David Baker's presentation from the ORCID and Casrai joint conference, Barcelona, May 2015

1. Casrai Updates
State of the Network
David Baker, Executive Director

2. The Mission

3. Overlay a management information network on a decentralized peer network
http://acn2013.dei.polimi.it/net.jpg
● Multiple teams
● Multiple disciplines
● Multiple institutions
● Multiple funders
● Multiple nations
● Multiple repositories
● Multiple vendors

4. Bypassing software complexity by working at the edges
http://www.workforceinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/complexity1.gif

5. Where all information sharing happens
Forms:
import
from humans
Reports:
export
for humans
APIs:
import export
for machines

6. Casrai Dictionary: an open blueprint for inbox/outbox contents
Profiles

7. Means to an End
● Casrai Dictionary is just a ‘means’
● The ‘end’ is a management information
network:
○ user-driven, not technology-driven
○ neutrally & sustainably governed
○ technology-agnostic but standards-friendly
○ balances centralized/decentralized operation
○ single reference of compatibility

8. Progress

9. from Canada
● Personnel Profiles:
○ Full Academic CV, Student CV, Abridged CV, Non-
academic CV
● Impact Profiles:
○ Academic Impact & Societal Impact
● Other Profiles:
○ Research Classification, Funding Results, Project
Info

10. from UK (pilot)
● Organizational IDs
○ ISNI+ recommendation
● Data Management Planning Profiles
○ Ethics, Preservation, Reuse
● Open Access Profiles
○ APC Reporting

11. from Sweden (pilot)
● Artistic Works Outputs
○ improved structure from Canadian start
○ streamlined capture

12. from International Collaboration
● Peer Review Services
○ a peer review citation structure
○ led by ORCID/F1000
● Contributor Roles
○ a 14 term taxonomy for research contributions
○ led by Wellcome Trust/Digital Science

13. upcoming International
● Snowball Metrics Profiles
○ more than numbers; specifying local data structure
○ led by Snowball Steering Committee
● Dataset Level Metrics
○ DLMs for Quality Measurement
○ led by CERN/F1000liaison with NISO

14. exploring new networks
● Netherlands
● US
● South Africa

15. Challenges

16. Challenges
● thinking outside/between the ‘boxes’
● patience for collaborative work
● over-complicating the solution
● discounting neutral governance
● too narrow definition of ‘standards’

17. Call to Action
● Join Casrai
○ free participation for individuals (info@casrai.org)
● Start a Content Network
○ develop a small network of like-minded
organizations (national or multinational approach)
○ start building profiles

18. Thanks!
casrai.org