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| Subject: | Re: [gislist] Protocol for citing sources of data? - an example |
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01/16/2007 01:45:00 PM |
| From: |
Marcus Brast |
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I like the idea of the Easter Egg in addition to the more open citing of
the info, prevents someone from just copying the info and deleting the
blatant cite.
Marcus W. Brast
IT Manager/Senior GIS Analyst
Berg-Oliver Associates, Inc.
14701 St. Mary's Lane, Suite 400
Houston, TX 77079
Work: 281-589-0898 ext. 30
Mobile: 832-335-5094
Fax: 281-589-0007
mbrast@bergoliver.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: gislist-bounces@lists.geocomm.com
[mailto:gislist-bounces@lists.geocomm.com] On Behalf Of DickBoyd@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 12:13 PM
To: J.CHAMBERLIN@CGIAR.ORG: kmwolfe@adelphia.net:
jeremy_olynik@hotmail.com: pibinko@gmail.com: gislist@lists.geocomm.com
Subject: Re: [gislist] Protocol for citing sources of data? - an example
In a message dated 1/16/2007 3:25:44 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
J.CHAMBERLIN@CGIAR.ORG writes:
I think you have an obligation to cite whenever possible. There are
many
ways to indicate the value-addition that you have provided, without
neglecting to give credit to your inputs. If a map or table that I
produce for publication draws in any substantial way from someone
else's
primary dataset, I might cite something like this within the text:
Source: Author's calculation, based on CIESIN/IFPRI/WB/CIAT (2006).
Another means of quoting the source are the little personal Easter Eggs
added to the map. Cartographers often add a fictitious road, or give a
personal
name to some feature, or introduce an error or use an open symbol, such
as a
star to indicate some feature which normally calls for a solid star. Or
the
legend is toggled. Normally the legend is not visible. A series of
commands, hot
keys or the like is required to view this hidden data.
If someone does copy their work, the original identification established
by
these tags is still there.
Metadata is good. Possibly the user of the data has a metadata link in
one
of the tags.
Being able to identify the source of data simplifies quality control.
Those
intermediate users of copied data feel no motivation to correct errors.
So if
someone else tells them of an error, the most likely response is
nothing. Or
if there is a response it is along the lines of "he's no my job". Or to
correct the error only in that application and allow the error to
continue with
other uses of the prime data. The thinking is possibly what they don't
know
won't hurt them.
_DickBoyd@aol.com_ (mailto:DickBoyd@aol.com)
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