Rich Apodaca points to Google‘s Living Stories concept. He specifically calls out the web native aspects of the concept and points out how they allow you to do things in very unique ways and wonders what would happen if scientific publishers would push the characteristics of the Web to their limits.
I’ve often written about web-centric systems, especially as pertains to publishing and information sharing. All too often we don’t seem to break out of legacy limitations, like essentially using a print paradigm to web publishing. When I first saw Living Stories, I was struck by both its simplicity and the presentation. Why can’t we have scientific stories, e.g. publications, stories, blog posts, all presented together with a timeline to see how the story evolves. Wouldn’t it be nice to see how research into the photophysics of rhodopsin evolved over the years. It doesn’t have to look like the Google concept per se, but you have a nice blueprint.
The story that lives
Rich Apodaca points to Google‘s Living Stories concept. He specifically calls out the web native aspects of the concept and points out how they allow you to do things in very unique ways and wonders what would happen if scientific publishers would push the characteristics of the Web to their limits.
I’ve often written about web-centric systems, especially as pertains to publishing and information sharing. All too often we don’t seem to break out of legacy limitations, like essentially using a print paradigm to web publishing. When I first saw Living Stories, I was struck by both its simplicity and the presentation. Why can’t we have scientific stories, e.g. publications, stories, blog posts, all presented together with a timeline to see how the story evolves. Wouldn’t it be nice to see how research into the photophysics of rhodopsin evolved over the years. It doesn’t have to look like the Google concept per se, but you have a nice blueprint.
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