Opasnet WSA contest preparation

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This page contains preparational stuff for WSA contest

Timeline

• Registration starts 1.2.2011
• Registration ends 25.3.2011
• Jury evaluation starts 7.4.2011 and ends 14.4.2011
• Opasnet must be in top shape before 7.4.2011

Evaluation criteria

1. Quality and comprehensiveness of content
2. Ease of use: functionality, navigation and orientation
3. Value added through interactivity and multimedia
4. Quality of design (aesthetic value of graphics / music or sounds)
5. Quality of craftsmanship (technical realisation)
6. Strategic importance for the global development of the Information Society
7. Accessibility according to the W3C (http://www.w3.org)

Product data

Short description

(in English, max. 1000 characters) Lyhyt teksti, tarkoituksena vakuuttaa tuomari siitä että tähän työhän kannattaa paneutua tarkemmin. Hissipuhe!

Long description

(in English, max. 4000 characters) Tämä on yksityiskohtaisempi selostus työstä, jos on hyviä käyttäjätilastoja tai palautetta, ne kannattaa myös esitellä tässä.

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Wikipedia that is one of the great success stories of collaborative knowledge aggregation of the 21st Century. Opasnet is a wiki-based platform which goes beyond Wikipedia: (1) Opasnet is designed for synthesis of information (of any kind), not merely for aggregation (2) Opasnet allows and encourages the publication of original research, which has practical relevance for society both in the long term and in the short term.

In general, Opasnet aims at presenting a neutral point of view while allowing and incorporating value based arguments in assessments, which often are formalized in terms of risk-benefit analysis of some kind. The platform enables the interaction of the experts and the general public, whose values and expectations are an important ingredient for the analysis. Despite the fact that not everything can be easily translated into mathematical utility functions and models used in scientific analysis of societal problems, the fact remains that from policy planning to engineering problems model-based decision making is becoming more prevalent in all areas of governance. Typically, just a handful of priviledged experts (consultants and civil servants) have access to these models and the data. Opasnet offers an environment where the underlying assumptions can be debated, where the models and the data can be published and shared, and where the methods to arrive at conclusions can be collectively developed.

Opasnet Base is essential part of Opasnet. It is a storage and retrieval system for results of variables and data from studies. It is designed to be flexible enough to store information in almost any format: probability distributions or deterministic point estimates; spatially or temporally distributed data; or data with multiple dimensions. It can be used as a direct source of model input data, thus making it possible to use shared input information sources such as population data, climate scenarios, or dose-responses of pollutants. Data can be uploaded into Opasnet Base directly from tables in wiki pages or using any external statistical software which supports database connections.

In year 2010 Opasnet had almost 2000 unique visitors and average time spend on site was over 9 minutes. In the same year Finnish language version of Opasnet had over 6500 unique visitors and nearly doubled its average time spend on site and the number of pages. The English language version, which contains considerably more articles/assessments is driven mainly by international science collaborations, and will be the focal point of PR work in 2011.

• This is important because analyzing the state of the world and producing assessments is, of course, something that not everybody can do.
• Future development

How can Opasnet be integrated with other Government 2.0 services? Use of Simupedia?

• The number of the pages and the time spent per page view in the Finnish language version of Opasnet has nearly doubled in 2010. The English language version, which contains considerably more articles/assessments is driven mainly by international science collaborations, and will be the focal point of PR work in 2011.

Favourite path to the product

(in English, max. 2000 characters) Tähän kannattaa panna selostus siitä, mitä valikkoja/painikkeita klikkaamalla kilpailutyöstä saa mahdollisimman nopeasti parhaan yleiskuvan.

• composite traffic model
• DARM
• Climate change?

Installation procedure

No installation procedure is needed. Opasnet is a web service which be accessed from anywhere and it can be used with any modern web browser.

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Special technical requirements

No special technical requirements are needed. Opasnet can be used with any modern web browser. However we recommend to use Firefox, Google Chrome or Safari.

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Short description of the reason for production

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Target group for the product

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Target group for Opasnet is very wide ranging from normal citizens to scientific specialists. Different users may have different user roles but roles can be very overlapping. Citizens may for example contribute by offering their values, expectations and data for the basis of the assessments. Scientists can provide up-to-date scientific information, combine them with information provided by citizens and produce models based on collaborative knowledge. Politicians can use these models and data they provide to make better decisions.