Global InformationMicroattribution information
The term microattribution (a form of data citation) is defined as "giving database accessions the same citation conventions and indices that journal articles currently enjoy".[1] In the sense that the purpose of precise attribution is to extend the scholarly convention of giving citation credit, the provenance of a piece of scholarship (observation or data deposition) is recognized to give credit and priority to a preceding author. Microattribution is thus defined as "a scholarly contribution smaller than a journal article being ascribed to a particular author" or a small scholarly contribution being ascribed to a particular author.[2] Since data accessions can describe contributions that can vastly exceed research articles in size and quality, quantum attribution or precise citation might be better terms.
- ^ Axton, Myles (24 November 2007). "Towards a hermeneutics of quantum citation". Nature Research. Archived from the original on 15 August 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
- ^ "On microattribution". Gobbledygook. Retrieved 3 October 2011.