Jack

son

Co

thre

n, e

t al.

Ce

nte

r for A

dva

nce

d S

pa

tial T

ech

no

log

ies

Un

ive

rsity o

f Ark

an

sas

Co

mm

en

ts on

We

b 2

.0 a

nd

Be

yo

nd

or

On

the

we

b n

ob

od

y k

no

ws y

ou

’re a

n

W. Fre

drick (Fre

d) Lim

p

Ce

nte

r for A

dva

nce

d Sp

atia

l Te

chn

olo

gie

s, De

pa

rtme

nts o

f Ge

oscie

nce

s,

An

thro

po

log

y an

d E

nviro

nm

en

t Dyn

am

ics Pro

gra

m, U

nive

rsity of A

rkan

sas

On

the

we

b n

ob

od

y k

no

ws y

ou

’re a

n

arch

ae

olo

gist

W. F

red

rick Lim

p

Ce

nte

r for A

dva

nce

d S

pa

tial T

ech

no

log

ies

Un

ive

rsity o

f Ark

an

sas

Ove

rview

•B

rief e

xcursio

n to

bo

na

fidie

s

•C

on

side

ratio

n o

f wh

at “is” W

eb

2.0

an

d

wh

y do

we

care

?

Co

mm

en

ts on

We

b 2

.0 a

nd

Be

yon

d

28

Ma

rch 2

00

8

Va

nco

uve

r BC

wh

y do

we

care

?

•A

rcha

eo

log

y an

d W

eb

2.0

–3

.0 -

…..

•W

ha

t do

we

ne

ed

to d

o to

ma

ke it

ha

pp

en

an

d w

ha

t do

es th

is sessio

n te

ll us

ab

ou

t wh

ere

we

are

in th

is pro

cess?

2

W. F

red

rick Lim

p

Ce

nte

r for A

dva

nce

d S

pa

tial T

ech

no

log

ies

Un

ive

rsity o

f Ark

an

sas

A fe

w co

mm

en

ts on

my b

ackg

rou

nd

•A

rcha

eo

log

y is NO

T m

y day jo

b –

or a

t lea

st no

t a la

rge

fractio

n o

f it

•“W

ea

rer o

f ma

ny h

ats”

•H

ere

spe

ake

r wo

uld

typica

lly ma

ke a

ba

d jo

ke a

bo

ut im

pa

ct of

we

arin

g m

an

y ha

ts on

ha

ir follicle

s–

Pa

use

for p

olite

bu

t som

ew

ha

t un

com

forta

ble

lau

gh

ter

•Se

rved

as o

ne

of th

e fo

un

de

rs of:

Co

mm

en

ts on

We

b 2

.0 a

nd

Be

yon

d

28

Ma

rch 2

00

8

Va

nco

uve

r BC

•Se

rved

as o

ne

of th

e fo

un

de

rs of:

–(1

99

2) O

pe

n G

RA

SS Fou

nd

atio

n

–(1

99

4) O

pe

n G

IS Co

nso

rtium

•re

na

me

d O

pe

n G

eo

spa

tial C

on

sortiu

m

•w

ww

.op

en

ge

osp

atia

l.org

–(2

00

7) O

GC

ii•

Op

en

Ge

osp

atia

l Co

nso

rtium

Inte

rop

era

bility In

stitute

–R

/D fo

cus to

mo

ve p

roce

ss lesso

ns le

arn

ed

ab

ou

t de

velo

pm

en

t of

inte

rop

era

bility in

to b

roa

de

r un

iversity re

sea

rch

3

W. F

red

rick Lim

p

Ce

nte

r for A

dva

nce

d S

pa

tial T

ech

no

log

ies

Un

ive

rsity o

f Ark

an

sas

OG

C

•T

he

Op

en

Ge

osp

atia

l Co

nso

rtium

, Inc

(OG

C) is a

n in

tern

atio

na

l ind

ustry

con

sortiu

m o

f 34

7co

mp

an

ies,

go

vern

me

nt a

ge

ncie

s an

d u

nive

rsities

pa

rticipa

ting

in a

con

sen

sus

pro

cess to

Co

mm

en

ts on

We

b 2

.0 a

nd

Be

yon

d

28

Ma

rch 2

00

8

Va

nco

uve

r BC

pa

rticipa

ting

in a

con

sen

sus

pro

cess to

de

velo

p p

ub

licly ava

ilab

le in

terfa

ce

spe

cificatio

ns.

