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Scholarly Communication: Deconstruct and Decentralize? a Bold Speculation Featuring Scholarly Communication: Deconstruct and Decentralize? A Bold Speculation Featuring Alice Bob Carol Herbert Van de Sompel @hvdsomp Los Alamos National Laboratory @hvdsomp CNI Fall 2017, December 12th 2017, Washington, DC @hvdsomp CNI Fall 2017, December 12th 2017, Washington, DC @hvdsomp CNI Fall 2017, December 12th 2017, Washington, DC In this Talk • Decentralized Web • Why consider Decentralized Web for scholarly communication? • Technical and Organizational inspiration • Bold speculations @hvdsomp CNI Fall 2017, December 12th 2017, Washington, DC Decentralized Web – In a Nutshell Decentralized Web@ Summit,hvdsomp June 7th-9th 2016 CNI Fall 2017,https:// Decemberdecentralizedweb.net 12th 2017, Washington,/ DC Decentralized Web: Different Strands • Distributed file systems • Blockchain • W3C Social Web & Linked Data Activities • Exemplified by MIT Solid Project • The Web as a distributed read/write file system with access controls • Enabled by a set of standardized HTTP-based protocols @hvdsomp CNI Fall 2017, December 12th 2017, Washington, DC Social Network Silos • Some massive central portals dominate the web • Service is smooth, free; the user is the product • No mobility; the user not in control of (moving) her data • No interoperability; different APIs (if any) for different platforms • Functionality contained within a portal, can’t be reused on content that resides in other portal Put the user back in the driver’s seat by means of user owned “pods” that store the user’s resources. Third parties are granted access. Introduce cross-pod applications. Tim Berners-Lee (2011)@ hvdsompSocially aware cloud storage. https://www.w3.org/CNI Fall 2017, DecemberDesignIssues 12th 2017,/CloudStorage.html Washington, DC MIT Solid Architecture @hvdsomp CNI Fall 2017, Decemberhttps://solid.mit.edu 12th 2017, Washington, DC @hvdsomp CNI Fall 2017, December 12th 2017, Washington, DC @hvdsomp CNI Fall 2017, December 12th 2017, Washington, DC @hvdsomp CNI Fall 2017, December 12th 2017, Washington, DC @hvdsomp CNI Fall 2017, December 12th 2017, Washington, DC @hvdsomp CNI Fall 2017, December 12th 2017, Washington, DC @hvdsomp CNI Fall 2017, December 12th 2017, Washington, DC @hvdsomp CNI Fall 2017, December 12th 2017, Washington, DC @hvdsomp CNI Fall 2017, December 12th 2017, Washington, DC @hvdsomp CNI Fall 2017, December 12th 2017, Washington, DC @hvdsomp CNI Fall 2017, December 12th 2017, Washington, DC @hvdsomp CNI Fall 2017, December 12th 2017, Washington, DC @hvdsomp CNI Fall 2017, December 12th 2017, Washington, DC @hvdsomp CNI Fall 2017, December 12th 2017, Washington, DC @hvdsomp CNI Fall 2017, December 12th 2017, Washington, DC @hvdsomp CNI Fall 2017, December 12th 2017, Washington, DC @hvdsomp CNI Fall 2017, December 12th 2017, Washington, DC @hvdsomp CNI Fall 2017, December 12th 2017, Washington, DC @hvdsomp CNI Fall 2017, December 12th 2017, Washington, DC @hvdsomp CNI Fall 2017, December 12th 2017, Washington, DC @hvdsomp CNI Fall 2017, December 12th 2017, Washington, DC @hvdsomp CNI Fall 2017, December 12th 2017, Washington, DC @hvdsomp CNI Fall 2017, December 12th 2017, Washington, DC Scholarly Communication @hvdsomp CNI Fall 2017, December 12th 2017, Washington, DC 36 Years of My Career … Adapted by Björn Brembs from @http://hvdsompwww.arl.org/bm~doc/arlstat08.pdf/ http://bjoern.brembs.net/2017/10/whyCNI Fall 2017,-can December-elsevier 12-keepth 2017,-insulting Washington,-scholars DC -without-consequences/ 20 Years of My Career … Jon Tennant @protohedgehog@hvdsomp at osfair2017 CNI Fall 2017, December 12th 2017, Washington, DC It’s Not Like We Haven’t Been Told Paul Ginsparg Stevan Harnad John W.T. Smith deconstruct deconstruct deconstruct discipline-centric researcher-centric researcher/institution-centric @hvdsomp CNI Fall 2017, December 12th 2017, Washington, DC “Decoupling Registration from Certification” Didn’t Happen Paul Ginsparg (2001) Creating@hvdsomp a global knowledge network. http://www.cs.cornell.eduCNI Fall 2017, December/~ginsparg 12/physics/blurb/pg01unesco.htmlth 2017, Washington, DC What Happened: Open Access • No actual paradigm shift, but focus on business models to support access to reviewed articles without paywall • Strategies include: • Author publishes article in open access, pays article processing charge • Author deposits article in institutional repository, access subject to publisher embargo (conditions vary) @hvdsomp CNI Fall 2017, December 12th 2017, Washington, DC Open Access: Improved Access Heather Piwowar, Jason Priem, et al. (2017)@hvdsomp The State of OA: A large-scale analysis of the prevalence and impact ofCNI Open Fall 2017,Access December articles. 