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Community intelligence in knowledge curation: an application to managing scientific nomenclature
1School of Computer Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China.
Plos One
|March 2, 2013
Summary
This study introduces a novel approach using community intelligence for translating scientific nomenclature. A wiki-based platform, the English-to-Chinese Scientific Nomenclature Dictionary (ESND), was developed to improve accuracy and standardization in scientific translation.
Area of Science:
- Knowledge management
- Scientific communication
- Computational linguistics
Background:
- Scientific knowledge is rapidly expanding, generating vast amounts of new nomenclature.
- Accurate translation of scientific nomenclature is crucial for global collaboration and education, especially for non-English speakers.
- Current methods for translating scientific nomenclature into languages outside the Indo-European family often lack accuracy and standardization.
Purpose of the Study:
- To address the challenges in accurate and standardized translation of scientific nomenclature.
- To propose and implement a novel approach using community intelligence for scientific nomenclature management.
- To develop a practical tool for English-to-Chinese scientific nomenclature translation.
Main Methods:
- Harnessing community intelligence through a wiki-based platform.
- Developing the English-to-Chinese Scientific Nomenclature Dictionary (ESND) as a publicly editable, open-content resource.
- Leveraging collective intelligence from the scientific community for collaborative nomenclature management.
Main Results:
- The developed wiki-based platform, ESND, facilitates community-driven curation of scientific nomenclature.
- The ESND platform demonstrates the capability to achieve accurate, standardized, and comprehensive scientific nomenclature translations.
- This approach validates the effectiveness of community intelligence in scientific knowledge curation.
Conclusions:
- Community intelligence offers a powerful solution for managing and translating scientific nomenclature.
- The ESND platform serves as a valuable tool for improving scientific communication and education.
- This work highlights a significant application of collective intelligence in addressing the challenges of scientific knowledge dissemination.
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