WikiProteins enables community annotation in a Wiki-based system. Extracts of major data sources have been fused into an editable environment that links out to the original sources. Data from community edits create automatic copies of the original data. Semantic technology captures concepts co-occurring in one sentence and thus potential factual statements. In addition, indirect associations between concepts have been calculated. We call on a 'million minds' to annotate a 'million concepts' and to collect facts from the literature with the reward of collaborative knowledge discovery. The system is available for beta testing at http://www.wikiprofessional.org.A preview of the version highlighted by WikiProfessional is available at:

As redes de pesquisa impulsionam a criação do conhecimento e o processo de inovação resultantes do intercâmbio de informações e, sobretudo, da junção de competências de grupos que unem esforços na busca de metas comuns. Este artigo apresenta breve histórico dos estudos relativos às redes de colaboração científica, sua evolução cronológica e as principais abordagens de estudo. Discute-se particularmente como as análises de redes de pesquisa podem ser revisitadas à luz das possibilidades recentes surgidas com as novas Tecnologias de Informação e de Comunicação (TICs). Para tal, apresentam-se exemplos de sistemas de conhecimento no âmbito da Plataforma Lattes: Egressos, Colaboradores e Redes-GP. Esses sistemas permitem executar, com grandes volumes de dados, análises de redes por meio de algoritmos descritos na literatura, bem como criar novas formas de análise possibilitadas pelas TICs.

Good governance practices through electronic government (eGov) platforms can be suitable instruments for strengthening the outcomes of smart city policies. While eGov is the application of information and communication technologies to public services, good governance defines how well public authorities manage public and social resources. Contemporary public management views, such as ‘new public service’, include citizen participation as a critical factor to sustainable government in smart cities. Public services, in the age of digital technology, need to not only be delivered through eGov platforms, but also need to be coproduced with the engagement of social players, e.g., citizens. In this sense, eGov platforms act as digital commons, and conceived as digital spaces, where citizens and public agents interact and collaborate. In this paper, we presented the Municipal eGov Platform Assessment Model (MEPA), which is a model specifically developed to evaluate eGov platforms regarding their potential to promote commons in smart cities. The study applied MEPA to 903 municipal websites across Brazil. The results revealed that the majority of investigated Brazilian eGov platforms have only a low level of digital commons maturity. This finding discloses less citizenship coproduction, and fewer opportunities for city smartness. As the MEPA model offers public authorities an instrument to depict weaknesses and strengths of municipal eGov platforms, its adoption provides an opportunity for authorities to plan and manage their platforms to act as promoters of digital commons and citizen coproduction.

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