Scispace
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| URL | http://scispace.net/ |
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| Commercial? | No |
| Type of site | Social network service for collaborating researchers |
| Registration | By invitation, but invitations can be requested |
| Launched | April 2007 |
| Current status | Active |
Scispace, originally known as Scispace.net is a non-commercial, non-profit and free-to-use social network service designed specifically for collaborating researchers. In several respects it builds on many of the tools found in standard social network service and elearning sites, such as the use of wikis, blogs, comments, tags, comment walls, and profiles. However, unlike many of these sites, privacy and fine-grained access control is of paramount importance.[1].
Scispace has been developed by scientists in an academic environment, but the owners/authors believe that the approach might also meet the needs of collaborators working in other disciplines and environments.
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[edit] Features
The main features available for members include
- User profiles to both explain their work/interests/expertise and to discover other potential collaborators
- Ability to form communities
- Fine-grained access control over user content and community content
- RSS feeds and the ability to aggregate external RSS feeds
- User/community tools such as wikis, blogs, comments, messages, tags, comment walls.
- Ability to upload images and documents for sharing with collaborators.
Scispace is built on the Elgg package, which as a white label, open source product is ideal for academic applications. It has initially been hosted by the National Institute for Environmental eScience based at the University of Cambridge.