•O

pe

nG

IS® S

pe

cificatio

ns

sup

po

rt

inte

rop

era

ble

solu

tion

s tha

t "ge

o-

en

ab

le" th

e W

eb

, wire

less a

nd

loca

tion

-

ba

sed

service

s, an

d m

ain

strea

m IT.

4

….

W. F

red

rick Lim

p

Ce

nte

r for A

dva

nce

d S

pa

tial T

ech

no

log

ies

Un

ive

rsity o

f Ark

an

sas

Wh

at is W

eb

2.0

?

•A

s we

’ve h

ea

rd .. th

e te

rm w

as first a

pp

lied

by

Tim

O’R

eille

y in 2

00

4

–“b

usin

ess re

volu

tion

in th

e co

mp

ute

r ind

ustry

cau

sed

by a

mo

ve to

the

inte

rne

t as a

pla

tform

.”

Co

mm

en

ts on

We

b 2

.0 a

nd

Be

yon

d

28

Ma

rch 2

00

8

Va

nco

uve

r BC

cau

sed

by a

mo

ve to

the

inte

rne

t as a

pla

tform

.”

•(Sir) T

im B

ern

ers-Le

e (a

ka “in

ven

tor o

f ww

w”)

–A

rgu

es th

at te

rm is m

ea

nin

gle

ss since

the

tech

no

log

y com

po

ne

nts h

ave

(esse

ntia

lly) be

en

in

pla

ce sin

ce th

e e

arly d

ays o

f we

b

•M

uch

discu

ssion

on

this …

.

5

W. F

red

rick Lim

p

Ce

nte

r for A

dva

nce

d S

pa

tial T

ech

no

log

ies

Un

ive

rsity o

f Ark

an

sas

Hyp

e o

r rea

l?•

I’m g

oin

g w

ith re

al

..

–B

ut e

ssen

tially m

ore

rea

l as a

socia

lan

d in

stitutio

na

l

pro

cess a

nd

no

t (so m

uch

) as a

ne

w te

chn

olo

gy o

ne

•A

rgu

me

nts o

ver w

he

the

r its’ SO

AP

y or R

EST

ful a

re in

tere

sting

bu

t

esse

ntia

lly seco

nd

ary

Co

mm

en

ts on

We

b 2

.0 a

nd

Be

yon

d

28

Ma

rch 2

00

8

Va

nco

uve

r BC

–(g

roa

n fro

m a

ll tech

no

-we

nn

ies h

ere

be

fud

dle

me

nt e

lsew

he

re)

•A

s arch

ae

olo

gists (n

ote

qu

ick ha

t switch

) we

(of a

ll pe

op

le)

sho

uld

reco

gn

ize th

at th

ere

is a co

mp

lex in

terp

lay be

twe

en

tech

no

log

y an

d “so

ciety”

–H

ere

ide

as o

f Bo

ast a

nd

Bie

hl a

bo

ut kn

ow

led

ge

as p

erfo

rma

nce

are

pa

rticula

rly inte

restin

g a

nd

rele

van

t

–R

ole

of p

rese

nta

tion

to m

ultip

le a

ud

ien

ces

6

W. F

red

rick Lim

p

Ce

nte

r for A

dva

nce

d S

pa

tial T

ech

no

log

ies

Un

ive

rsity o

f Ark

an

sas

Ba

sic de

finitio

n o

f We

b 2

.0…

•

To re

cap

itula

te a

nd

atte

mp

ting

to a

void

(to a

de

gre

e) te

chn

o-

ba

bb

le

•K

ey th

em

es

–S

ep

ara

tion

of co

nte

nt –

pre

sen

tatio

n –

serv

ices

•M

ust d

eco

up

le tra

ditio

na

l system

de

sign

an

d m

od

ula

rize a

ll

ele

me

nts

Co

mm

en

ts on

We

b 2

.0 a

nd

Be

yon

d

28

Ma

rch 2

00

8

Va

nco

uve

r BC

ele

me

nts

•E

ssen

tial so

tha

t sam

e co

nte

nt ca

n b

e re

pu

rpo

sed

–E

xam

ple

: sing

le d

ata

ba

se “b

ack-e

nd

” servin

g m

ultip

le w

eb

service

s with

da

ta

•M

od

ula

rizatio

n o

f pro

cesse

s into

we

b se

rvices a

llow

s be

st-of-

bre

ed

ap

p se

lectio

n a

nd

ma

sh-u

ps

•B

asis fo

r grid

com

pu

ting

–Fa

st inte

ractive

pa

ges

–A

rchite

cture

of p

articip

atio

n

–R

ich u

ser e

xpe

rien

ce

7

W. F

red

rick Lim

p

Ce

nte

r for A

dva

nce

d S

pa

tial T

ech

no

log

ies

Un

ive

rsity o

f Ark

an

sas

So w

ha

t ab

ou

t We

b 2

.0 a

nd

us?

