From jasonk at MIT.EDU  Mon Jan  8 09:07:45 2007
From: jasonk at MIT.EDU (Jason Kelly)
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 09:07:45 -0500
Subject: [OWW-SC] SC meeting on Thursday (1/9) at Noon
Message-ID: <7c085c480701080607h74e17bfn238b22b939bd25d2@mail.gmail.com>

Hi SC,

Just a reminder that the Steering Committee meeting this Thursday,
Jan 11, at Noon in 32-262 (Stata Center).  Lunch will be
provided.  If you are planning on calling in, please let me know.

The meeting agenda can be found here:
http://openwetware.org/wiki/OpenWetWare:Steering_committee_next_meeting

As usual, please add anything you'd like to talk about.

Thanks!
jason


From jasonk at MIT.EDU  Mon Jan  8 13:13:26 2007
From: jasonk at MIT.EDU (Jason Kelly)
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 13:13:26 -0500
Subject: [OWW-SC] SC meeting on Thursday (1/11) at Noon
Message-ID: <7c085c480701081013i35c09829qba7b5f434593cd39@mail.gmail.com>

To be clear - the meeting is on this Thursday, the 11th - please
excuse the incorrect date in my previous email subject line.

thanks,
jason

On 1/8/07, Jason Kelly <jasonk at mit.edu> wrote:
> Hi SC,
>
> Just a reminder that the Steering Committee meeting this Thursday,
> Jan 11, at Noon in 32-262 (Stata Center).  Lunch will be
> provided.  If you are planning on calling in, please let me know.
>
> The meeting agenda can be found here:
> http://openwetware.org/wiki/OpenWetWare:Steering_committee_next_meeting
>
> As usual, please add anything you'd like to talk about.
>
> Thanks!
> jason
>


From jasonk at MIT.EDU  Tue Jan  9 15:43:46 2007
From: jasonk at MIT.EDU (Jason Kelly)
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 15:43:46 -0500
Subject: [OWW-SC] Meeting change to Thursday 1/18 @ Noon in 68-151
Message-ID: <7c085c480701091243o7884cad7s8af6b2868278cfeb@mail.gmail.com>

Hi folks,

So due to conflicts with the BioSysBio conference and holiday trips,
it looks like 4-5 folks won't be able to come by for the steering
committee meeting on Thursday. So we're going to go ahead and
rechedule for next Thursday, 1/18, at Noon.  The room will be changed
to 68-151.  Food will be provided.

Let me know if you're planning on calling in, apologies for the change.

Thanks,
jason


From endy at MIT.EDU  Tue Jan 16 15:54:50 2007
From: endy at MIT.EDU (Drew Endy)
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:54:50 -0500
Subject: [OWW-SC] news from NSF
Message-ID: <AE4A3152-B5D2-40F8-B206-325079857856@mit.edu>

OWW SC folks,

I spoke w/ Peter McCartney in the Division of Biological  
Infrastructure at the US NSF regarding our NSF BDI grant  
application.  A copy of the grant is online here:
http://openwetware.org/wiki/OpenWetWare:Steering_committee/ 
NSF_BDI_Grant/Description#Budget

NSF is v. excited about the proposal and OWW but would like to  
receive a revised statement of work focusing on the next three years  
of OWW development before making an official funding decision.

I would like to reconnect w/ Peter to discuss our response later this  
week.

Given the recent NIH award (1-year) and the need to successfully  
respond to NSF in order to secure longer term support (3-5 years),  
now is a v. good time to consider our priorities for OWW development  
(especially in terms of how we spend actual money).

Please contribute your thoughts here:
http://openwetware.org/wiki/OpenWetWare:Respond_to_NSF

This is an obvious topic for discussion at next SC meeting too.

Belated Happy 2007!
Drew




From jasonk at MIT.EDU  Wed Jan 17 03:04:34 2007
From: jasonk at MIT.EDU (Jason Kelly)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:04:34 -0500
Subject: [OWW-SC] news from NSF
In-Reply-To: <AE4A3152-B5D2-40F8-B206-325079857856@mit.edu>
References: <AE4A3152-B5D2-40F8-B206-325079857856@mit.edu>
Message-ID: <7c085c480701170004h7bdcd2f1p96f85c7118851990@mail.gmail.com>

Reminder that the SC meeting will be at Noon on Thursday (18th) in
68-151 (note room).  Lunch will be provided.  Please email me if you
will be calling in.

