Monthly Archives: October 2010

Open Data Classes for Free at Nottingham

This blog post writes itself. Except that I have a warm feeling as I was a virtual professor at Nottingham for 5 years… http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/datablog/2010/oct/13/free-data-nottingham-classes Nottingham University offers masterclasses in dealing with open data – for free of course Less than … Continue reading

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Open Bibliography is Essential for modern scholarship

#jiscopenbib Very simply: Scholarship (Research, innovation, planning, university business, etc.) is being crippled by the lack of Open Bibliography That’s a strong statement. (And bibliography is not the only area where lack of Openness is crippling). But I’ll defend it … Continue reading

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Update and real excitement

#jiscopenbib #jiscxyz #quixotechem The last week has been hectic and really exiciting. I get the feeling that the last 10-20 years of my life are starting to bear fruit. In particular I now believe the World Wide Molecular Matrix will … Continue reading

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Why we need unique addresses and identifiers

#jiscopenbib #quixotechem This post is about identifier and indexing systems – we shall need these for Lensfield and Quixote. The hierarchical system seems to come naturally to most humans. I’m not a physiologist, neuroscientist or psychologist but it seems natural … Continue reading

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