- Scientific publishing is still organized around bundles built for print. We use music’s shift from albums to streaming to argue why access and unbundling aren’t enough. Shared standards are the missing layer for reusable, trustworthy science. articles.continuousfoundation.org/articles/how...
- Access removes locks. Structure creates movement. Why modular science changes everything. We unpack it here 👇 articles.continuousfoundation.org/articles/how...
- Songs have always been unbundled, of course: radio stations, juke boxes, sheet music, individual performances, 45s, music videos. In the history of music, the album era was a relatively short interlude driven by tech advances, marketing, & groups like the Beatles en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Album_era
- Thanks for the link, the "album era" was 1960s-->2005. I guess in the same way scientific figures and data sets have "always been" unbundled (shared in a lab, with colleagues, or dropped in a data repository). But very much the mainstream way to share in science remains bundled.
- I admit I am skeptical about unbundling science (but willing to be convinced). I'm skeptical because in my field at least (social science), it's very hard to make sense of the data without the context, i.e, the introduction and methods. With those, plus the data, you basically have a paper.
- I am thinking about this mostly in data and computational fields of science. So curious if this does break down going into social sciences...
- I always show up when the comparison between preprint servers and Soundcloud gets made 😎
- 🤣 There is a lot more work that can be done to make the 'xivs better. Still early days for the preprint servers, and so much potential.
