Monthly Archives: May 2007

What is myExperiment?

myExperiment makes it really easy for the next generation of scientists to contribute to a pool of scientific workflows, build communities and form relationships. myExperiment enables scientists to share, re-use and repurpose workflows and reduce time-to-experiment, share expertise and avoid reinvention (link).

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International Workshop on Virtual Research Environments and Collaborative Work Environments

The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers working in the areas of virtual research environments1 (VREs) and collaborative work environments (CWEs). Both concepts are characterised as providing consistent and dependable work environments for particular kinds of work organisation, emphasising the dynamic establishment of collaborative work contexts between independent partners. Further aspects such [...]

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Darwin’s letters on the Web

The AHDS (Arts and Humanities Data Service) provided some of the initial advice for this project. And boy did Charles Darwin write a lot of letters! Evolutionary theorist Charles Darwin thought the voyage of the Beagle was a “magnificent scheme” allowing him to spend time “larking round the world”. His delight at the five-year cruise [...]

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Arts and Humanities Research Council and the AHDS part ways

(strange…I thought that a ‘centralised service’…like the AHRC itself, would be the most efficient means of storing digital data…and the last 2 sentences are just plain dumb…as if ‘making websites’ has had anything to do with the Digital Humanities or the AHDS…and ‘HEIs understanding the issues involved in the storage of long term data’…like sure; [...]

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Web 2 Business ideas

Australian companies are starting to twig that Web 2.0 isn’t just the latest trend for designing web pages – it can be a vital business tool. Brad Howarth reports (link)

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Map of Online Communities

Most of the actual tests are open to anyone who has passed 70-270. A small number needs 646-204 to their credit as well, in order to sit for 642-901 later. This is why no one usually pays attention to 220-601. __________________________ here is a map of online communities (web 2.0) complements of xkcd

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Max Planck Digital Library and SUB Goettingen sign a Cooperation Agreement – building a digital infrastructure for the arts and humanities

Max Planck Digital Library and SUB Goettingen sign a Cooperation Agreement – building a digital infrastructure for the arts and humanities The Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL) and Goettingen State and University Library (SUB) have agreed to strengthen their existing collaboration and, specifically, to further the development of a digital infrastructure for the arts and [...]

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