ScienTI Network: aims and perspective

Lisbon, November 10th 2005BIREME/PAHO/WHO

Executive Secretariat of ScienTI

About ScienTI Network

• ScienTI – International Network of Information and Knowledge Sources for Science, Technology and Information Management

• ScienTI is a public network of information and knowledge sources that aims to contribute to the management of scientific, technological and innovation activities.

• The network provides a public and cooperative space for stakeholders of national science, technology and innovation (ST & I) systems and communities of the member-countries to interact.

Sources of information and knowlegde network

• The information sources include résumés (CVs), research groups, institutions and projects.

• All sources are standardized using international references in order to assure interoperability in the Internet.

ScienTI Network Structure

• The network is the expression of international cooperation among

GDIs

Groups of Research and Development in Information and

Knowledge Systems

IPs

Sponsoring Institutions

ONCYTs

National Science and Technology Organizations

OICYTs

International Science and Technology Cooperation Organizations

ScienTI Network - History

2000

VHL Science and Health Meeting

• MeetingPAHO/BIREME, CNPq and ONCyTs from Latin America and the Caribbean coutries

• Agreement: links between SciELO-CvLattes

• Perspectives: to create a health information sources network in Latin America and the Caribbean

2001

CVLACS System

• V CRICS: Presentation of beta version to ONCyTs

• Piloto: Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico and Venezuela

• Portugal: integrated to the project DeGois Pilot

1998/1999

Genesis

• VHL SH: PAHO/BIREME.Information and knowledge sources in health

• Lattes Platform: CNPq/MCT: Integrated management of Science, Technology and Innovation

ScienTI Network - History

2002

ScienTI Network

• CvLAC System in Colombia• GrupLAC System in Colombia• Bilateral agreements

7 countries with CNPq.• Formalization: I Florianópolis

Meeting, December 2002• Organization:

Proposal in Agreement and Inter-institutional Committee.

2003• Institutionalization

II ScienTI Meeting. Puebla (VI CRICS)

• Executive Secretariat – BIREME

• Indicators. Studies of the network use in the production of indicators

Consolidation

2004• Launching in other

Countries: • Peru• Venezuela

• Technology and Methodology. Adoption of web services to descentralized model

• III ScienTI Meeting – Buenos Aires

Extension

ScienTI Network - History

2005

Formalization

• Workshop about ScienTI Web Services:

6 countries participated• Debate for the signature in the

Agreement of Cooperation 12 countries participated.

• Technology and Methodology. Practice communities available in the ScienTI Regional Portal (documents, chats y foros)

• Network structure GDI network defined

• IV ScienTI Meeting – Salvador, Brasil

Support to ST&I Management

• The network is designed to have an updated identification of skilled human resources, institutions and research projects for development and assessment of national policies and capacities in ST&I, as well as to promote international cooperation programs.

Data, information and knowledge management model

System: Groups

GrupLAC

CvDeGois

CvLattes

CvLAC

DM Cv DM Gr DM Inst DM Proj

DW InvestimentsDemography Search

CVs Groups Institutions Projects

Information Sources - Directories

SCienTI Portals

Standards and interoperability construction: network participation

• Related Projects– ePing initiative in Brazil– Web Services ANP– Web Services MMA– Web Services ANVISA– Web Services PAHO

Interoperability of ScienTI Systems

• Principles:– Institutional agreements– Standardization– Web Services– Open Source SoftwareData from IV ScienTI Network Meeting

Salvador, 2005

Facts in ScienTI Network• The information sources (CVs, research groups, institutions

and projects) are described, represented, and standardized using the XML language.

• The information exchange among the member countries on

the Network is carried out by the Web services that establish a standard protocol of communication among the systems and information sources on the network and other networks and projects of national information or international, such as VHL, SciELO, SHARED, RICYT, Portal Inovação (MCT/Brazil) and etc.

• In conclusion, the topology of the Network promotes and facilitates the project development of specific information and knowledge, that share the same network of sources of information

ScienTI - Service Oriented Architecture

WSDL

Service provider

Service broker

Service requestor

SOAP

UDDI

SOAP

WSDL

SOAP

Oracle

SOAP/XML

Search Service

Java, AXISWSDL, XML

e XML Schema

Search Service

Java, AXISXSLT e HTML

WSDL, XML (UDDI)e XML Schema

CNPq Model with DWCNPq Model with DW

Web Services ScienTI

• Available by Instituto Stela for network members– source code– basic specification of the database used in the

search service– documentation about definition of the services– guideline to install the service and integrator– documentation about project design– indexing scripts

XML Schemas and WSDL

ScienTI Regional Portal

ScienTI Practice Communities

Meta-search: invoking ScienTI web service network

Interoperability with other networks:VHL and SciELO

Perspectives after IV ScienTI Meeting in Salvador, September

2005• Approve the final version of the constitutive agreement of

the Network so that is signed by the countries and international agencies

• Elaborate a strategic plan for 2 years to development actions of ScienTI network

• Work groups for revision and updating of domain tables, technological platform, exchange mechanisms and coordination among the ScienTI network members

• Integration of web services from ScienTI network members in ScienTI Regional Portal

• Development and promotion, by BIREME/PAHO/WHO, of developers network in information technologies to support the VHL, SciELO and ScienTI networks (recommended in IT Work Group, IV Regional Coordination Meeting of the VHL, Salvador, 2005)

ScienTI Network

Thank you very much!

http://www.scienti.net/

Renato Murasakimurasaki@bireme.ops-oms.org

Project Management Office Coordinator

BIREME/PAHO/WHO