The
InterNeuro initiative addresses the problems put forward by the OECD
Neuroinformatics Working Group concerning the fragmentation and
diversity of information and the lack of reproducible research.
Sole availability of data or algorithms on the Web, although may look
like the
solution, creates a huge information noise, hence the need of high
quality and organised scientific information
We:
propose a solution in terms of:
- Methodology for user-transparent interconnection of queries
- Specialized vortals (neuroinf.de, neuroinf.pl, eeg.pl) providing
high quality scientific material (data, publications, software,
references ...)
These vortals are dedicated to collecting, reviewing and publishing
scientific material in an unrestricted way. Quality will be controlled
by the Scientific Boards of the specialized vortals. On the other hand,
such a fragmentation of higly interrelated resources calls for a
methods to facilitate its integration on the user level, that is a user
looking for information. We implement this by means of the transparent
interchange of queries between the involved vortals (technical details
are given here),
integrating results in a single response, available in any of the
particiapting vortals. The solutions are based to the maximum possible
extent on existing open standards, in particular XML, SOAP, Open
Archives and Dublin Core.
