When the world beats a path to your door. Collaboration in the era of big data
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This document discusses collaboration on three projects: Protégé, BioPortal, and CEDAR. Collaboration on Protégé happens spontaneously through active mailing lists and users, and is self-reinforcing with thousands of engaged users. Collaboration on BioPortal is more modest due to its large user base and lack of a plugin architecture. Collaboration on the newer CEDAR requires explicit strategy, coordination, and funding as it involves changing user workflows. The document concludes that while collaboration can emerge naturally, complex systems like CEDAR require planned, managed, and funded collaboration efforts.
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When the world beats a path to your door. Collaboration in the era of big data
- 3. A Tale of Three Projects 1. Protégé Ontology Editor (1988–present) 2. BioPortal Ontology Repository (2005–present) 3. CEDAR Metadata Editing System (2014–present)
- 8. Collaboration in Protégé • Happens nearly spontaneously • Is encouraged by very active e-mail lists and presence on social media • Is enabled by having standard mechanisms for developing plug-ins • Is self-reinforcing when there are thousands of engaged users
- 9. A Tale of Three Projects 1. Protégé Ontology Editor (1988–present) 2. BioPortal Ontology Repository (2005–present) 3. CEDAR Metadata Editing System (2014–present)
- 11. NCBO Website TrafficOccurrencesperMonth 2009−Jan 2010−Jan 2011−Jan 2012−Jan 2013−Jan 2014−Jan 2015−Jan 2016−Jan 0100K200K Page Requests Unique IP Addresses NCBO API Usage APIRequestsperMonth 013−O ct 014−Jan 014−Apr 2014−Jul 014−O ct 015−Jan 015−Apr 2015−Jul 015−O ct 016−Jan 016−Apr 2016−Jul 016−O ct 2M8M32M
- 13. Collaboration with BioPortal • Is modest in comparison to the size of the user community • Is impeded by lack of a plug-in architecture for the main server • Typically takes place silently when users develop new technology that simply calls our APIs without the need to interact with NCBO personnel
- 14. A Tale of Three Projects 1. Protégé Ontology Editor (1988–present) 2. BioPortal Ontology Repository (2005–present) 3. CEDAR Metadata Editing System (2014–present)
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- 21. Collaboration with CEDAR • Is generating “buzz,” as lots of groups want to use our technology • Is pragmatically difficult, since adoption of CEDAR necessarily leads to a change in user workflow • Initially incurs cost in staff time—both at our site and at those of our collaborators • Requires an explicit strategy, explicit coordination, and explicit funding
- 22. A Tale of Three Projects 1. Protégé Ontology Editor (1988–present) 2. BioPortal Ontology Repository (2005–present) 3. CEDAR Metadata Editing System (2014–present)
- 23. Collaboration: “It’s complicated” • Collaboration may be an emergent phenomenon, given the right ecosystem • Collaboration may take time to take root and become part of the culture • With complex systems such as CEDAR, collaboration must be – Planned – Managed – Funded