open-discussion > neuroinformatics exchange on area 51
Feb 1, 2012  04:02 PM | Satrajit Ghosh
neuroinformatics exchange on area 51
there is now a stackoverflow like exchange for neuroinformatics at area 51.
http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/38069/neuroinformatics
for those who don't know the stackoverflow system, they provide a quantitative way to assess the importance of questions and their answers. for a very successful scientific exchange, see mathoverflow.net 
the intent behind many of these sites is that they are tagged with keywords for specific audiences. one could create a site more generally geared towards neuroimaging, but this one is meant to cover any topic related to neuroinformatics. it's a very broad domain, but some areas it would cover, in relation to neuroscience, are:- ontologies and lexicons- computing and database infrastructures- usage questions of tools and resources- questions that wikipedia does not have the answer tothe use of such sites as a discussion forum have been argued a fair bit. but a typical rule of thumb for questions on such sites is that only questions that can be answered objectively are allowed.

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neuroinformatics exchange on area 51
Satrajit Ghosh Feb 1, 2012
Isaiah Norton Feb 15, 2012
Ratish Kumar Feb 1, 2012
Finn Nielsen Feb 1, 2012
Ratish Kumar Feb 1, 2012