Abstract: This short paper is a progress report on our experiences in Indonesia of collecting, integrating and disseminating both global and local scientific data across the country through the web. Our recent efforts are concentrated on improving local public access to global scientific data, and encouraging local scientific data to be more accessible for global communities. We have maintained a well-connected infrastructure and web-based information management systems to realize these objectives. This paper is especially focused on introducing the ARSIP system for mirroring global data and sharing local scientific data, and the newly developed Indonesian Scientific Index for integrating local scientific data through an automated intelligent indexing system.
PS: Does anyone know what "ARSIP" stands for in this context? Is it the old US military acronym for "Accuracy, Reliability, Supportability Improvement Program" or is it something more data-specific?
Update.Stian Håklev, who once lived in Indonesia, tells me that arsip is Indonesian for archive. That explains why they chose that acronym but not what the acronym stands for. (Thanks, Stian.) Anyone have the missing piece of the puzzle --or access to full text?
Update (1/27/09). Stian Håklev has solved the rest of the puzzle:
ARSIP is a mirroring-service located in Indonesia that mirrors a number of foreign datasets. They also discuss the Indonesian Science Index (ISI), and includes a calculator to calculate an individual researcher's scientific performance. All of these services are hosted at Indonesia Institute of Science.
Update (3/8/09). An OA edition of the paper is now available from arXiv.
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Peter Suber at 1/26/2009 03:39:00 PM.
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free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
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