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==Purpose & Aims==
 
==Purpose & Aims==
The purpose of ScienceWikis is as follows.
 
  
* Initiate bio-wiki projects for biological knowledge integration, such as, wiki-based gene annotation system.
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* Build biological knowledge wikis, such as, wiki-based gene annotation system.
  
* Develop wiki extensions to facilitate content creation, editing, visualization, exchange and sharing.
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* Develop wiki extensions to facilitate biological content creation and editing, data visualization, exchange and sharing.
  
 
* Measure users' contributions, give explicit authorship, and provide a standard practice for rewarding users' contributions in bio-wikis.
 
* Measure users' contributions, give explicit authorship, and provide a standard practice for rewarding users' contributions in bio-wikis.

Revision as of 00:06, 6 July 2012

ScienceWikis is a catalog of biological knowledge wikis, aiming to exploit the full potential of wiki technology in life sciences.

Purpose & Aims

  • Build biological knowledge wikis, such as, wiki-based gene annotation system.
  • Develop wiki extensions to facilitate biological content creation and editing, data visualization, exchange and sharing.
  • Measure users' contributions, give explicit authorship, and provide a standard practice for rewarding users' contributions in bio-wikis.

Funding

ScienceWikis is supported by the “100-Talent Program” of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Y1SLXb1365).