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Community annotation in translational biomedical informatics:

Lessons from Wikipedia

Chang Feng Quo gtg801f@mail.gatech.eduMay D Wang, Ph.D. maywang@bme.gatech.edu

Pacific Symposium on BiocomputingOpen Science Workshop

Jan 5th - Jan 9th, 2009Big Island, Hawai’i

• What is Wikipedia?

• Lessons from Wikipedia

• The way forward

What is Wikipedia?

The Long Tail

Chris Anderson, Wired

© Robert A. Rohde

ca. 09/07

© Robert A. Rohde

ca. 09/07

Crowdsourcing

What is Wikipedia?

Long tail economics

Crowdsourcing

Lessons from Wikipedia

• Ideological– Community access– Consensual reality– Editorial outlook

• Operational– Scalability– Data quality– Ownership

Lessons from Wikipedia

• Ideological– Community access– Consensual reality– Editorial outlook

• Operational– Scalability– Data quality– Ownership

Define and create community access

© 1997-2008 Brian L Dear

Lessons from Wikipedia

• Ideological– Community access– Consensual reality– Editorial outlook

• Operational– Scalability– Data quality– Ownership

The science of (or from?) opinion polls

© 2004 www.coxandforkum.com

Lessons from Wikipedia

• Ideological– Community access– Consensual reality– Editorial outlook

• Operational– Scalability– Data quality– Ownership

© Robert A. Rohde

Lessons from Wikipedia

• Ideological– Community access– Consensual reality– Editorial outlook

• Operational– Scalability– Data quality– Ownership

Lessons from Wikipedia

• Ideological– Community access– Consensual reality– Editorial outlook

• Operational– Scalability– Data quality– Ownership

Garbage in,

Lessons from Wikipedia

• Ideological– Community access– Consensual reality– Editorial outlook

• Operational– Scalability– Data quality– Ownership

Lessons from Wikipedia

• Ideological– Community access– Consensual reality– Editorial outlook

• Operational– Scalability– Data quality– Ownership

The way forward

4 key stages of viable techs

1. Right price

2. Market share

3. Displacement

4. CommoditizeChris Anderson, Wired, www.ted.com

Luca Cremonini