This note from Bertram points out a new entry into the data annotation field from Google. Its interesting, and includes a rehash of standard metadata descriptions, as well as annotation and classification of variables. Obviously it closely relates to both metadata standards like EML and the BDP, and to observational data models like OBOE.<div>
<br></div><div>Matt<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Bertram Ludaescher</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ludaesch@ucdavis.edu">ludaesch@ucdavis.edu</a>></span><br>
Date: Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 5:35 AM<br>Subject: [leaders] FYI: Dataset Publishing Language (from Google Labs)<br>To: DataONE Leaders <<a href="mailto:leaders@dataone.org">leaders@dataone.org</a>><br><br><br><div><div>
All:</div><div><br></div><div>I just came across this <a href="http://code.google.com/apis/publicdata/docs/tutorial.html#overview" target="_blank">Dataset Publishing Language</a> from Google labs -- looks interesting indeed</div>
<div><br></div></div><div><img src="http://code.google.com/apis/publicdata/images/tutorial-figure.png" alt="tutorial-figure.png" title="tutorial-figure.png" width="420" height="315"><br></div><div><br></div><div>
This figure reminded me also of "semantically registering" a dataset / database to a conceptual model.</div><div>E.g. here is some early work on a language for "semantic source registration"</div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px">
<div><div style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;width:44.5em"><h3 style="display:inline;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">
<a href="http://www.springerlink.com/index/RYT49QANQ0TRNETL.pdf" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 204)" target="_blank"><b style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 204)"><font size="2">Registering scientific information sources </font></b></a></h3>
</div><font color="#0000CC">for </font><b style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 204)">semantic mediation</b> <span style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="ftp://ftp.cse.buffalo.edu/users/azhang/disc/springer/0558/papers/2503/25030182.pdf" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(119, 119, 204)" target="_blank">[PDF] from buffalo.edu</a></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif"><font size="1"><span style="color:rgb(0, 128, 0)">A Gupta, B Ludäscher… - Conceptual Modeling—ER 2002, 2003 - Springer</span></font></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif"><font size="1">Abstract. In a conventional <b>information mediation</b> scenario it is as- sumed that all <b>sources</b>, including </font></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif"><font size="1">their schemas, are known before the integrated view is defined. We have found this assumption </font></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif"><font size="1">to be un- realistic for <b>scientific information</b> integration – new relevant <b>sources</b> are <b>...</b> </font></span></div>
<div><font size="1"><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif"><span><a href="http://scholar.google.com/scholar?cites=12809439084410262439&as_sdt=2005&sciodt=0,5&hl=en" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(119, 119, 204)" target="_blank">Cited by 47</a></span></span> - <a href="http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=related:p1NH3vpExLEJ:scholar.google.com/&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5&as_vis=1" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(119, 119, 204)" target="_blank">Related articles</a> - <a href="http://direct.bl.uk/research/03/12/RN120868408.html?source=googlescholar" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(119, 119, 204)" target="_blank">BL Direct</a> - <a href="http://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=12809439084410262439&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5&as_vis=1" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(119, 119, 204)" target="_blank">All 11 versions</a> </font></div>
</blockquote><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><div style="font-family:arial"><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif">Of course much has happened since then (e.g. see allied projects such a Semtools etc)</span></div>
<div style="font-family:arial"><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial"><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif">cheers</span></div>
</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><font color="#888888"><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Bertram</font></div>
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