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An An Open ContextOpen Context for Zooarchaeology for Zooarchaeology Publishing Research Data on the WebPublishing Research Data on the Web

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Sarah Whitcher KansaSarah Whitcher Kansa

skansa@alexandriaarchive.orgskansa@alexandriaarchive.org

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An open source content dissemination system An open source content dissemination system

• IntegratedIntegrated• CitableCitable• FreeFree

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Open Context’s ApproachOpen Context’s Approach• Explore ways to pool data without overly constraining standards

• Find / create cost-effective and EASY tools for non-tech-expert contribution and use

• Support queries and analysis across multiple datasets

• Clearly recognize contributions, fit into the existing research process (citation and permanent links)

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Records in Open ContextRecords in Open Context

Faceted browsing Faceted browsing allows easy allows easy exploration of exploration of diverse contentdiverse content

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Records in Open ContextRecords in Open Context

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Media RecordMedia Record

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Ownership in Open ContextOwnership in Open Context

Copyright ownership and Copyright ownership and Creative Commons Creative Commons license information, license information, including metadataincluding metadata

Internet-wide standard Internet-wide standard metadata, links ownership metadata, links ownership & permissions& permissions

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Ownership in Open ContextOwnership in Open Context

Citation Citation information information with stable with stable URL direct to URL direct to the item being the item being cited.cited.

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Adding Value to ContentAdding Value to Content

Users can highlight an Users can highlight an item or groups of items, item or groups of items, add their own add their own observations and observations and created a permanent created a permanent URL for that data setURL for that data set

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Facilitating Collaboration and DiscussionFacilitating Collaboration and Discussion

An individual tags a set “weaving tools” and comments on them

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Facilitating Collaboration and DiscussionFacilitating Collaboration and Discussion

Someone else refers to that tagged set from a blog= “ping back”

An individual tags a set “weaving tools” and comments on them

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Penelope 3Penelope 3

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If you build it, will they come? If you build it, will they come?

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Special ThanksSpecial Thanks

University of Chicago: OCHRE Project

Doris and Donald Fisher

László Bartosiewicz and ICAZLászló Bartosiewicz and ICAZ

Presidio Archaeology Lab

Science Commons

Internet Archive (media repository services)

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