ESC-Relevant Docs
From Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP)
- Understanding Infrastructure: Dynamics, Tensions, and Design (PDF) - very cogent study of lessons from past infrastructure evolution (railroads, electrical grid, etc.), plus key challenges ("Reverse Salients") to building cyberinfrastructure. Includes 2-pg. Executive Summary. Some key concepts:
- Infrastructures != Systems
- Gateways
- Reverse Salients
- Path Dependence
- Tension / resistance -> Infrastructural Learning
- Cyberinfrastructure should be grown from ground up, not built top down
- Incorporating Flexibility into Infrastructure design
- What Researchers Want (SurfShare) (PDF)
- Riding the Wave: How Europe can gain from the rising tide of scientific data (PDF)
- Presents a vision for 2030: "...a scientific e-infrastructure that supports seamless access, use, re-use, and trust of data."
- Proposes an international "Collaborative Data Infrastructure"