Concept Web Alliance Sustainability & Governance Professor Carole Goble University of Manchester, UK [email_address] Concept Web Alliance, New York Hall of Science, 8th May 2009

What is an Alliance? An Alliance is a group of organizations working together to solve problems that cannot be solved alone. Consensus Interoperability Pooling

An Alliance is a group of organizations working together to solve problems that cannot be solved alone.

Consensus

Interoperability

Pooling

What is CWA? A Forum : to unite stakeholders to share complex Life Science data in a new way, through triples. A Facilitator : to promote the development of triple content services and promote the development of triple professional services. A Facility : A “warehouse”, distributor and agent for triples on behalf of contributors and users. Develop our own services.

A Forum : to unite stakeholders to share complex Life Science data in a new way, through triples.

A Facilitator : to promote the development of triple content services and promote the development of triple professional services.

A Facility : A “warehouse”, distributor and agent for triples on behalf of contributors and users. Develop our own services.

What is CWA. A Forum. For commons-based sharing : Bringing together commercial and public stakeholders in life science data and scholarly publication The definition and adoption of a common, interoperable model of rich annotated triples and the mechanisms to generate and use them The specification of best practice, policies and use cases The specification of compliance obligations to the model and the rights to and governance of the content.

For commons-based sharing :

Bringing together commercial and public stakeholders in life science data and scholarly publication

The definition and adoption of a common, interoperable model of rich annotated triples and the mechanisms to generate and use them

The specification of best practice, policies and use cases

The specification of compliance obligations to the model and the rights to and governance of the content.

What is CWA. A Forum. For commons-based sharing : The promotion of widespread adoption of the model and the triples described by it. The identification and promotion of the services needed to enable widespread adoption Discuss legal and access and reuse issues Ensuring the adoption of current technologies, standards and practices

For commons-based sharing :

The promotion of widespread adoption of the model and the triples described by it.

The identification and promotion of the services needed to enable widespread adoption

Discuss legal and access and reuse issues

Ensuring the adoption of current technologies, standards and practices

What is CWA. A Facilitator. Work with established entities to identify, develop, promote and oversee: Triple Content services Base: identity, mapping, provenance tracking… Tools: capture, browsing, distribution, access… Added value: reasoning… Triple Professional services Directory, Content aggregation, service aggregation, quality control, guarantees and certification, governance of content suitability and compliance to model, stewardship, content access negotiation

Work with established entities to identify, develop, promote and oversee:

Triple Content services

Base: identity, mapping, provenance tracking…

Tools: capture, browsing, distribution, access…

Added value: reasoning…

Triple Professional services

Directory, Content aggregation, service aggregation, quality control, guarantees and certification, governance of content suitability and compliance to model, stewardship, content access negotiation

What is CWA: A Facility on behalf of the community.... A “ warehouse ” for deposited triples. A distributor for deposited triples. Infrastructure framework Governance and legal framework Financial and sustainability framework An agent for triple contributors and consumers. Infrastructure framework Governance and legal framework Incentive models for contribution Negotiate to access data services Financial and sustainability framework

A “ warehouse ” for deposited triples.

A distributor for deposited triples.

Infrastructure framework

Governance and legal framework

Financial and sustainability framework

An agent for triple contributors and consumers.

Infrastructure framework

Governance and legal framework

Incentive models for contribution

Negotiate to access data services

Financial and sustainability framework

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Start Small. Incremental Value. One thing well. Triples. Triples. Triples. Jam today. More Jam Tomorrow.

Roadmap and timetable: Year 1 - Proposal August 2009 Set up, incorporate the CWA, define governance Get started on Working Groups (see next) January 2010 Define the triple model, exchange format and core services Define the technical framework for contribution, distribution and access to a trustworthy triple pool Define the operational and governance framework Build a partnership with small number of key triple suppliers, triple consumers, tool providers and users

August 2009

Set up, incorporate the CWA, define governance

Get started on Working Groups (see next)

January 2010

Define the triple model, exchange format and core services

Define the technical framework for contribution, distribution and access to a trustworthy triple pool

Define the operational and governance framework

Build a partnership with small number of key triple suppliers, triple consumers, tool providers and users

Roadmap and timetable: Year 1 - Proposal April 2010 Pilot demonstrate CWA in operation and issue a grand challenge 1 st CWA Conference Secure funding and resource commitments May 2010 Membership with key organisations BioIT Alliance, Pistoia Alliance, PRISM, ELIXIR, SAGE, CODATA, Shared Names… W3C, LarKC, CrossRef, Creative Commons…. User groups in libraries, e.g. CNI

April 2010

Pilot demonstrate CWA in operation and issue a grand challenge

1 st CWA Conference

Secure funding and resource commitments

May 2010

Membership with key organisations

BioIT Alliance, Pistoia Alliance, PRISM, ELIXIR, SAGE, CODATA, Shared Names…

W3C, LarKC, CrossRef, Creative Commons….