Thanks,
jason

On 1/16/07, Drew Endy <endy at mit.edu> wrote:
> OWW SC folks,
>
> I spoke w/ Peter McCartney in the Division of Biological
> Infrastructure at the US NSF regarding our NSF BDI grant
> application.  A copy of the grant is online here:
> http://openwetware.org/wiki/OpenWetWare:Steering_committee/
> NSF_BDI_Grant/Description#Budget
>
> NSF is v. excited about the proposal and OWW but would like to
> receive a revised statement of work focusing on the next three years
> of OWW development before making an official funding decision.
>
> I would like to reconnect w/ Peter to discuss our response later this
> week.
>
> Given the recent NIH award (1-year) and the need to successfully
> respond to NSF in order to secure longer term support (3-5 years),
> now is a v. good time to consider our priorities for OWW development
> (especially in terms of how we spend actual money).
>
> Please contribute your thoughts here:
> http://openwetware.org/wiki/OpenWetWare:Respond_to_NSF
>
> This is an obvious topic for discussion at next SC meeting too.
>
> Belated Happy 2007!
> Drew
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> OpenWetWare Steering Committee Mailing List
> sc at openwetware.org
> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/oww-sc
>


From tk at csail.mit.edu  Mon Jan 22 19:24:26 2007
From: tk at csail.mit.edu (Tom Knight)
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 19:24:26 -0500
Subject: [OWW-SC] Open Access science at 3 Quarks Daily
Message-ID: <17bdf00f69b106be18a55a687e1e6a66@csail.mit.edu>

http://www.3quarksdaily.com/

The Future of Science is Open, Part 3: An Open Science World
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From endy at MIT.EDU  Thu Jan 25 20:58:23 2007
From: endy at MIT.EDU (endy@MIT.EDU)
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:58:23 +0000
Subject: [OWW-SC] Slashdot | Science Journal Publishers Wary of Free
	Information
Message-ID: <347846560-1169776859-cardhu_blackberry.rim.net-1720179128-@bxe008-cell02.bisx.prod.on.blackberry>

http://science.slashdot.org/science/07/01/25/2155223.shtml

The comments are a good read. 

Drew


Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless  


From johncumbers at gmail.com  Sat Jan 27 11:47:34 2007
From: johncumbers at gmail.com (John Cumbers)
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:47:34 -0500
Subject: [OWW-SC] [OWW-Admin] (Message for OpenWetWare Steering
	Committee) OpenWetWare.org and OpenDryWare.org aka myExperiment.org
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.42.0701271101470.23247-100000@phoebus>
References: <Pine.GSO.4.42.0701271101470.23247-100000@phoebus>
Message-ID: <cfd758050701270847v454adc52ge4cdfac0316f488b@mail.gmail.com>

Carol Goble is a big name in the UK, one of the tutorials at BioSysBio was
on Taverna and I think this might be something worth pursuing.
cheers,

John


On 1/27/07, Antoon Goderis <goderisa at cs.man.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>
> Dear Open Wet Ware Steering Committee,
>
> We have recently come across the existence of the Open Wet Ware portal
> with interest and delight. In the context of the myGrid project [1] and
> its Taverna workbench [2], we are currently prototyping a similar
> initiative for bioinformaticians working in silico in the 'dry lab' of
> the Web, dubbed myExperiment.org (see [3],[4]). Bar some important
> differences, it would seem much of the overarching vision and underlying
> infrastructure for sharing and reuse is the same for wet lab and dry lab
> protocols. You can find some of our plans on-line at [5] and [6].
>
> We noticed your recent call for comments based on your NSF proposal
> feedback. Our project recently secured funding for full time myExperiment
> developers. It would be great if we could join forces and not reinvent
> any wheels.
>
> Carole Goble, the myGrid project leader, is visiting Boston next week for
> a talk [7]. Would you be available to hook up with her for a chat on
> Friday February 2nd? She can be reached at carole at cs.man.ac.uk
>
> Best regards,
>
> Antoon Goderis, on behalf of the myGrid team
> Information Management Group
> University of Manchester
> United Kingdom
>
> http://openwetware.org/wiki/User:AntoonGoderis
>
> --
> [1] http://www.mygrid.org.uk
> [2] http://taverna.sourceforge.net
> [3] http://www.myexperiment.org/
> [4] http://www.newscientisttech.com/article.ns?id=mg19225745.500
> [5] http://www.mygrid.org.uk/wiki/Portal
> [6] http://www.mygrid.org.uk/wiki/Mygrid/WorkflowRepository
> [7] http://iic.harvard.edu/event12.php
>
> _______________________________________________
> Oww-admin mailing list
> Oww-admin at mit.edu
> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/oww-admin
>



