01558nas a2200133   4500008004100000022001400041245005500055210005200110260004200162520114600204100001801350700002001368856003601388       2010                        eng d  a1913-610200aEditorial: Interdisciplinary Lessons (August 2010)0 aEditorial Interdisciplinary Lessons August 2010  aOttawabTalent First Networkc08/20103 aSome believe that great advances, discoveries, and innovation result from concentrated efforts within distinct fields. However, progress using this traditional practice has been slowing for some time. The next great discoveries are unlikely to come from further refinements in highly-specialized fields working in isolation. Rather, they will come from creative collaboration between practitioners and researchers from two or more distinct fields, combining their knowledge, theoretical principles, and methodologies in ways never before considered.

This issue analyzes lessons from other disciplines to provide a new perspective on the challenges faced by open source communities, practitioners, entrepreneurs, and other participants. The goal is to extract and apply the collective wisdom of a diverse group of authors to help solve relevant problems. The first two articles in this issue provide specific interdisciplinary lessons from diverse fields that are relevant to open source communities. The remaining articles describe projects in which platforms are being developed to promote, encourage, and analyze interdisciplinary work.1 aMcPhee, Chris1 aMacAulay, Mekki  uhttp://timreview.ca/article/368