Number game -Experience of a European research infrastructure (CLARIN) for the analysis of web traffic
Number game -Experience of a European research infrastructure (CLARIN) for the analysis of web traffic
International audience; CLARIN (Common Language Resources and Technology Infrastructure) is regarded as one of the most important European research infrastructures, offering and promoting a wide array of useful services for (digital) research in linguistics and humanities. However, the assessment of the users for its core technical development has been highly limited, therefore, it is unclear if the community is thoroughly aware of the status-quo of the growing infrastructure. In addition, CLARIN does not seem to be fully materialised marketing and business plans and strategies despite its strong technical assets. This article analyses the web traffic of the Virtual Language Observatory, one of the main web applications of CLARIN and a symbol of pan-European re-search cooperation, to evaluate the users and performance of the service in a transparent and scientific way. It is envisaged that the paper can raise awareness of the pressing issues on objective and transparent operation of the infrastructure though Open Evaluation, and the synergy between marketing and technical development. It also investigates the “science of web analytics” in an attempt to document the research process for the purpose of reusability and reproducibility, thus to find universal lessons for the use of a web analytics, rather than to merely produce a statistical report of a particular website which loses its value outside its context.
Marketing, [SHS.STAT]Humanities and Social Sciences/Methods and statistics, Language resource, Open Research, [SHS.INFO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Library and information sciences, Statistics, ACM: H.: Information Systems/H.5: INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (e.g., HCI)/H.5.2: User Interfaces/H.5.2.3: Evaluation/methodology, Repository, Research infrastructure, [INFO.INFO-NA]Computer Science [cs]/Numerical Analysis [cs.NA], Virtual Language Observatory (VLO), [INFO.INFO-CL]Computer Science [cs]/Computation and Language [cs.CL], [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences, ACM: K.: Computing Milieux/K.6: MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS/K.6.1: Project and People Management/K.6.1.4: Systems analysis and design, CLARIN, User evaluation, [INFO.INFO-DL]Computer Science [cs]/Digital Libraries [cs.DL], ACM: C.: Computer Systems Organization, ACM: H.: Information Systems/H.5: INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (e.g., HCI)/H.5.2: User Interfaces/H.5.2.15: User-centered design, [SHS.LANGUE]Humanities and Social Sciences/Linguistics, Web analytics, ACM: K.: Computing Milieux/K.6: MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS/K.6.1: Project and People Management/K.6.1.3: Strategic information systems planning, ACM: K.: Computing Milieux/K.6: MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS/K.6.3: Software Management/K.6.3.0: Software development
Marketing, [SHS.STAT]Humanities and Social Sciences/Methods and statistics, Language resource, Open Research, [SHS.INFO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Library and information sciences, Statistics, ACM: H.: Information Systems/H.5: INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (e.g., HCI)/H.5.2: User Interfaces/H.5.2.3: Evaluation/methodology, Repository, Research infrastructure, [INFO.INFO-NA]Computer Science [cs]/Numerical Analysis [cs.NA], Virtual Language Observatory (VLO), [INFO.INFO-CL]Computer Science [cs]/Computation and Language [cs.CL], [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences, ACM: K.: Computing Milieux/K.6: MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS/K.6.1: Project and People Management/K.6.1.4: Systems analysis and design, CLARIN, User evaluation, [INFO.INFO-DL]Computer Science [cs]/Digital Libraries [cs.DL], ACM: C.: Computer Systems Organization, ACM: H.: Information Systems/H.5: INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (e.g., HCI)/H.5.2: User Interfaces/H.5.2.15: User-centered design, [SHS.LANGUE]Humanities and Social Sciences/Linguistics, Web analytics, ACM: K.: Computing Milieux/K.6: MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS/K.6.1: Project and People Management/K.6.1.3: Strategic information systems planning, ACM: K.: Computing Milieux/K.6: MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS/K.6.3: Software Management/K.6.3.0: Software development
citations This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).0 popularity This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network.Average influence This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).Average impulse This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network.Average citations This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).0 popularity This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network.Average influence This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).Average impulse This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network.Average
Citations provided by BIP!Popularity provided by BIP!International audience; CLARIN (Common Language Resources and Technology Infrastructure) is regarded as one of the most important European research infrastructures, offering and promoting a wide array of useful services for (digital) research in linguistics and humanities. However, the assessment of the users for its core technical development has been highly limited, therefore, it is unclear if the community is thoroughly aware of the status-quo of the growing infrastructure. In addition, CLARIN does not seem to be fully materialised marketing and business plans and strategies despite its strong technical assets. This article analyses the web traffic of the Virtual Language Observatory, one of the main web applications of CLARIN and a symbol of pan-European re-search cooperation, to evaluate the users and performance of the service in a transparent and scientific way. It is envisaged that the paper can raise awareness of the pressing issues on objective and transparent operation of the infrastructure though Open Evaluation, and the synergy between marketing and technical development. It also investigates the “science of web analytics” in an attempt to document the research process for the purpose of reusability and reproducibility, thus to find universal lessons for the use of a web analytics, rather than to merely produce a statistical report of a particular website which loses its value outside its context.