User groups in libraries, e.g. CNI

Organisational Structure - Proposal Executive Committee / Secretariat Governing Board (Magnet Group) Operations Core team Operations Working Groups O1. Technical O2. Services O3. Content O4. Operation practice Championed by Core CWA team Members: charter, regular, sponsor Invited advisors and specialists

Executive Committee / Secretariat

Governing Board (Magnet Group)

Operations Core team

Operations Working Groups

O1. Technical O2. Services

O3. Content O4. Operation practice

Championed by Core CWA team

Members: charter, regular, sponsor

Invited advisors and specialists

Operations Working Groups O1. Technical – identity, provenance, federation, discrimination, triple boundaries… O2. Services - distribution, directory, warehouse, citation tracking, multi-linguality… O3. Content – capture, quality, packaging (walled gardens vs jungles), mixed licensing on triples, negotiation to content… O4. Operation practice – incentive models, micro-attribution, distribution, legal, claims arbitration, penalty models, policy, triple licenses… Are these the right groups? Would you commit to joining in?

O1. Technical – identity, provenance, federation, discrimination, triple boundaries…

O2. Services - distribution, directory, warehouse, citation tracking, multi-linguality…

O3. Content – capture, quality, packaging (walled gardens vs jungles), mixed licensing on triples, negotiation to content…

O4. Operation practice – incentive models, micro-attribution, distribution, legal, claims arbitration, penalty models, policy, triple licenses…

Are these the right groups?

Would you commit to joining in?

User oriented Take up depends on user need No user ghettos! Users blended into Working Groups User-driven demonstrator No jargon - Triples? What triples? Invisibility – incorporated in normal tools and normal work practice User groups: pick out early adopters and triple-ready users Clients of researchers and scholars: Libraries, data centres, publishers

Take up depends on user need

No user ghettos! Users blended into Working Groups

User-driven demonstrator

No jargon - Triples? What triples?

Invisibility – incorporated in normal tools and normal work practice

User groups: pick out early adopters and triple-ready users

Clients of researchers and scholars: Libraries, data centres, publishers

For a Facility ‘ Guarantor’ of interoperability (quality control) Spam protection Aggregator (many-to-one-to-many) Partnering with inferrers, disambiguators, removers of redundancy (adding value) (Re-)seller Commission/royalty arrangements with sales agents and triple proprietors Revenue stream. Long term persistence Management company?

‘ Guarantor’ of interoperability (quality control)

Spam protection

Aggregator (many-to-one-to-many)

Partnering with inferrers, disambiguators, removers of redundancy (adding value)

(Re-)seller

Commission/royalty arrangements with sales agents and triple proprietors

Revenue stream.

Long term persistence

Management company?

Governance of Alliance Purpose and scope Administrative and management structures Powers and Procedures Relationship to other organisations Conduct, obligations and benefits Membership Charter Members major contribution, benefits, governing votes Regular Members Institutional (academic), Personal, Corporate Sponsors

Purpose and scope

Administrative and management structures

Powers and Procedures

Relationship to other organisations

Conduct, obligations and benefits

Membership

Charter Members

major contribution, benefits, governing votes

Regular Members

Institutional (academic), Personal, Corporate

Sponsors

Why Sustainability for CWA? Alliance operation Organisation Conferences / WGroups Partnerships and advocacy Legal advice Content and professional services operation Small team Define the guidelines and rule book Marshal and seed a wider movement

Alliance operation

Organisation

Conferences / WGroups

Partnerships and advocacy

Legal advice

Content and professional services operation

Small team

Define the guidelines and rule book

Marshal and seed a wider movement

Triples Remove Ambiguity and Redundancy Curated Observational Smart Triples Inferred; constructed Knowledge Space Remove Ambiguity and Redundancy Remove Ambiguity and Redundancy (node 1, unique ID) (node 2, unique ID) < Source concept > < Target Concept > < Relations ( edge ) > class date value owner condition Etc. In these areas significant value is added to the triples

Where significant value is added…suggestions … triples represent an economic value and can be charged for Curated triples: charges at the discretion of the curator Inferred triples: charges at the discretion of the inferrer Disambiguated triples: charges at the discretion of disambiguator Redundancy-removed triples: charges at the discretion of the redundancy remover Observed triples can be charged for if they are taken from proprietary sources – by or on behalf of the proprietors peer-reviewed literature: charges at the discretion of the rights-holder

