Gregor Hagedorn (JKI, Plazi, & Museum für Naturkunde)

2013-05-22 Berlin

Biowikifarm

pro-iBiosphere is funded under the European Union's 7th Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement №312848.

Biowikifarm

Bio + Wiki

+ Farm

= MediaWiki content management software (as in Wikipedias, Wikisource, etc.): Longest term sustainability.

Biowikifarm

Bio + Wiki

+ Farm

= MediaWiki content management software (as in Wikipedias, Wikisource, etc.). „Longest term“ sustainability.

= Many installations under shared management. Efficiency Gain.(ViBRANT Scratchpads = pre-configured Drupal Farm)

=equivalent of “Scratchpads”

for Wikis

Distributed Responsibilities

FP7 project 2010-2013

Responsible for new developments on

biowikifarm.Hosting +

Long term technical service sustainability

Long term museum-IT resources available

Long term legal and management responsibility

biowikifarm Users

In total about:22 active community wikis2 shared media repositories3 meta- and shared test-wikis, 8 dormant (containing valuable content)9 wikis with dubious future

biowikifarm Examples: Species ID

biowikifarm Examples: OpenMedia

biowikifarm Examples: Open Nature Guides

biowikifarm Examples: GBIF/TDWG Terms

biowikifarm Examples: ISPI Pest Information

biowikifarm Examples: Filtered Push

biowikifarm Examples: Key to Nature

biowikifarm Examples: Lichen Glossary

biowikifarm Examples: Flora Malesiana

biowikifarm Examples: Pl@ntNet-Pl@ntUse

biowikifarm Examples: pro-iBiosphere

New biowikifarm participants are welcome! Participate in shared long-term maintenance In-kind contributions welcome (no other cost)

New biowikifarm participants are welcome! Participate in shared long-term maintenance In-kind contributions welcome (no other cost)

Where appropriate? Having more contributors than programmers When a community is interested in shaping the features

of the platform themselves Middle path between structured and unstructured Simple Word-like text plus XML-like markup possible Automatic Android identification available

Cost of selling data

(some thoughts)

Cost of selling data

Strictly: Data are not copyrighted and must be kept secret If they are directly viewable, people can legally copy

and re-use them. Encrypted data → No feedback. Lack of reach, being cited and acknowledged. Option: ask everyone to sign an agreement Option: mix creative content with data while making

it expensive to separate the parts

Cost of selling data Relaxed:

Licensing cost. Marginal publishing cost: 0 EUR. Marginal individual licensing/sales cost: ~ 200 EUR.

Others have high incentives to re-do your work in a way that you cannot reciprocate from.

Trust problems in collaboration, negotiation overhead with partners

Especially large collaborations are difficult (distributing income justly!)