•W

hy a

re w

e a

s (sorta

) tech

no

log

ists he

re g

iving

pa

pe

rs

on

…

–“H

ow

we

‘can

or o

ug

ht’ to

ad

op

t We

b 2

.0 in

…”

–o

r “ho

w o

ur e

fforts to

ad

op

t 2.0

are

he

lpin

g …

” Co

mm

en

ts on

We

b 2

.0 a

nd

Be

yon

d

28

Ma

rch 2

00

8

Va

nco

uve

r BC

•R

ath

er th

an

as a

rcha

eo

log

ists, in th

eir n

atu

ral h

ab

itat,

givin

g p

ap

ers o

n “h

ow

the

RE

SU

LTS

of re

sea

rch u

sing

We

b 2

.0 ch

an

ge

d m

y (arch

ae

olo

gica

l) life?

”

–B

TW

-th

is state

me

nt is so

me

wh

at u

nfa

ir since

this w

as a

sessio

n e

mp

ha

sizing

the

tech

no

log

y no

t the

arch

ae

olo

gy -

bu

t

you

get m

y po

int.

8

W. F

red

rick Lim

p

Ce

nte

r for A

dva

nce

d S

pa

tial T

ech

no

log

ies

Un

ive

rsity o

f Ark

an

sas

It’s (no

t) the

tech

no

log

y stup

id *

•T

he

succe

ss of a

ny W

eb

2.0

“ap

plica

tion

” is b

uilt o

n a

fou

nd

atio

n

•T

ha

t fou

nd

atio

n is co

nte

nt

•A

ccess to

con

ten

t req

uire

s

Co

mm

en

ts on

We

b 2

.0 a

nd

Be

yon

d

28

Ma

rch 2

00

8

Va

nco

uve

r BC

9

* Apologies (but not recently) to Jam

es Carville

•A

ccess to

con

ten

t req

uire

s –

1) a

bo

dy o

f dig

ital

con

ten

t

–2

) ad

eq

ua

te co

ntro

l of o

nto

log

ies

an

d se

ma

ntics

such

tha

t the

con

ten

t is to so

me

de

gre

e

inte

rop

era

ble

W. F

red

rick Lim

p

Ce

nte

r for A

dva

nce

d S

pa

tial T

ech

no

log

ies

Un

ive

rsity o

f Ark

an

sas

Dig

ital co

nte

nt a

nd

arch

ae

olo

gy

•Fo

r a W

eb

2.0

strate

gy to

be

succe

ssful th

ere

mu

st be

a

“critical m

ass” o

f inte

rop

era

ble

arch

ae

olo

gica

l dig

ital

con

ten

t

•T

he

re is a

“lot” o

f dig

ital a

rcha

eo

log

ical co

nte

nt, I w

ou

ld

sub

mit, “o

ut th

ere

” bu

t no

t a critica

l ma

ss (yet) …

Co

mm

en

ts on

We

b 2

.0 a

nd

Be

yon

d

28

Ma

rch 2

00

8

Va

nco

uve

r BC

sub

mit, “o

ut th

ere

” bu

t no

t a critica

l ma

ss (yet) …

•W

ith A

DS, D

AC

C, U

EE

an

d o

the

rs we

can

see

ho

w to

get to

the

de

stina

tion

•T

he

re n

ee

ds to

be

a (o

r a n

um

be

r of) “co

mm

un

ity of

inte

rest” sp

ecifica

tion

s ad

eq

ua

te fo

r inte

rop

era

bility

10

W. F

red

rick Lim

p

Ce

nte

r for A

dva

nce

d S

pa

tial T

ech

no

log

ies

Un

ive

rsity o

f Ark

an

sas

Sign

ifican

ce o

f disin

term

ed

iatio

n a

s a

de

velo

pm

en

t drive

r

•T

he

prim

ary le

sson

lea

rne

d fro

m w

eb

de

velo

pm

en

t,

ge

ne

rally, is th

at th

ere

are

bo

at lo

ad

$(o

r €s o

r £s) o

f

mo

ne

y to b

e m

ad

e th

rou

gh

disin

term

ed

iatio

nCo

mm

en

ts on

We

b 2

.0 a

nd

Be

yon

d

28

Ma

rch 2

00

8

Va

nco

uve

r BC

•T

he

“valu

e p

rop

ositio

n” fo

r disin

term

ed

iatio

n in

scho

larsh

ip g

en

era

lly, an

d a

rcha

eo

log

y rese

arch

spe

cifically, is m

uch

less cle

ar

•B

TW

-th

ere