… triples represent an economic value and can be charged for

Curated triples:

charges at the discretion of the curator

Inferred triples:

charges at the discretion of the inferrer

Disambiguated triples:

charges at the discretion of disambiguator

Redundancy-removed triples:

charges at the discretion of the redundancy remover

Observed triples

can be charged for if they are taken from proprietary sources – by or on behalf of the proprietors

peer-reviewed literature: charges at the discretion of the rights-holder

Includes edges from: Pubmed (400,000,000 sentences, 5,000,000,000 concept co-occurrences) (from public data) Protein databases (UniProt, IntAct, PDB, HPRD – 75,000 human curated PPIs) (from public data) Private expression data (3000 extra edges, by Merck) (from proprietary data) InWeb edges (240,000 unique edges from 17 species) (from proprietary data) Plectix edges (5,000 extra edges (PPI modeling) (from proprietary data) Gene (co-expression databases (GEO, Express… – 25 square genes) (from public data) STRING edges (200,000 gene-gene edges) (from semi public data) Reactome edges (240,000 unique edges from 17 species) (from proprietary data) Chemspider edges (25,000,000 chemicals) (from semi public data) Wiki edges (WikEdge = WikiPathways, WikiProfessionals, Omegawiki, Wikigene) Et Cetera Revenue generating Download Concept Web triples

Pubmed (400,000,000 sentences, 5,000,000,000 concept co-occurrences) (from public data)

Protein databases (UniProt, IntAct, PDB, HPRD – 75,000 human curated PPIs) (from public data)

Private expression data (3000 extra edges, by Merck) (from proprietary data)

InWeb edges (240,000 unique edges from 17 species) (from proprietary data)

Plectix edges (5,000 extra edges (PPI modeling) (from proprietary data)

Gene (co-expression databases (GEO, Express… – 25 square genes) (from public data)

STRING edges (200,000 gene-gene edges) (from semi public data)

Reactome edges (240,000 unique edges from 17 species) (from proprietary data)

Chemspider edges (25,000,000 chemicals) (from semi public data)

Wiki edges (WikEdge = WikiPathways, WikiProfessionals, Omegawiki, Wikigene)

Et Cetera

Triple sales and Open Data/Open Access Single triples: free and open, via web search interface revenue from advertising? Collections: at the discretion of owners e.g. free if used publicly on web, with possibility of advertising revenue paid-for if used behind firewall

Single triples:

free and open, via web search interface

revenue from advertising?

Collections:

at the discretion of owners

e.g. free if used publicly on web, with possibility of advertising revenue

paid-for if used behind firewall

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Revenue Streams SUBSCRIPTIONS SPONSORSHIP FEES ADDED VALUE SERVICES Dual model: Public and commercial

SUBSCRIPTIONS

SPONSORSHIP

FEES

ADDED VALUE SERVICES

Dual model:

Public and commercial

SUBSCRIPTIONS AND SPONSORSHIP Subscriptions from public organisations and research grants Public sponsorship - by a major initiative, e.g. BioBanking or research organisation Corporate sponsorship FEES Membership fees and donations Contributors: Certification fees, contribution fees, tensioned to incentives Consumers: Content subscription Third party service providers ADDED VALUE SERVICES DOI assignment, certification Royalties from charges for services and access (a la iPhone) Content services e.g. virtual market bundles Dual model: Public and commercial

SUBSCRIPTIONS AND SPONSORSHIP

Subscriptions from public organisations and research grants

Public sponsorship - by a major initiative, e.g. BioBanking or research organisation

Corporate sponsorship

FEES

Membership fees and donations

Contributors: Certification fees, contribution fees, tensioned to incentives

Consumers: Content subscription

Third party service providers

ADDED VALUE SERVICES

DOI assignment, certification

Royalties from charges for services and access (a la iPhone)

Content services e.g. virtual market bundles

Dual model: Public and commercial

Next steps Set in motion the CWA 1 st year roadmap Incorporate and pump-prime Working groups Demonstrators Sign up Recruit members Recruit partners Recruit volunteers Sustain

Set in motion the CWA 1 st year roadmap

Incorporate and pump-prime

Working groups

Demonstrators

Sign up

Recruit members

Recruit partners

Recruit volunteers

Sustain

Participation on the journey… Is the CWA useful to your organisation? Would you sign up to the declaration? Would you become a member of CWA? What needs to be in place for you to commit? Would you help us develop the Alliance? Would you participate in one of the working groups? Where are the low hanging fruit? Who should we partner with? How would you like to participate further? Would you sponsor an event?

Is the CWA useful to your organisation?

Would you sign up to the declaration?

Would you become a member of CWA? What needs to be in place for you to commit?

Would you help us develop the Alliance?

Would you participate in one of the working groups?

Where are the low hanging fruit?

Who should we partner with?

How would you like to participate further? Would you sponsor an event?