Comments on: Elsevier’s Article 2.0 Contest http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2008/10/14/elseviers-article-20-contest/ What's Hot & What's Cooking in Scholarly Publishing - from the Society for Scholarly Publishing Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:43:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The “Article of the Future” — Just Lipstick Again? « The Scholarly Kitchen http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2008/10/14/elseviers-article-20-contest/#comment-3960 The “Article of the Future” — Just Lipstick Again? « The Scholarly Kitchen Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:52:31 +0000 http://scholarlykitchen.wordpress.com/?p=1365#comment-3960 [...] after Elsevier announced the “Article 2.0″ contest (which ended December 31, 2008), I wrote a post comparing the effort to putting lipstick on a pig: I think Elsevier is looking for baubles and tricks, not a fundamentally new approach to publishing [...] [...] after Elsevier announced the “Article 2.0″ contest (which ended December 31, 2008), I wrote a post comparing the effort to putting lipstick on a pig: I think Elsevier is looking for baubles and tricks, not a fundamentally new approach to publishing [...]

]]> By: Mashup Scentific Publishing in the Elsevier Article API Contest http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2008/10/14/elseviers-article-20-contest/#comment-1972 Mashup Scentific Publishing in the Elsevier Article API Contest Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:00:05 +0000 http://scholarlykitchen.wordpress.com/?p=1365#comment-1972 [...] contest, Kent Anderson of the Society for Scholarly Publishing, argues that the contest rules are overly constraining. One limitation is that the contestants will have access to a database of only 7500 articles. [...] [...] contest, Kent Anderson of the Society for Scholarly Publishing, argues that the contest rules are overly constraining. One limitation is that the contestants will have access to a database of only 7500 articles. [...]

]]> By: Simon Goudie http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2008/10/14/elseviers-article-20-contest/#comment-1014 Simon Goudie Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:56:05 +0000 http://scholarlykitchen.wordpress.com/?p=1365#comment-1014 Agreed, it does seem like a plan to window dress the underwhelming features of current online publishing. I would much rather see a challenge put to authors asking how they would develop their articles online, without the restrictions of print and the current 'features' of publisher's sites. How would authors (and researchers) link to each other and tie data together in their ideal world? What features would they need and use? The really interesting ideas will be coming from the user's side of the fence, not from the publisher's side. Hopefully we start seeing some of these soon, and hopefully the publishers are listening... Agreed, it does seem like a plan to window dress the underwhelming features of current online publishing.

I would much rather see a challenge put to authors asking how they would develop their articles online, without the restrictions of print and the current ‘features’ of publisher’s sites. How would authors (and researchers) link to each other and tie data together in their ideal world? What features would they need and use?

The really interesting ideas will be coming from the user’s side of the fence, not from the publisher’s side. Hopefully we start seeing some of these soon, and hopefully the publishers are listening…

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