Enhanced publications

           

 

An enhanced publication is a structured display of research results in which related scientific output is brought together1. Think about the combination of the traditional scientific article with underlying datasets, images, models, visualisations, reports, documentation, appendices and links to related research. When linking this way a so called Scientific Publication Package originates, a term coined by Jane Hunter2.
The mutual relationships between objects are machine readable as well as readable to human beings in RDF. (see digital objects). A prerequisite to being able to offer the possibility of making an enhanced publication is for each object to have a persistent identifier. 

In 3TU.Datacentrum only datasets are stored and presented. These datasets may link to corresponding articles and dissertations which may for example be present in TUDrepository. When taking the site of 3TU.Datacentrum as a starting point you might speak about an enriched dataset. But if you take TUDrepository as a starting point, the more logical term would be an enhanced publication. In this way, the place where the material is located determines your perspective. Below you find some examples: 

Apart from linking research output at remote locations, it's also possible to gather the existing links and visualise them in one package (one location). The film below shows some examples of such visualised enhanced publications. In Twente a tool to put such enhanced publications together is used: Escape with the InContext visualisation tool integrated. The Enhanced publication of the month August 20116  has been put together in this way. This way of visualising research output resembles the way publishing has been done from onset: what you do has a head and tail, everything together in one place. In a way this is a paradox because the semantic web allows the linking between research artifacts which aren't necessarily located at a distinct location. It's not important where information can be found as long as you can access it and its relations persistently.

It's also possible to integrate data ín a publication. This takes integrating a step further than linking alone. In the DatapluS project experiences with this form of research output were gained. 

 

The future

Enhanced publications were enabled by technological progress. At this moment the elements of a visualised enhanced publication are brought together manually. Because this is a time-intensive process, the future of enhanced publications seems to be in the development of tools which will enable researchers to put together such an enhanced publication during their research1.  
The forms scientific output will take in the next decennia will probably be totally dissimilar to the current ones. One can describe the results of scientific research, but one could also film or simulate it to give but a few examples. One thing is sure: the content of a publication will no longer be linear. It will likely be a network of elements through which any reader can choose his or her own optimal route1. 

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