This post outlines four principles which ought to characterize the knowledge infrastructure in the future (quoted):
- the information system supporting research must be source-neutral.
- components from different providers in the information system supporting research should work together.
- transparency... researchers want to know how that recommendation was arrived at, and why it is relevant to them.
- we must put researchers in control. People should be able to set their own preferences and parameters.
Right now, we don't have this anywhere. The closest we have is Google, which at least works, but which is opaque and beyond our control. In the academic world, none of the four apply. I cannot begin to calculate the cost our confused and fragmented system inflicts on society.
Today: 5 Total: 5 [Direct link] [Share]
