extra value from documentation: a proposal for icon

Extra value from documentation:a proposal for Icon

Athanasios Veliosa.velios@arts.ac.uk

@a_velios

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network

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Network

● Open membership● Group representatives● Annual reporting● Endorsed by Group Chairs group

Scope

● Layered guidelines● Interoperability of standards/systems● Documentation education● Visual glossaries● Documentation copyright● Public outreach● Photography and surveying● Documentation for conservation science

Recent discussions

● Documentation systems– e.g. ConservationSpace

● Interoperability – Documentation training/symposium

Sharing data

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Development of knowledge

● Observations

Development of knowledge

● Observations● Summary

Development of knowledge

● Observations● Summary● Rules

Where is the data?Not the document!

● A fraction of it is shared– In graphs– In tables

Where is the data?Not the document!

● A fraction of it is shared– In graphs– In tables

● Difficult to follow references

Where is the data?Not the document!

● A fraction of it is shared– In graphs– In tables

● Difficult to follow references● Rules are accepted and difficult to revise

Where is the data?Not the document!

● A fraction of it is shared– In graphs– In tables

● Difficult to follow references● Rules are accepted and difficult to revise

● We want easy access!

Tim Berners-Lee by Paul Clarke (Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.)

Spine book

Re-use of data

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Re-use of data

● Collected for one reason

Re-use of data

● Collected for one reason● Re-used for another

Re-use of data

● Collected for one reason● Re-used for another

● Extra value from the same data

Documentation

● Join the documentation network● Start discussions in your institutions about

open sharing

https://vublsts.wordpress.com/2011/11/25/anyware-you-are/#more-248