Donatella Castelli CNRISTI Pisa Infrastructures Ecosystem usesoutsources Type
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Donatella Castelli CNR-ISTI (Pisa)
Infrastructures Ecosystem uses/outsources Type Y Resources Y Enabling services Type X Resources X Enabling services Type Z Resources Z Enabling services Type K Resources K Enabling services Type W Resources W Enabling services «Infrastructures do not grow de novo» Towards a Data Access Interoperability Task Force, 22 -23 September 2011, Brussels
«Infrastructure is a fundamentally relational concept, becoming real infrastructure in relation to organised practices» «Infrastructure is sunk into and inside of other structures, social arrangements, and tecnologies» S. Leigh Star & K. Ruhleder (1996) «Steps towards an ecology of infrastructure: Design and access for large information space» Towards a Data Access Interoperability Task Force, 22 -23 September 2011, Brussels
§Access/Exchangability: ability to exchange meaninful information objects §Usage: ability to perform a set of tasks that depend on the utilization of the exchanged information Usability concerns also policies, quality, and tools Towards a Data Access Interoperability Task Force, 22 -23 September 2011, Brussels
Mediators Standards § Many Communities of Practice are working for new bottomup defined standards ( «harmonized solutions» ) Towards a Data Access Interoperability Task Force, 22 -23 September 2011, Brussels
§Driven by concrete interests and well defined goals § Working stepwise towards the introduction of a variety of interoperability solutions for «different levels of engagement» §International team(s) *Community practictioners & stakeholders: existing practices, policies & needs *IT Researchers & engineers: state-of-the-art, genericity & innovation Towards a Data Access Interoperability Task Force, 22 -23 September 2011, Brussels
