This week most of the modules are entering into their final editing stage. To streamline production and for the sake of time I have posted all the updated modules into a Final Draft folder so everyone in our working group can review and make any changes or suggestions for edits. Continue reading Subversion Adventures
Definition of data and data types In the Berkeley study, data was defined as the amount of original information being produced in the US and the world in one year (Lyman and Varian, 2000). In the IDC study, digital information was measured in terms of the market of the global Continue reading Lit review continued how it relates to our Ecological question
From my point of view this week has been very productive.ย I flew out to Bellingham, WA on Sunday and spent all day Monday and Tuesday meeting with her at various coffee shops around town and at the Bellingham Public Library.ย We determined that Mendeley will be our data collection Continue reading Week 2 Weekly Update
Today has been a fairly productive day.ย I started writing out our methods section for the ASIS&T poster proposal abstract which is due July 1st.ย The parts I have hacked out so far can be found in blue print in this Google Document.ย That working paper document also contains an Continue reading June 10, 2011 – Today’s Progress
Ecological data is essential for scientists to be able to understand the complexities of nature and for decision makers to make informed decisions about protecting and utilizing our natural resources. However no one knows how much ecological data is out there being produced or will be produced in the near Continue reading Brief Literature Review
So, it’s been a week. I have been doing work, but haven’t updated here, for personal reasons beyond my control. What I have done: Downloaded the most popular Taverna 1, Taverna 2, and RapidMiner workflows off of myExperiment. Around 12 of each. I didn’t download Kepler ones, as they are Continue reading June 9: Update, Meetings, Mailing Lists
In light of these studies, what are the issues related to gathering ecological data? Defining Data versus Information: Do we focus on how much raw data is produced or how much information we are getting out of the data(analyzed and published)? Is data raw data considered meaningless until it is Continue reading Questions for assessing Ecological data
As of now, I will be collecting data from the articles that cite the Data Collection Article as collected using the Cited By function in ISI Web of Science.ย These citations were collected by Estephanie and placed in Dropbox as text files.ย Heather is tweaking them by adding a random Continue reading Data Collection Process for ISI Web of Science Citations
Mendeley unveiled a new feature today which shows citation snippets.ย See here for more on the release.ย Heather and I thought this could be a great tool to use instead of finding the full text of each article and searching within that to find the citations to the Data Citation Continue reading June 9, 2011 – New Mendeley Tool not ready for this study
This is the last day I stay in Oldenburg, in Olaf’s lab (office, actually). I will be on the train all day again to go back to the south, so I won’t be on skype. Sorry!