Micropublications: a semantic model for claims, evidence, arguments and annotations in biomedical communications.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Scientific publications are documentary representations of defeasible arguments, supported by data and repeatable methods. They are the essential mediating artifacts in the ecosystem of scientific communications. The institutional "goal" of science is publishing results. The linear document publication format, dating from 1665, has survived transition to the Web. Intractable publication volumes; the difficulty of verifying evidence; and observed problems in evidence and citation chains suggest a need for a web-friendly and machine-tractable model of scientific publications. This model should support: digital summarization, evidence examination, challenge, verification and remix, and incremental adoption. Such a model must be capable of expressing a broad spectrum of repr

SUBMITTER: Clark T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4530550 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature