Transparent interaction; dynamic generation: context histories for shared science

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Description/Abstract

Scientists who do in silico or computer-based experiments use general purpose computer tools, like Web browsers and word processors to carry out their tasks. As such, they have no formal file management support for collecting, coordinating, annotating and reflecting on their digital experimental traces. In this presentation we look at how we are exploring the use of implicit context histories to support scientists with both formal and everyday collaborations. We describe our goal to utilize the non-intrusive discovery and use of implicit contexts generated by task-based interactions in order to represent back, on demand, how one file or collection may be related to another. Such annotatable reports can then either be shared or used as inputs for further service requests for selected data.