[OWW-SC] POWW!

[Drew Endy]

I think an important thing to start with is the remove the  
"transaction costs" associated with submitting, revising, and proofing  
a manuscript.  This takes way too much time at present, even for the  
most enlightened and wealthy journals.  A wiki-based (or better)  
platform could almost completely remove these costs.



On Jan 5, 2008, at 1:31 AM, Lon Chubiz wrote:

> An interesting feature might be to have an effective mechanism to  
> request strains, plasmids, code, etc. from the authors. Maybe as  
> part of the materials and methods users/readers could add these  
> things like items to a "shopping cart" or something which would send  
> a request for them. I haven't seen anything like that before with a  
> journal. Perhaps, that could factor into some of the updated content  
> ideas others have mentioned. Send stuff out and add in responses on  
> how your stuff works in other hands.
>
> Lon
>
> Drew Endy wrote:
>> Does anybody want to start a new peer-reviewed Wiki-based journal?
>>
>> POWW (Proceedings of the Open Wet Ware)
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Happy 2008!
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