-- 
John Cumbers,  Graduate Student in Computational Biology
Brown University, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Box G-W
80 Waterman Street, Providence, Rhode Island, 02912, USA
Tel USA: +1 401 523 8190,  Fax: +1 401 863-2166
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From austin at csail.mit.edu  Sat Jan 27 15:06:29 2007
From: austin at csail.mit.edu (Austin Che)
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 15:06:29 -0500
Subject: [OWW-SC] flexible databases
Message-ID: <877iv8jku2.fsf@nitsua.mit.edu>


    I've been looking at using Exhibit on the wiki:
    http://simile.mit.edu/wiki/Exhibit
    
    It allows for completely client side databases with javascript.
    
    I've been talking with the author to improve the support for it on
    the wiki. There are still some bugs but I've gotten it to work
    with firefox at least in some configuration.
    
    As one test, I've moved some of the E. coli genotypes here:
    http://openwetware.org/index.php?title=E._coli_genotypes/Exhibit
    
    You can edit the data as javascript in the file. There are lots of
    display options. Right now it just uses the default display
    options.
    
    Some key things that I think are interesting and have tested:
    - The data can be read from a Google spreadsheet instead of from
    the wiki.    
    - Support for google maps (although this does not quite yet work
    on the wiki)
    - Timeline support. This supposedly already works on the wiki
    http://ontoworld.org/wiki/Upcoming_events

-- 
Austin Che           <austin at csail.mit.edu>          (617)253-5899


From endy at MIT.EDU  Sat Jan 27 16:51:41 2007
From: endy at MIT.EDU (endy@MIT.EDU)
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 21:51:41 +0000
Subject: [OWW-SC] =?windows-1252?q?The_Other_Here_=BB_Blog_Archive_=BB_Rem?=
	=?windows-1252?q?ember_the_Name_Me=2Edium?=
Message-ID: <1419043128-1169934901-cardhu_blackberry.rim.net-743255771-@bxe011-cell02.bisx.prod.on.blackberry>

http://blogs.electricsheepcompany.com/jerry/?p=430

Also, I just had a good talk w/ Mike Eisen and will debrief once I get back to a laptop. 

Drew

Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless  


From austin at csail.mit.edu  Sun Jan 28 12:19:10 2007
From: austin at csail.mit.edu (Austin Che)
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 12:19:10 -0500
Subject: [OWW-SC] YouTubers get ad money share
Message-ID: <87sldvhxwx.fsf@nitsua.mit.edu>


    A revenue model for YouTube that could be applied to OWW:
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6305957.stm
    
-- 
Austin Che           <austin at csail.mit.edu>          (617)253-5899


From tk at csail.mit.edu  Sun Jan 28 19:58:13 2007
From: tk at csail.mit.edu (Tom Knight)
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 19:58:13 -0500
Subject: [OWW-SC] YouTubers get ad money share
In-Reply-To: <87sldvhxwx.fsf@nitsua.mit.edu>
References: <87sldvhxwx.fsf@nitsua.mit.edu>
Message-ID: <a59acc55f8f94a31796ce93fb973a26b@csail.mit.edu>

I'm a little unclear on how this would work.  Does each part have a 
viral advertisement which you have to express (only for the first 3 
cell divisions)?

