TY - GEN
T1 - A vision and agenda for theory provenance in scientific publishing
AU - Wood, Ian
AU - Larson, J. Walter
AU - Gardner, Henry
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Primary motivations for effective data and process provenance in science are to facilitate validation and reproduction of experiments and to assist in the interpretation of data-analysis outcomes. Central to both these aims is an understanding of the ideas and hypotheses that the data supports, and how those ideas fit into the wider scientific context. Such knowledge consists of the collection of relevant previous ideas and experiments from the body of scientific knowledge, or, more specifically, how those ideas and hypotheses evolved, the steps in that evolution, and the experiments and results used to support those steps. This information we term the provenance of ideas or theory provenance. We propose an integrated approach to scientific knowledge management, combining data, process and theory provenance, providing full transparency for effective verification and review.
AB - Primary motivations for effective data and process provenance in science are to facilitate validation and reproduction of experiments and to assist in the interpretation of data-analysis outcomes. Central to both these aims is an understanding of the ideas and hypotheses that the data supports, and how those ideas fit into the wider scientific context. Such knowledge consists of the collection of relevant previous ideas and experiments from the body of scientific knowledge, or, more specifically, how those ideas and hypotheses evolved, the steps in that evolution, and the experiments and results used to support those steps. This information we term the provenance of ideas or theory provenance. We propose an integrated approach to scientific knowledge management, combining data, process and theory provenance, providing full transparency for effective verification and review.
KW - Grid
KW - Knowledge representation
KW - Provenance
KW - Scientific publishing
KW - Semantic citation
KW - Semantic grid
KW - Semantic network
KW - Theory provenance
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=70349303980&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-04205-8_11
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-04205-8_11
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 364204204X
SN - 9783642042041
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 112
EP - 121
BT - Database Systems for Advanced Applications - DASFAA 2009 International Workshops
T2 - International Workshops on Database Systems for Advanced Applications, DASFAA 2009: BenchmarX, MCIS, WDPP, PPDA, MBC, PhD
Y2 - 20 April 2009 through 23 April 2009
ER -