Comments on: Article of the Future http://www.slaw.ca/2009/07/21/article-of-the-future/ Canada's online legal magazine Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:53:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Simon Fodden http://www.slaw.ca/2009/07/21/article-of-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-705807 Simon Fodden Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:13:52 +0000 http://www.slaw.ca/?p=10431#comment-705807 I agree, Gary: this is pretty tame stuff in fact. But the notion continues to interest me in connection with law. I'm doing up a column that'll probably appear on Saturday here where I talk a little more about what intrigues me. I'd love to have your thoughts on it. I agree, Gary: this is pretty tame stuff in fact. But the notion continues to interest me in connection with law. I'm doing up a column that'll probably appear on Saturday here where I talk a little more about what intrigues me. I'd love to have your thoughts on it.

]]> By: Gary P. Rodrigues http://www.slaw.ca/2009/07/21/article-of-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-705804 Gary P. Rodrigues Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:58:33 +0000 http://www.slaw.ca/?p=10431#comment-705804 I checked out the prototypes. There doesn't seem to be much in the way of the "future" in the "Article of the Future". Rather, it seems to me to be a collection of everything that it is possible to do now, but for which there is no commercial demand. Reed Elsevier faces a major challenge to its dominant position in the market for scientific journals from the Open Access movement. It needs to do something major to meet that challenge. The prototypes just don't live up to the hype. I checked out the prototypes. There doesn't seem to be much in the way of the "future" in the "Article of the Future". Rather, it seems to me to be a collection of everything that it is possible to do now, but for which there is no commercial demand.

Reed Elsevier faces a major challenge to its dominant position in the market for scientific journals from the Open Access movement. It needs to do something major to meet that challenge. The prototypes just don't live up to the hype.

]]> By: Simon Fodden http://www.slaw.ca/2009/07/21/article-of-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-705773 Simon Fodden Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:57:07 +0000 http://www.slaw.ca/?p=10431#comment-705773 It'd be fun to see if Canada (i.e. Slaw and friends) could beat Lexis to a sturdy version of a new format for online legal textual material -- the way that Canada was a pioneer with Quicklaw. It'd be fun to see if Canada (i.e. Slaw and friends) could beat Lexis to a sturdy version of a new format for online legal textual material — the way that Canada was a pioneer with Quicklaw.

]]> By: Martha Sperry http://www.slaw.ca/2009/07/21/article-of-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-705771 Martha Sperry Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:47:40 +0000 http://www.slaw.ca/?p=10431#comment-705771 Very interesting take on where articles may be going. I am sure there are fields other than law that would adopt the new format more readily. But I agree with Wendy that there is lots of room for innovation of this type in the legal arena. As an advocate for more information that is more easily accessible, I would love to see legal documents, articles, opinions, etc. evolve in such a way. Very interesting take on where articles may be going. I am sure there are fields other than law that would adopt the new format more readily. But I agree with Wendy that there is lots of room for innovation of this type in the legal arena. As an advocate for more information that is more easily accessible, I would love to see legal documents, articles, opinions, etc. evolve in such a way.

]]> By: Wendy Reynolds http://www.slaw.ca/2009/07/21/article-of-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-705769 Wendy Reynolds Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:27:16 +0000 http://www.slaw.ca/?p=10431#comment-705769 Thanks for pointing this out, Simon. The formatting of article one inspires quite a bit of speculation about how articles (and decisions) could be formatted to make quick scanning easier. Can't you envision a series of tabs across the top of a decision/article: Facts, Arguments, Outcomes, etc? I think that there is lots of room for some truly innovative thinking, and I'm glad you've started the conversation. Thanks for pointing this out, Simon. The formatting of article one inspires quite a bit of speculation about how articles (and decisions) could be formatted to make quick scanning easier. Can't you envision a series of tabs across the top of a decision/article: Facts, Arguments, Outcomes, etc?
I think that there is lots of room for some truly innovative thinking, and I'm glad you've started the conversation.

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