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WorldWideScience.org: An International
Knowledge-Sharing Model
WorldWideScience.org: An International
Knowledge-Sharing Model
Brian A. HitsonOffice of Scientific & Technical Information
U.S. Department of Energy
1. What does WorldWideScience.org do?
2. A closer look at individual WWS.org databases.
3. How did we get here: history and collaboration.
4. What can we do next?
The Path weThe Path we’’ll take… ll take…
Demonstration of WorldWideScience.org Search
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A. It searches the Deep Web
• Where science is hundreds of times larger than the “surface web”
• Generally not searchable by major search engines
Deep WebDeep Web
1. What does1. What doesWorldWideScience.org do?WorldWideScience.org do?
A Measure ofA Measure ofWorldWideScience.orgWorldWideScience.org’’s Uniquenesss Uniqueness
33 sample queries launched in Google, Google Scholar, and WorldWideScience.org.
Similar quantities in the numbers of results, but very little overlap.
Among the “top 50” results from each search engine, only 2.4% overlap – or 97.6% uniqueness – in WorldWideScience.org results.
97.6%“Unique”
B. It overcomes historic constraints on global science discovery:
i. Not knowing “what’s out there.” (examples: Korean medical journals, South African scientific research database)
ii. Inadequate time to search scientific databases one by one. (examples: UK PubMed Central, Ginsparg’s arXiv.org)
iii. Inability to sort compiled results by relevance.
1.1. What doesWhat doesWorldWideScience.org do? WorldWideScience.org do? (cont(cont’’d)d)
C. Integrates symbiotic technologies to further accelerate scientific discovery
Multilingual translations
Speech indexing
1.1. What doesWhat doesWorldWideScience.org do? WorldWideScience.org do? (cont(cont’’d)d)
Multilingual Translations Multilingual Translations
The world’s first “one to many” and “many to one” multilingual translations tool in science.
• Most automatic translations are limited to translating from a single language into another single language.
• WorldWideScience.org partnering with Microsoft® Translator enables true multilingual functionality.
Translating ten languages, with potential for more:
Multilingual TranslationsMultilingual Translations
ArabicChinese 中文German Deutsch EnglishSpanish Español French FrançaisJapanese 日本語Korean 한국어Portuguese PortuguêsRussian Русский
Demonstration of Translations
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➔ Multimedia (e.g., video, audio, images) represents a major emerging form of scientific information
➔ Multimedia presents special opportunitiesand challenges – lack of written transcripts, minimal metadata, scientific/technical/medical terminology, lengthy videos (>1 hour)
Multimedia and Speech IndexingMultimedia and Speech Indexing
A Case Study for Enhanced Multimedia Search & Retrieval
http://www.osti.gov/sciencecinema/
Access to Multimedia-basedAccess to Multimedia-basedScience & TechnologyScience & Technology
Partnership between OSTI and Microsoft Research. Launched in February 2011; searches ~1,800 multimedia files. Utilizes Microsoft Research Audio Video Indexing System (MAVIS). Enables searching of digitized spoken content. Users can search for precise term within video and be directed to the
exact point in the video where the term was spoken.
Demonstration of Multimedia Searching in WorldWideScience.org
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2. A Closer Look at Individual WWS.org Databases2. A Closer Look at Individual WWS.org Databases
• Scientific Electronic Library Online (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, Venezuela)
2. A Closer Look at Individual WWS.org Databases 2. A Closer Look at Individual WWS.org Databases (cont(cont’’d)d)
• KoreaMed
• African Journals Online
2. A Closer Look at Individual WWS.org Databases 2. A Closer Look at Individual WWS.org Databases (cont(cont’’d)d)
• UK PubMed Central (United Kingdom)
2. A Closer Look at Individual WWS.org Databases 2. A Closer Look at Individual WWS.org Databases (cont(cont’’d)d)
• Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)
2. A Closer Look at Individual WWS.org Databases 2. A Closer Look at Individual WWS.org Databases (cont(cont’’d)d)
WorldWideScience.org concept emanated from Science.gov model (2006)
Initial partnership between U.S. Department of Energy and the British Library (2007)
Transition to multilateral governance (WorldWideScience Alliance) and ICSTI* sponsorship (2008)
*International Council for Scientific and Technical Information*International Council for Scientific and Technical Information
3. History and Collaboration3. History and Collaboration
Alliance representation from 49 countries . . . but seeking even broader participation.
Broad and Diverse Leadership:• Chair: Richard Boulderstone (British Library)• Deputy Chair: Pam Bjornson (Canada Institute for Scientific
and Technical Information)• Treasurer: Tae-sul Seo (Korea Institute of Science and
Technology Information)• Ex-Officio: Roberta Shaffer (ICSTI)• Ex-Officio: Walter Warnick (U.S. Department of Energy/OSTI,
WorldWideScience.org Operating Agent)• At-Large Delegate: Martie van Deventer (Council for Scientific
and Industrial Research, South Africa)
3.3. History and CollaborationHistory and Collaboration(cont(cont’’d)d)
Primary Partners:
WorldWideScience Alliance ICSTI U.S. DOE/OSTI Deep Web Technologies Microsoft Research
3. History and Collaboration3. History and Collaboration(cont(cont’’d)d)
Building on the base: more sources, countries, languages, full text, multimedia
4. WorldWideScience.org:4. WorldWideScience.org:What can we do next?What can we do next?
Building on the base: more sources, countries, languages, full text, multimedia
Reach new audiences and content: e.g., international STEM materials for science education; numeric data sets
WWS.org as a peer-to-peer platform for scientific collaboration and sharing
4. WorldWideScience.org:4. WorldWideScience.org:What can we do next?What can we do next?
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Contact WWS.org Operating Agent:
• Brian Hitson, [email protected]
• Lorrie Johnson, [email protected]
Contact WWS.org Operating Agent:
• Brian Hitson, [email protected]
• Lorrie Johnson, [email protected]
