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<p><b>SKUA </b>is a JISC-funded project (Jan'08-Jun'09) which intends the creation of a semantic infrastructure for astronomy based on the organisation of assertion services with relatively simple interfaces. As a testbed for these services, we propose a social application called Spacebook in which individuals will be able to create and share queries, workflows and assertions about VO resources, in addition to supporting a professional/social network. We are currently assessing the use of myExperiment as the basis for Spacebook.</p>
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<p>From initial explanation email to Dave & Carol:</p>
<p><i>The project ‘home’ page is at </i><a href="http://myskua.org"><i>http://myskua.org</i></a><i> but we also have the project set up on GoogleCode at </i><a href="http://code.google.com/p/skua/"><i>http://code.google.com/p/skua/</i></a><i> which has a wiki (sort of), a repository, and issue tracker. We've also got a couple of mailing lists: one for announcements (</i><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/skua-announce?hl=en"><i>http://groups.google.com/group/skua-announce?hl=en</i></a><i>) and one for general discussions (</i><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/skua-discuss?hl=en"><i>http://groups.google.com/group/skua-discuss?hl=en</i></a><i>).</i></p>
<p><i>The initial proposal to JISC is downloadable from above and at </i><a href="http://www.myskua.org/case-public.pdf"><i>http://www.myskua.org/case-public.pdf</i></a><i>. The part that I was interested in MyExperiment for was the testbed application of ‘Spacebook’, a Facebook-like social application for astronomers as individuals and as members of projects, ad hoc groups, departments and institutes. The proposal includes a description of how such an app might work. I started prototyping this on Ning (</i><a href="http://skuaspacebook.ning.com/"><i>http://skuaspacebook.ning.com/</i></a><i>) but would be interested in seeing if MyExperiment could fulfil the platform role instead of Ning, especially if it already includes the ability to create the above groupings.<br />
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SKUA
Tony Linde
astronomy
semantic
annotation
social application