Infrastructure Time: Long-term Matters in Collaborative Development

• DOI: 10.1007/s10606-010-9113-z
• Publication Date: 2010-05-29T01:02:40Z
• Authors: Helena Karasti; Karen S. Baker; Florence Millerand
• Keywords: Temporality; Computer-supported cooperative work; Spatial Data Infrastructure; Information infrastructure

This paper addresses the collaborative development of information infrastructure for supporting data-rich scientific collaboration. Studying empirically not only in terms spatial issues but also, and equally importantly, temporal ones, we illustrate how long-term matters. Our case is about a metadata standard an ecological research domain. It complex example where standards are recognized as one element standard-making efforts include integration semantic work software tools development. With focus on scales short-term long-term, analyze practices views main parties involved standard. contributions three-fold: 1) extension notion to more explicitly dimension; 2) identification two distinct orientations work, namely 'project time' 'infrastructure time', 3) association related orientations, particularly 'continuing design' orientation that recognizes time'. We conclude by highlighting need enrich understandings temporality CSCW, towards longer time diversified hybrids draws attention manifold ramifications extended scales, suggests CSCW e-Research infrastructures.