Re: denoting peer-reviewed material?

From: MacKenzie Smith <kenzie_at_MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 13:51:32 -0400

Hmmm. It might be useful, but we aren't doing that here, and I'm having a
hard time figuring out how you would know whether a given item was peer
reviewed
(without just asking a human that is). It's usually not indicated in the
metadata, although you might be able to infer it in certain cases (i.e.
came from a publishers
website, or contains publication metadata from a journal known to be
peer-reviewed). Did you have a mechanism in mind to decide that?

MacKenzie

At 01:32 PM 5/31/2005 -0400, Erik Hatcher wrote:
>In my project, we're going to begin Semantic Bank integration very
>soon and leverage the fine work you've done (and contribute back to
>it as we go, of course!). So you'll be seeing lots more of me around
>here and on the dev list :)
>
>One of the things that we want to build in is a facility to constrain
>what can be collected to only peer-reviewed "rubber stamped"
>objects. Or perhaps the constraint would be on the objects our
>exhibit-building system uses rather than the constraint being on the
>collection side of things.
>
>I suspect this is a common desire in the educational world. How are
>folks addressing this situation? Are there some conventions/ standards in
>place for this sort of thing?
>
>Thanks,
> Erik
Received on Tue May 31 2005 - 17:54:21 EDT