Data-Intensive Science

CHAPTER 11

Transforming Data into the Appropriate Context

Bill Howe

CONTENTS

11.1  Problem Overview

11.1.1  Long Tail Science

11.1.2  How Big Is Big?

11.1.3  Problem Summary

11.2  Vision for the Future: Computing with BAGS

11.2.1  Bottom-Up: Inclusive Rather Than Exclusive

11.2.2  Algebraic: Reasoning about Computation

11.2.3  Global: Universal Addressability

11.2.4  Speculative: Proactive Derivation of Data Products

11.3  Relationship to Other Technologies

11.3.1  Cloud Computing

11.3.2  Service-Oriented Architectures

11.3.3  Scientific Workflow

11.3.4  Databases

11.3.5  Dataspaces

11.3.6  Data Integration

11.3.7  Visualization

11.4  State of the Art

11.4.1  SQLShare: Smart Services for Ad Hoc Databases

11.4.1.1  Data Model

11.4.1.2  Automatic ...