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DEEP: a provenance-aware executable document system

DEEP: a provenance-aware executable document system
DEEP: a provenance-aware executable document system
The concept of executable documents is attracting growing interest from both academics and publishers since it is a promising technology for the dissemination of scientific results. Provenance is a kind of metadata that provides a rich description of the derivation history of data products starting from their original sources. It has been used in many different e-Science domains and has shown great potential in enabling reproducibility of scientific results. However, while both executable documents and provenance are aimed at enhancing the dissemination of scientific results, little has been done to explore the integration of both techniques. In this paper, we introduce the design and development of DEEP, an executable document environment that generates scientific results dynamically and interactively, and also records the provenance for these results in the document. In this system, provenance is exposed to users via an interface that provides them with an alternative way of navigating the executable document. In addition, we make use of the provenance to offer a document rollback facility to users and help to manage the system's dynamic resources.
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Yang, Huanjia
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Michaelides, Danius T.
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Charlton, Chris
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Browne, William
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Moreau, Luc
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Michaelides, Danius T.
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Charlton, Chris
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Moreau, Luc
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Yang, Huanjia, Michaelides, Danius T., Charlton, Chris, Browne, William and Moreau, Luc (2012) DEEP: a provenance-aware executable document system. IPAW 2012 - 4th International Provenance and Annotation Workshop, Santa Barbara, United States. 18 - 22 Jun 2012. pp. 24-38 . (doi:10.1007/978-3-642-34222-6_3).

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Abstract

The concept of executable documents is attracting growing interest from both academics and publishers since it is a promising technology for the dissemination of scientific results. Provenance is a kind of metadata that provides a rich description of the derivation history of data products starting from their original sources. It has been used in many different e-Science domains and has shown great potential in enabling reproducibility of scientific results. However, while both executable documents and provenance are aimed at enhancing the dissemination of scientific results, little has been done to explore the integration of both techniques. In this paper, we introduce the design and development of DEEP, an executable document environment that generates scientific results dynamically and interactively, and also records the provenance for these results in the document. In this system, provenance is exposed to users via an interface that provides them with an alternative way of navigating the executable document. In addition, we make use of the provenance to offer a document rollback facility to users and help to manage the system's dynamic resources.

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Published date: 20 June 2012
Additional Information: Funded by ESRC: NATIONAL CENTRE FOR E-SOCIAL SCIENCE QUANTITATIVE NODE (RES-149-25-1084)
Venue - Dates: IPAW 2012 - 4th International Provenance and Annotation Workshop, Santa Barbara, United States, 2012-06-18 - 2012-06-22
Organisations: Web & Internet Science

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Local EPrints ID: 340406
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/340406
PURE UUID: 99aac12f-0687-48c6-84b1-4778fa9f133b
ORCID for Luc Moreau: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3494-120X

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Date deposited: 20 Jun 2012 18:07
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 11:24

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Author: Huanjia Yang
Author: Danius T. Michaelides
Author: Chris Charlton
Author: William Browne
Author: Luc Moreau ORCID iD

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