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<p>I came across a paper criticizing the suitability of the
"publication" metaphor for data that I thought you might find
interesting from a number of perspectives: <br>
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<p>Parsons, M.A. and Fox, P.A., 2013. Is data publication the right
metaphor? Data Science Journal, 12:WDS32-WDS46.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/dsj/12/0/12_WDS-042/_pdf">https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/dsj/12/0/12_WDS-042/_pdf</a></p>
<p>They break the world down into 5 major "metaphors" for data
sharing - and in Table 1 list LTER as the example for "Science
Support". Where that gets especially interesting is when they
summarize the strengths and weaknesses of the different types in
Table 2. There, the "Science Support" category is the only one
that rates a "good" on "usability" (but also "poor" on discovery,
access and governance).</p>
<p>The article came out around the time that PASTA started to take
off, so hopefully many of those ratings would have improved by
now!</p>
<p>-JP<br>
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John Porter
Dept. of Environmental Sciences
University of Virginia
291 McCormick Road
PO Box 400123
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4123</pre>
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