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color=#0000ff size=2>Hi all,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=765444903-01022007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>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 (<A
href="http://scholarpedia.org/article/Hodgkin-Huxley_Model">http://scholarpedia.org/article/Hodgkin-Huxley_Model</A>)
for which Sir Andrew has been invited to be the author... That seems to me to be
the rate limiting step.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=765444903-01022007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I do not want to sound negative - I have used the site
myself and found it useful.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=765444903-01022007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Cheers</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=765444903-01022007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Mike</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> oww-sc-bounces@mit.edu
[mailto:oww-sc-bounces@mit.edu] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Vincent
Rouilly<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 31, 2007 1:58 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
sc@openwetware.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [OWW-SC] Scholarpedia: a free peer
reviewed encyclopedia.<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Hi all,
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<DIV>just found on the web a free peer reviewed encyclopedia, might be
interesting to have a look at it.</DIV>
<DIV>www.scholarpedia.org</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=Apple-style-span><B>Features</B>:</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV>> runs under MediaWiki, created Feb 2006</DIV>
<DIV>> define :</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"></SPAN>+ Authorship
policy (invited or elected by public)</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"></SPAN>+ Curatorship</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"></SPAN>+ Scholar
index </DIV>
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<DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV>
<DIV>best,</DIV>
<DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV>
<DIV>Vincent.</DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 6px"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=3><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Welcome to
</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><I>Scholarpedia</I></B></SPAN></FONT><FONT
class=Apple-style-span size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; LINE-HEIGHT: normal">, the free peer reviewed
encyclopedia written by scholars from all around the
world.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 6px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=3><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">Scholarpedia feels and looks like
</SPAN></FONT><A href="http://www.wikipedia.org/"><FONT class=Apple-style-span
size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT
class=Apple-style-span color=#4267b6>Wikipedia</FONT></SPAN></FONT></A><FONT
class=Apple-style-span size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"> - the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. Indeed,
both are powered by the same program - </SPAN></FONT><A
href="http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki"><FONT class=Apple-style-span
size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT
class=Apple-style-span color=#4267b6>MediaWiki</FONT></SPAN></FONT></A><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span
size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; LINE-HEIGHT: normal">. Both allow visitors to review and
modify articles simply by clicking on the </SPAN></FONT><FONT
class=Apple-style-span size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><I>edit this
article</I></SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=3><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; LINE-HEIGHT: normal">
link.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 6px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=3><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">However, Scholarpedia differs
from Wikipedia in some very important ways:</SPAN></FONT></P>
<UL>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 1px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=3><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">Each article is written by an
expert (invited or </SPAN></FONT><A
href="http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Scholarpedia:Election"><FONT
class=Apple-style-span size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span
color=#1231b2>elected</FONT></SPAN></FONT></A><FONT class=Apple-style-span
size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"> by the
public).</SPAN></FONT>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 1px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=3><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">Each article is anonymously
peer reviewed to ensure accurate and reliable information.</SPAN></FONT>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 1px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=3><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">Each article has a curator -
typically its author -- who is responsible for its content.</SPAN></FONT>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 1px"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=3><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Any
modification of the article needs to be approved by the curator before it
appears in the final, </SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=3><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><I>approved</I></SPAN></FONT><FONT
class=Apple-style-span size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; LINE-HEIGHT: normal">
version.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></LI></UL>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 6px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=3><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">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.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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