On Jan 28, 2007, at 12:19 PM, Austin Che wrote:

>
>     A revenue model for YouTube that could be applied to OWW:
>     http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6305957.stm
>
> -- 
> Austin Che           <austin at csail.mit.edu>          (617)253-5899
> _______________________________________________
> OpenWetWare Steering Committee Mailing List
> sc at openwetware.org
> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/oww-sc
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From jasonk at MIT.EDU  Tue Jan 30 01:11:12 2007
From: jasonk at MIT.EDU (Jason Kelly)
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 01:11:12 -0500
Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Re:_[OWW-SC]_The_Other_Here_=BB_Blog_?=
	=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Archive_=BB_Remember_the_Name_Me.dium?=
In-Reply-To: <1419043128-1169934901-cardhu_blackberry.rim.net-743255771-@bxe011-cell02.bisx.prod.on.blackberry>
References: <1419043128-1169934901-cardhu_blackberry.rim.net-743255771-@bxe011-cell02.bisx.prod.on.blackberry>
Message-ID: <7c085c480701292211g5b10990ai7656e19dee5d96d6@mail.gmail.com>

If you want to actually play around with Me.dium - this link should let you
sign up:
http://me.dium.com/from/208dd5c7

(it's an invite-based beta at the moment)

pretty cool idea though.
jason

On 1/27/07, endy at mit.edu <endy at mit.edu> wrote:
>
> http://blogs.electricsheepcompany.com/jerry/?p=430
>
> Also, I just had a good talk w/ Mike Eisen and will debrief once I get
> back to a laptop.
>
> Drew
>
> Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless
> _______________________________________________
> OpenWetWare Steering Committee Mailing List
> sc at openwetware.org
> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/oww-sc
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From macowell at gmail.com  Tue Jan 30 14:47:59 2007
From: macowell at gmail.com (Mackenzie Cowell)
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 14:47:59 -0500
Subject: [OWW-SC] microformats
Message-ID: <54746a3f0701301147g76395153v1110709ad2687a40@mail.gmail.com>

Hi all,

I'm currently the developer of the iGEM 2007 community website, and this
message is aimed primarily at OWW developers.  In know there has been
discussion in the past about combining or merging the iGEM page and wiki
with OWW, and this email is not about that.  It is about how information is
organized on the wiki, specifically, how the same information is presented
by different labs or teams.

As far as I understand it, besides using templates and categories, there is
no way to really structure the content on a mediawiki page.  For example,
every team on the iGEM 2006 wiki provided a picture and a project abstract
somewhere.  The information was available, but not accessible without
visiting every single team's page and actively looking for it.  This year,
one of our goals for the iGEM 2007 website & wiki is to make sure this kind
of information is tagged, or marked-up, or annotated, or put in a special
area on a template, or by some other method standardized across all the
teams.  If information common to all teams is standardized, it will be much
easier to find and reuse, from both a human and machine perspective.

I haven't learned much about it yet, but I want to point out
microformats<http://microformats.org/about/>to OWW developers.  If you
already know about them, please let me know what
you think.  Here's popular definition from the microformats website: "simple
conventions for embedding semantics in HTML to enable decentralized
development." They are basically just standardized xhtml tags, and so should
be easy to integrate with mediawiki content.  The biggest hurdle would be
making them simple for users to use.

I think microformats might help standardize wiki content, so I wanted to
make sure they were on your radar and also invite any comments or
suggestions for other means of structuring or standardizing that content.

Thanks,
Mac Cowell

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mackenzie Cowell <macowell at gmail.com>
Date: Jan 30, 2007 1:44 PM
Subject: Re: [OWW-SC] flexible databases
To: Tom Knight <tk at csail.mit.edu>

Cool!  I wonder if there could be some sort of hybrid solution for BIG
databases where the user could access a web service that would send a small
facet of the big server database to their browser for viewing with Exhibit.

