... it came 
out of discussions with SIG BWP, and looks pretty strong.  So... at some 
point Jian had suggested that the science commons idea might be a strong 
one for DASER - perhaps we should revisit that thought (so much cool 
stuff going on!).
KT

Jim Campbell wrote:

>Joe
>
>Thanks for your quick reply. We'd be happy to participate in any way that
>makes sense to you if there is a good fit from your perspective. I realize
>it is very late in the process so if our participating doesn't make sense
>this time around, perhaps at some future date. At any rate, I'll be in
>Milwaukee and will certainly at least be in the audience.
>
>Be well,
>Jim
>  
>
>>Jim,
>>
>>I hope you don't mind -- I've cc'd Gail Hodge, who offered to help me with
>>this proposal, as well as KT Vaughan and John D'Ignazio, to see if they're
>>interested in re-shuffling participants.  (see below for more details)
>>
>>
>>On Thu, 18 Jan 2007, Jim Campbell wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Joe,
>>>
>>>Somehow I missed the first pass of this session draft. I'm not sure if the
>>>session is filled as far as presenters go, but if you need another, we would
>>>be happy to send someone from our project team. We are researching the
>>>construction of a Commons of Geographic Data, an attempt to collect and make
>>>available spatially-referenced data from a variety of local, usually
>>>non-governmental, sources. It might be an interesting complement to the
>>>other types of scientific databases/archives you mention. Here's a brief
>>>description of what we're doing under an IMLS grant:
>>>      
>>>
>>...
>>
>>It would be a good counterpart, as it's currently rather biased towards
>>the space sciences.  (one of the confirmed folks deals with atmospheric
>>science, but the others deal with space or planetary sciences)
>>
>>I was hoping to keep the presenters to 3-4, so that they can each have
>>enough time to explain their projects, while leaving plenty of time for
>>question & answer.  (I'm hoping to get some interplay between the audience
>>and participants, rather than it just be one-sided)
>>
>>I'll see if I can politely un-invite one of the UCLA folks ... or it might
>>make sense to talk to John and KT, who are preparing other topics that are
>>related (KT on open archives, which yours definately fits under, and John
>>on how scientists are using data.)
>>
>>... As another option, if KT or John are interested, as I've already
>>gotten committments from people to present, if either of you are lacking
>>participants, we might be able to move some people around so that we all
>>have well balanced proposals.  ... Although the folks I have lined up are
>>probably all qualified to talk about the benefits of opening access to
>>data, I'm not sure what John's planning on the use of data session, but
>>the scientists may not be the best at evaluating themselves.
>>
>>...
>>
>>As we're getting rather close to deadlines, it may be easier to coordinate
>>through some other medium -- if you're interested in trying to reshuffle
>>the speakers, I'm 'jhourcle' on AIM, or you can try my office phone
>>(301-286-3238) or my cell (703-371-9828).  I'll be working on some grant
>>proposals this weekend, so feel free to contact me at any reasonable hour
>>(~ 8am-10pm for the phone, or whatever time I'm online for AIM)
>>
>>-Joe
>>
>>
>>.... the rest of Jim's message follows
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>>"A significant body of local non-textual geographic data exists on the hard
>>>drives and back-up systems of individual researchers, schools, non-profit
>>>groups, private associations, small companies, and other non-governmental
>>>organizations. Examples might include a faculty member or graduate student
>>>doing research in a non-Geographic Information Science (GIS) field which
>>>requires the generation of a sizable amount of geographic data; a high
>>>school class project that locates and catalogs all of the trees over six
>>>feet tall in a small town; a homeowners' association that monitors the water
>>>quality and plant growth of the lake on which their property is located; or
>>>a local commercial medical supply service that has mapped all of the
>>>handicapped accessible entrances to buildings in its delivery area as part
>>>of its business process, rather than for any particular geographic research
>>>reason.
>>>
>>>In all of these cases, the data gathered by these small local originators
>>>could be of great value to others -- if its existence and source were known,
>>>the data were available through a central repository and standard search
>>>mechanisms, the quality of the data were evaluated, and the rights to its
>>>use were clear. This project proposes to build a Commons of Geographic Data
>>>(CGD), the essential infrastructure needed to store and make accessible this
>>>currently invisible or partially visible spatial data."
>>>
>>>If you could use another presentation for this session and if this seems
>>>interesting, let me know - we'd be happy to participate. You can see a very
>>>preliminary prototype at http://www.geodatacommons.umaine.edu.
>>>
>>>Be well,
>>>Jim Campbell
>>>Dept. of Spatial Information Science and Engineering
>>>University of Maine
>>>      
>>>
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