ESC-Relevant Docs

• Understanding Infrastructure: Dynamics, Tensions, and Design (PDF) - very cogent study of lessons from past infrastructure evolution (railroads, electrical grid, etc.), plus key challenges ("Reverse Salients") to building cyberinfrastructure. Includes 2-pg. Executive Summary. Some key concepts:
  • Infrastructures != Systems
  • Gateways
  • Reverse Salients
  • Path Dependence
  • Tension / resistance -> Infrastructural Learning
  • Cyberinfrastructure should be grown from ground up, not built top down
  • Incorporating Flexibility into Infrastructure design
• What Researchers Want (SurfShare) (PDF)
• Riding the Wave: How Europe can gain from the rising tide of scientific data (PDF)
  • Presents a vision for 2030: "...a scientific e-infrastructure that supports seamless access, use, re-use, and trust of data."
  • Proposes an international "Collaborative Data Infrastructure"