Austin just walked by and mentioned they are trying to get the google maps
integration working so all the labs can be plotted on a map; I was going to
do the same thing for all the iGEM teams this year, and I wonder if Exhibit
will make it easier to do.

mac

On 1/29/07, Tom Knight <tk at csail.mit.edu> wrote:
>
> This doesn't work in my copy of Safari;  use Firefox.
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> > From: Austin Che <austin at csail.mit.edu>
> > Date: January 27, 2007 3:06:29 PM EST
> > To: sc at openwetware.org
> > Subject: [OWW-SC] flexible databases
> >
> >
> >     I've been looking at using Exhibit on the wiki:
> >     http://simile.mit.edu/wiki/Exhibit
> >
> >     It allows for completely client side databases with javascript.
> >
> >     I've been talking with the author to improve the support for it on
> >     the wiki. There are still some bugs but I've gotten it to work
> >     with firefox at least in some configuration.
> >
> >     As one test, I've moved some of the E. coli genotypes here:
> >     http://openwetware.org/index.php?title=E._coli_genotypes/Exhibit
> >
> >     You can edit the data as javascript in the file. There are lots of
> >     display options. Right now it just uses the default display
> >     options.
> >
> >     Some key things that I think are interesting and have tested:
> >     - The data can be read from a Google spreadsheet instead of from
> >     the wiki.
> >     - Support for google maps (although this does not quite yet work
> >     on the wiki)
> >     - Timeline support. This supposedly already works on the wiki
> >     http://ontoworld.org/wiki/Upcoming_events
> >
> > --
> > Austin Che           <austin at csail.mit.edu>          (617)253-5899
> > _______________________________________________
> > OpenWetWare Steering Committee Mailing List
> > sc at openwetware.org
> > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/oww-sc
>
>
>
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From skosuri at MIT.EDU  Wed Jan 31 20:16:00 2007
From: skosuri at MIT.EDU (Sri Kosuri)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 20:16:00 -0500
Subject: [OWW-SC] WYSIWYG editor for Firefox
Message-ID: <2b0cb7a10701311716h1bab5900hd3c25aedde3553ed@mail.gmail.com>

The following page describes a browser plugin for Firefox that makes
wikicode more WYSIWYG.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cacycle/wikEd

It's a super simple installation process and probably would be pretty decent
for beginners.  Installation instructions can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cacycle/wikEd#Complete_version

I wonder if we could make this a default option for new users.  It
definitely makes it easier for novices to edit.

Sri
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From johncumbers at gmail.com  Wed Jan 31 21:13:27 2007
From: johncumbers at gmail.com (John Cumbers)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:13:27 -0500
Subject: [OWW-SC] [OWW-Discuss] WYSIWYG editor for Firefox
In-Reply-To: <2b0cb7a10701311716h1bab5900hd3c25aedde3553ed@mail.gmail.com>
References: <2b0cb7a10701311716h1bab5900hd3c25aedde3553ed@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <cfd758050701311813q22c4c31ag8bcac72cb54958df@mail.gmail.com>

I'm not actually sure that it makes it easier though, I suppose that large
list of buttons looks more like MS Word which most people are used to, to me
I found it a bit daunting.. I've just started using
http://www.wikispaces.com/ for organising a co-op that I'm in, this has a
simple but good WYSIWYG  editor in it and editing is much nicer than
wikimedia, mainly cause you don't have to keep re-saving all the time.

Perhaps we could try the extension out on new users and see what they think,
or old users who have had trouble editing...
cheers,
John



On 1/31/07, Sri Kosuri <skosuri at mit.edu> wrote:
>
> The following page describes a browser plugin for Firefox that makes
> wikicode more WYSIWYG.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cacycle/wikEd
>
> It's a super simple installation process and probably would be pretty
> decent for beginners.  Installation instructions can be found here:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cacycle/wikEd#Complete_version
>
> I wonder if we could make this a default option for new users.  It
> definitely makes it easier for novices to edit.
>
> Sri
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> OpenWetWare Discussion Mailing List
> discuss at openwetware.org
> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/oww-discuss
>
>
>


-- 
John Cumbers,  Graduate Student in Computational Biology
Brown University, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Box G-W
80 Waterman Street, Providence, Rhode Island, 02912, USA
Tel USA: +1 401 523 8190,  Fax: +1 401 863-2166
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From vincent.rouilly at gmail.com  Wed Jan 31 13:58:23 2007
From: vincent.rouilly at gmail.com (Vincent Rouilly)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:58:23 +0000
Subject: [OWW-SC] Scholarpedia: a free peer reviewed encyclopedia.
Message-ID: <4E7CBA7A-DE3C-45CC-86B9-443C9E175CC7@gmail.com>

