Ebook: The Information Revolution: Impact on Science and Technology

J.-E. Dubois and N. Gershon This book was inspired by the Symposium on "Communications and Computer Aided Systems" held at the 14th International CODATA Conference in September 1994 in Chambery, France. It was conceived and influenced by the discussions at the symposium and most of the contributions were written following the Conference. This is the first comprehensive book, published in one volume, of issues concerning the challenges and the vital impact of the information revolution (including the Internet and the World Wide Web) on science and technology. Topics concerning the impact of the information revolution on science and technology include: • Dramatic improvement in sharing of data and information among scientists and engineers around the world • Collaborations (on-line and off-line) of scientists and engineers separated by distance . • Availability of visual tools and methods to view, understand, search, and share information contained in data • Improvements in data and information browsing, search and access and • New ways of publishing scientific and technological data and information. These changes have dramatically modified the way research and development in science and technology are being carried out. However, to facilitate this information flow nationally and internationally, the science and technology communities need to develop and put in place new standards and policies and resolve some legal issues.

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The series Data and Knowledge in a Changing World covers the quality and accessability of quantitative and qualitative data, classical and ground-breaking methods by which numeric and symbolic data are acquired, analyzed, and managed. The current volume is devoted to the impact of Internet and WWW communication of data.

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The series Data and Knowledge in a Changing World covers the quality and accessability of quantitative and qualitative data, classical and ground-breaking methods by which numeric and symbolic data are acquired, analyzed, and managed. The current volume is devoted to the impact of Internet and WWW communication of data.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XX
Front Matter....Pages 1-2
Dealing with the Data Deluge. Visualization and Data Management....Pages 3-12
Content-Based Information Retrieval: New Tools for Textual Data, New Problems for Image Data....Pages 13-20
The World-Wide Web: A Global Source of Data and Information....Pages 21-28
Structuring and Visualizing Hyperspace with Hyper-G....Pages 29-42
Internet-Web and St Data Management: Harmonization and New Horizons....Pages 43-56
Online Electronic Publishing: Developing Infrastructure for the Electronic Reader....Pages 57-62
A Workbench for Bibliographic or Factual Data Handling....Pages 63-70
A Few Facets of the Kaleidoscope of Scientific Information....Pages 71-82
ICSU Policy on Access to Data and Information....Pages 83-86
Issues in the Transborder Flow of Scientific Data....Pages 87-92
Legal and Economic Aspects of Data Production and Transfer....Pages 93-100
Guidelines of a European Meteorological Services Policy on Data Exchange....Pages 101-106
Integrated Ground-Based and Remotely Sensed Data to Support Global Studies of Environmental Change....Pages 107-112
Critical Factors for the Use of Public Databases....Pages 113-122
The NASA Astrophysics Data System: A Heterogeneous Distributed Data Environment....Pages 123-130
Computer Networks with Episodic Links and the Use of Portable Computers....Pages 131-140
Dynamic Management of Cooperative Applications for Mobile Systems....Pages 141-148
Front Matter....Pages 149-150
Unesco Policy on Data Exchange: Grave Disparities in Scientific Data Access....Pages 151-162
Networking Africa’s Scientific and Technical Information Resources....Pages 163-170
New Technologies (Multimedia — Hypertext — Hypermedia) Potential Use in Developing Countries....Pages 171-178
Front Matter....Pages 149-150
Barriers to International Technology Transfer....Pages 179-182
The Development of a Scientific Research Data Network System in China....Pages 183-188
Integrated Information Management for Physics....Pages 189-196
Numerical Databases-Can We Afford Them?....Pages 197-202
Teaching Biology by Video Images Assisted by Computer: Embryological Laboratories....Pages 203-210
The State of Chinese Materials Databases....Pages 211-216
Bioinformatics — Pulling the European Strings Together....Pages 217-222
Bioinformatics in East Asia....Pages 223-226
Bioinformatics in the United States: Recent Trends from a Microbiological Perspective....Pages 227-238
MmtDB: The Metazoa Mitochondrial DNA Variants Specialized Database....Pages 239-248
Epitope Data Bank....Pages 249-254
Protein Superfamily Database (Prosup)....Pages 255-262
Concerted Use of Multiple Databases for Taxonomic Insights....Pages 263-270
Back Matter....Pages 271-273

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The series Data and Knowledge in a Changing World covers the quality and accessability of quantitative and qualitative data, classical and ground-breaking methods by which numeric and symbolic data are acquired, analyzed, and managed. The current volume is devoted to the impact of Internet and WWW communication of data.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XX
Front Matter....Pages 1-2
Dealing with the Data Deluge. Visualization and Data Management....Pages 3-12
Content-Based Information Retrieval: New Tools for Textual Data, New Problems for Image Data....Pages 13-20
The World-Wide Web: A Global Source of Data and Information....Pages 21-28
Structuring and Visualizing Hyperspace with Hyper-G....Pages 29-42
Internet-Web and St Data Management: Harmonization and New Horizons....Pages 43-56
Online Electronic Publishing: Developing Infrastructure for the Electronic Reader....Pages 57-62
A Workbench for Bibliographic or Factual Data Handling....Pages 63-70
A Few Facets of the Kaleidoscope of Scientific Information....Pages 71-82
ICSU Policy on Access to Data and Information....Pages 83-86
Issues in the Transborder Flow of Scientific Data....Pages 87-92
Legal and Economic Aspects of Data Production and Transfer....Pages 93-100
Guidelines of a European Meteorological Services Policy on Data Exchange....Pages 101-106
Integrated Ground-Based and Remotely Sensed Data to Support Global Studies of Environmental Change....Pages 107-112
Critical Factors for the Use of Public Databases....Pages 113-122
The NASA Astrophysics Data System: A Heterogeneous Distributed Data Environment....Pages 123-130
Computer Networks with Episodic Links and the Use of Portable Computers....Pages 131-140
Dynamic Management of Cooperative Applications for Mobile Systems....Pages 141-148
Front Matter....Pages 149-150
Unesco Policy on Data Exchange: Grave Disparities in Scientific Data Access....Pages 151-162
Networking Africa’s Scientific and Technical Information Resources....Pages 163-170
New Technologies (Multimedia — Hypertext — Hypermedia) Potential Use in Developing Countries....Pages 171-178
Front Matter....Pages 149-150
Barriers to International Technology Transfer....Pages 179-182
The Development of a Scientific Research Data Network System in China....Pages 183-188
Integrated Information Management for Physics....Pages 189-196
Numerical Databases-Can We Afford Them?....Pages 197-202
Teaching Biology by Video Images Assisted by Computer: Embryological Laboratories....Pages 203-210
The State of Chinese Materials Databases....Pages 211-216
Bioinformatics — Pulling the European Strings Together....Pages 217-222
Bioinformatics in East Asia....Pages 223-226
Bioinformatics in the United States: Recent Trends from a Microbiological Perspective....Pages 227-238
MmtDB: The Metazoa Mitochondrial DNA Variants Specialized Database....Pages 239-248
Epitope Data Bank....Pages 249-254
Protein Superfamily Database (Prosup)....Pages 255-262
Concerted Use of Multiple Databases for Taxonomic Insights....Pages 263-270
Back Matter....Pages 271-273
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