On Google Knol
The recently discussed (announced?) Google Knol project could make Google Scholar look like a tiny blip in the the scholarly publishing landscape.
I love the comment an authority:
"Books have authors' names right on the cover, news articles have bylines, scientific articles always have authors -- but somehow the web evolved without a strong standard to keep authors names highlighted. We believe that knowing who wrote what will significantly help users make better use of web content."
And so I suppose this means they are assigning author identifiers....
Comments
Possibly. Author-identifier == Google-Service-Login perhaps?
Posted by: Peter Murray | December 14, 2007 11:33 AM
Possibly. Author-identifier == Google-Service-Login perhaps?
Posted by: Peter Murray | December 14, 2007 11:33 AM
Hmm, I read it as an attempt to compete with wikipedia, but adding some 'authority'.
"A knol on a particular topic is meant to be the first thing someone who searches for this topic for the first time will want to read"
It's not obvious to me that this project will involve author identifiers in any way.
Posted by: Jonathan Rochkind | December 14, 2007 12:08 PM
Maybe not "obvious", but I suppose I am extrapolating from their stated goal
Combine that with their (also recent) announcement about "Google Profiles" and it would seem to me they have the start of an author identifier.
Posted by: Geoffrey Bilder | December 18, 2007 04:38 AM