Hi all,

just found on the web a free peer reviewed encyclopedia, might be  
interesting to have a look at it.
www.scholarpedia.org

Features:
 > runs under MediaWiki, created Feb 2006
 > define :
	+ Authorship policy (invited or elected by public)
	+ Curatorship
	+ Scholar index


best,

Vincent.
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
---------------------------
Welcome to Scholarpedia, the free peer reviewed encyclopedia written  
by scholars from all around the world.

Scholarpedia feels and looks like Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia  
that anyone can edit. Indeed, both are powered by the same program -  
MediaWiki. Both allow visitors to review and modify articles simply  
by clicking on the edit this article link.

However, Scholarpedia differs from Wikipedia in some very important  
ways:

Each article is written by an expert (invited or elected by the public).
Each article is anonymously peer reviewed to ensure accurate and  
reliable information.
Each article has a curator - typically its author -- who is  
responsible for its content.
Any modification of the article needs to be approved by the curator  
before it appears in the final, approved version.
Herein also lies the greatest differences between Scholarpedia and  
traditional print media: while the initial authorship and review  
processes are similar to a print journal, articles in Scholarpedia  
are not frozen and outdated, but dynamic, subject to an ongoing  
process of improvement moderated by their curators. This allows  
Scholarpedia to be up-to-date, yet maintain the highest quality of  
content.




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From koeris at bu.edu  Wed Jan 31 22:54:41 2007
From: koeris at bu.edu (Koeris, Michael, Sandor)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:54:41 -0500
Subject: [OWW-SC] Scholarpedia: a free peer reviewed encyclopedia.
Message-ID: <38ACE5B2FDD7B14E913A09CA4685E88802D6FD09@ENG-EXCHANGE1.ad.bu.edu>

Hi all,
 
It is a great reference for those topics that are covered, however since
the premise is that the experts/originators are composing the articles
themselves, not all topics are nor can be covered. An example is the
Hodgkin-Huxley equation page
(http://scholarpedia.org/article/Hodgkin-Huxley_Model) for which Sir
Andrew has been invited to be the author... That seems to me to be the
rate limiting step.
 
I do not want to sound negative - I have used the site myself and found
it useful.
 
Cheers
Mike

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From: oww-sc-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:oww-sc-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf
Of Vincent Rouilly
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 1:58 PM
To: sc at openwetware.org
Subject: [OWW-SC] Scholarpedia: a free peer reviewed encyclopedia.


Hi all, 

just found on the web a free peer reviewed encyclopedia, might be
interesting to have a look at it.
www.scholarpedia.org

Features:
> runs under MediaWiki, created Feb 2006
> define :
+ Authorship policy (invited or elected by public)
+ Curatorship
+ Scholar index 


best,

Vincent.
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Welcome to Scholarpedia, the free peer reviewed encyclopedia written by
scholars from all around the world.

Scholarpedia feels and looks like Wikipedia <http://www.wikipedia.org/>
- the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. Indeed, both are powered
by the same program - MediaWiki
<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki> . Both allow visitors to
review and modify articles simply by clicking on the edit this article
link.

However, Scholarpedia differs from Wikipedia in some very important
ways:

*	Each article is written by an expert (invited or elected
<http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Scholarpedia:Election>  by the
public). 
*	Each article is anonymously peer reviewed to ensure accurate and
reliable information. 
*	Each article has a curator - typically its author -- who is
responsible for its content. 
*	Any modification of the article needs to be approved by the
curator before it appears in the final, approved version.

Herein also lies the greatest differences between Scholarpedia and
traditional print media: while the initial authorship and review
processes are similar to a print journal, articles in Scholarpedia are
not frozen and outdated, but dynamic, subject to an ongoing process of
improvement moderated by their curators. This allows Scholarpedia to be
up-to-date, yet maintain the highest quality of content.




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