Semantic technologies will impact future business models for scholarly publishing. First stage was the transition from publishing based on analog artifacts, to processes built for digital documents where computers are used as electronic pencils and XML based indices. Second stage is semantic metadata where the computer is used to describe the published content in multiple ways -- think of it as a cambrian explosion of post-it notes -- and also the description and linking together of previously disparate sources. Data and content archives move beyond XML to description logic based semantic web standards which facilitate connect across media formats, documents, domains, and across archives leading to the need for community curation. Business models are still uncertain, being based on access and delivery of content for which alternatives are economically attractive. Third stage is publishing based on (executable) knowledge-as-a-service. More than documents, more than passive semantic description, knowledge that is expressed through content, methods, data, and processes becomes modeled, managed, and enmeshed with research processes and processes which use the results of research. In this era, publishers with dominant positions in theory will find viable business models that trump competitors.

2. “The
future
is
already
here.
It’s
just
not
very
evenly
distributed.”
William
Gibson

3. 3
New Directions for
Scholarly publishing
Mills davis, Project10X
millsdavis@project10x.com
202-667-6400

4. 4
Source: Project10X
Cloud
Web scale
computing &
connected
information
Next Internet
Connected intelligences
Mobile Internet
Internet of things,
places & ubiquitous
communication
Social Web
Connected people
Machine learning,
Linked dataspaces
Autonomic processes,
agent computing
Knowledgespaces
& reasoning at
web scale
Semantic content &
rich media
Pervasive
adaptivity
Personalization,
context-aware svcs,
augmented reality
& intelligent UI
Semantic collaboration
& social computing
Everything as
a service (XaaS)
Semantic
Technology
Connected meanings
2020
2010
TECHNOLOGY direction

5. 5
• Semantic technologies provide tools and methods that
represent meanings and knowledge separately from
documents, data, and program code and then compute directly
with this knowledge.
• Semantic models drive every aspect of the application including
its processes, decision-making, data, system interfaces, and
user experience.
• Also, direct-execution models power every stage of the
solution life cycle — from development to operations, and
through ongoing changes and evolution of new capabilities.
semantic technology
A paradigm shift from information-centric to
knowledge-centric patterns of computing.

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Super smart solutions

7. direction for Scholarly publishing
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+ + +
ANALOG
ARTIFACTS
DIGITAL
DOCUMENTS
SEMANTIC
METADATA
KNOWLEDGE
SERVICES
• Print-centric
• Fixed cycle
• xml & PDF
• DBMS & CMS
• search keywords,
navigate facets
• fixed indices and
metadata
• local curation
• multi-sources multi-
formats (Documents,
data, methods,
prezos, social media)
• Search Concepts &
relationships
• semantic (linked)
metadata
• Community curation
• knowledge-centric
process (vs. docs)
• Model source
knowledge
• compute with
knowledge
• Content generated
from knowledge
models
• Contextualized
communications
• smart assistants
• NL understanding

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Case examples
NREL USAMRMC Newco

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• processes that are goal oriented, knowledge-
centric, semantic, and direct-execution model-driven.
• communications that are process, role, and
event contextualized
• communications generated from knowledge models
that transcend copyright
• knowledge-as-a-service supporting e-Research
• smart user assistants
Summary of new directions

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Mills Davis
• Mills Davis is founder and principal of Project10X.
• Mr. Davis advises clients about emerging
technologies, innovation strategy, and advanced
applications.
• he conducts industry research and is author of
more than 50 reports, whitepapers, articles, and
industry studies, including the groundbreaking
Semantic Wave Report.
• Mr. DAvis consults with Be Informed America, the
market leader in semantic business applications.
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