12 https://th 2017,doi.org Washington,/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3119v1 DC Open Access: Improved Access Heather Piwowar, Jason Priem, et al. (2017)@hvdsomp The State of OA: A large-scale analysis of the prevalence and impact ofCNI Open Fall 2017,Access December articles. 12 https://th 2017,doi.org Washington,/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3119v1 DC Open Access: More $ in the System Lawson S., Gray, J., Mauri, M. (2016) Opening@ hvdsompthe Black Box of Scholarly Communication Funding. Open LibraryCNI Fall of 2017, Humanities. December https 12th ://2017,doi.org Washington,/10.16995/olh.72 DC Open Access: More $ in the System Björk B. (2017) Growth of hybrid@hvdsomp open access, 2009–2016. PeerJ. CNI Fallhttps 2017,:// doi.orgDecember/10.7717/peerj.3878 12th 2017, Washington, DC What Happened: Increased Control by Established Players • Acquisition of innovative venues for publishing, analytics, research process (SSRN, bepress, publons, …) • Institutional repositories face increased competition from CRIS systems • Action radius is extending into provision of solutions for the entire research life cycle, not just article publishing @hvdsomp CNI Fall 2017, December 12th 2017, Washington, DC Increased Control: From Content to Analytics Posada, A., Chen, G. (2017) Publishers are@ increasinglyhvdsomp in control of scholarly infrastructure and CNIwhy Fall we2017, should December care 12 http://th 2017,bit.ly Washington,/2xKRnSr DC Increased Control: From Publishing to Research Lifecycle Posada, A., Chen, G. (2017) Publishers are@ increasinglyhvdsomp in control of scholarly infrastructure and CNIwhy Fall we2017, should December care 12 http://th 2017,bit.ly Washington,/2xKRnSr DC What Happened: Research Artifacts Surfacing on the Web • The research process, not just its outcome, is becoming visible on the web • Dramatic extension of the scholarly record with a wide variety of artifacts • These artifacts are hosted across the web, commonly on web platforms that are not dedicated to scholarship • These platform record artifacts but typically don’t archive them Herbert Van de Sompel & Andrew Treloar (2014@hvdsomp) A Perspective on Archiving the Scholarly Web http://public.lanl.govCNI/herbertv Fall 2017,/papers/Papers/2014/iPres2014_Sompel_Treloar.pdf December 12th 2017, Washington, DC Recording is not Archiving Herbert Van de Sompel & Andrew Treloar (2014@hvdsomp) A Perspective on Archiving the Scholarly Web http://public.lanl.govCNI/herbertv Fall 2017,/papers/Papers/2014/iPres2014_Sompel_Treloar.pdf December 12th 2017, Washington, DC How to Realize FORCE11 Scholarly Commons Principle 1? P1. The scholarly commons is an agreement among knowledge producers and users There is global commitment and participation in the commons’ long-term viability and preservation • Technical component • I formulate ideas inspired by my explorations of decentralized web approaches • Organizational component • I provide pointers to ongoing thinking about a possible organizational foundation for a scholarly commons @hvdsomp https://www.force11.org/scholarlyCNI Fall 2017, December 12th 2017,-commons/principles Washington, DC Technical Inspiration: Sarven Capadisli’s dokie.li Sarven Capadisli@hvdsomp(2017) dokieli CNI Fall 2017, Decemberhttps:// dokie.li12th 2017,/ Washington, DC dokieli Features • A client-side application that can perform CRUD operations with pods • Browser extension or embedded JavaScript • Supports a wide range of standards, e.g. WebID, FOAF, OpenID Connect, ACL, LDP, LDN, Web Annotation, AS2, CC, CiTO, PROV-O, schema.org, … • Application functionality: • HTML+RDF editor for decentralized article publishing, reviewing, annotating • A platform for social interactions, e.g. share, request review • Application features include: • Human-friendly, multi-view documents • Machine-readable Linked Data documents • Inline semantic citations • Fine-grained URI-addressability • Authentication & Authorization based on ORCID OpenID Connect @hvdsomp CNI Fall 2017, December 12th 2017, Washington, DC Send a Notification to Solicit a Review @hvdsomp CNIhttp:// Fallcsarven.ca 2017, December/linked 12-specificationsth 2017, Washington,-reports DC Send a Notification to Solicit a Review @hvdsomp CNIhttp:// Fallcsarven.ca 2017, December/linked 12-specificationsth 2017, Washington,-reports DC Receive the Notification that Solicits a Review @hvdsomp https://hvdsomp.infoCNI Fall/inbox/9b043210 2017, December 12-db8bth 2017,-11e7 Washington,-a11d-d38a32b8da8d.ttl DC Create a Derivation Copy @hvdsomp CNIhttp:// Fallcsarven.ca 2017, December/linked 12-specificationsth 2017, Washington,-reports DC Review the Derivation Copy @hvdsomp https://CNI Fallhvdsomp.info 2017, December/storage/ 12th sarven2017, Washington,-ldn-paper.html DC Send a Notification to Announce the Review @hvdsomp https://CNI Fallhvdsomp.info 2017, December/storage/ 12th sarven2017, Washington,-ldn-paper.html DC Receive
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