isa

stron

g ca

se fo

r disin

term

ed

iatio

n in

CR

M

•In

US a

lon

e e

stima

tes a

re th

at th

ere

is ca $

1 b

illion

/yea

r

11

W. F

red

rick Lim

p

Ce

nte

r for A

dva

nce

d S

pa

tial T

ech

no

log

ies

Un

ive

rsity o

f Ark

an

sasSch

ola

rship

an

d W

eb

2.0

•If th

ere

are

bo

at lo

ad

s of m

on

ey to

be

ma

de

eg

os ca

n

(bu

t no

t alw

ays) b

e ch

ecke

d a

t the

do

or w

he

n…

–T

he

de

velo

pm

en

t of sp

ecifica

tion

s an

d sta

nd

ard

s are

a

CO

NSE

NSU

S pro

cesse

s

•C

orp

ora

tion

s wo

rk nig

ht a

nd

da

y for co

mp

etitive

Co

mm

en

ts on

We

b 2

.0 a

nd

Be

yon

d

28

Ma

rch 2

00

8

Va

nco

uve

r BC

•C

orp

ora

tion

s wo

rk nig

ht a

nd

da

y for co

mp

etitive

ad

van

tag

e b

ut it is (m

ore

ofte

n th

an

no

t) the

case

tha

t the

solu

tion

tha

t “win

s” the

con

sen

sus p

roce

ss

rea

lly do

es co

mb

ine

bo

th e

lega

nce

an

d u

sab

ility

•C

an

we

du

plica

te th

is succe

ss in a

scho

larly e

ffort?

12

W. F

red

rick Lim

p

Ce

nte

r for A

dva

nce

d S

pa

tial T

ech

no

log

ies

Un

ive

rsity o

f Ark

an

sas

De

velo

pm

en

t of a

con

sen

sus

com

mu

nity stru

cture

•T

he

rew

ard

structu

re in

arch

ae

olo

gica

l scho

larsh

ip (g

en

era

lly) pro

vide

s a

disin

cen

tive fo

r pa

rticipa

tion

in th

e co

nse

nsu

s pro

cess a

nd

, inste

ad

,

privile

ge

s the

ind

ividu

al

•T

his is p

articu

larly tro

ub

leso

me

in a

rcha

eo

log

ical w

ork w

ith re

spe

ct to

on

tolo

gy a

nd

sem

an

tic inte

rop

era

bility b

eca

use

of

Co

mm

en

ts on

We

b 2

.0 a

nd

Be

yon

d

28

Ma

rch 2

00

8

Va

nco

uve

r BC

on

tolo

gy a

nd

sem

an

tic inte

rop

era

bility b

eca

use

of

–T

he

stron

g lin

kag

e b

etw

ee

n p

restig

e a

nd

spe

cific on

tolo

gica

l po

sition

s

–H

istorica

l traje

ctory o

f the

se in

the

field

•It is critica

l tha

t we

restru

cture

this re

wa

rd syste

m

•H

ow

do

we

do

this?

–D

AA

CS a

nd

UE

E b

oth

pre

sen

ts som

e ve

ry use

ful p

roce

ss exe

mp

lars b

ut a

lso

som

e u

nd

ersta

nd

ab

le co

nce

rns a

bo

ut sca

lab

ility

–A

DS u

ser d

efin

ed

trails/fa

cets “u

sing

the

use

rs” an

d O

pe

n C

on

text a

ttribu

ted

tag

gin

g b

oth

pro

vide

evid

en

ce h

ow

too

ls can

ad

dre

ss som

e o

f the

se

13

W. F

red

rick Lim

p

Ce

nte

r for A

dva

nce

d S

pa

tial T

ech

no

log

ies

Un

ive

rsity o

f Ark

an

sas

Sep

ara

te th

e “d

ata

”

•O

ne

thin

g to

do

is to m

ore

force

fully co

nce

ptu

ally se

pa

rate

da

ta (o

bse

rvatio

ns)fro

m h

igh

er le

vel a

bstra

ction

s de

rived

from

the

m

•In

arch

ae

olo

gy m

uch

of w

ha

t pa

sses fo

r da

ta is in

stea

d a

n n

th-

ord

er a

bstra

ction

, ap

pro

ach

ing

info

rma

tion

bu

t no

t the

re ye

t

eith

er

Co

mm

en

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