Searching Science

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Access to data Access to information Science for all, not just a few Search is Critical

Effective search depends on reservoirs of tacit knowledge and unconscious skill. Some people possess much deeper reservoirs, and/or can tap into them more effectively, than others. That makes them valuable. – Jon Udell

Knowledge-based Decision Support Semantic Web Metadata Standards

Some Topics Searching across literature and repositories for linked information - Use visualization or statistical techniques to show relationships among repositories ( AlbertoConti ) Searching outside literature and central repositories Relevance of search results and trust Patents and integration into science world view ( RichardJefferson ) What can't you do with Google Scholar? What are the Grand Challenges of Scientific Information Retrieval? ( DuncanHull ) - How can I "make sense" of all the information returned? ( AlbertoConti ) Machine Learning and the natural sciences ( ChrisWiggins ) User interface/API design - how do we build tools for non-specialists to use? ( AndrewWalkingshaw ) Non-text information (images, audio, video). Useful? Required? How do we find them? ( DeepakSingh ) How can we make it easier to follow links/citations through disparate systems? (Dan Chudnov) Setting to grips with identity - URL? PURL? LSID? Whatever! ( CaroleGoble ) How do we balance speed, relevance, simple interface and discovery potential, i.e., uncovering the unexpected? ( CarolChristian )

Searching across literature and repositories for linked information - Use visualization or statistical techniques to show relationships among repositories ( AlbertoConti )

Searching outside literature and central repositories

Relevance of search results and trust

Patents and integration into science world view ( RichardJefferson )

What can't you do with Google Scholar? What are the Grand Challenges of Scientific Information Retrieval? ( DuncanHull ) - How can I "make sense" of all the information returned? ( AlbertoConti )

Machine Learning and the natural sciences ( ChrisWiggins )

User interface/API design - how do we build tools for non-specialists to use? ( AndrewWalkingshaw )

Non-text information (images, audio, video). Useful? Required? How do we find them? ( DeepakSingh )

How can we make it easier to follow links/citations through disparate systems? (Dan Chudnov)

Setting to grips with identity - URL? PURL? LSID? Whatever! ( CaroleGoble )

How do we balance speed, relevance, simple interface and discovery potential, i.e., uncovering the unexpected? ( CarolChristian )