[OWW-SC] Scholarpedia: a free peer reviewed encyclopedia.

[Koeris, Michael, Sandor]

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not frozen and outdated, but dynamic, subject to an ongoing process of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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