23 June 2010
22 June 2010
Outstanding ICT initiative award winner announced : JISC
Outstanding ICT initiative award winner announced : JISC: "In the end, the Open University (OU) entry was chosen for its virtual learning environment called OpenLearn which has widened access to education and transformed learning in developing countries."
Seeing Standards
Seeing Standards: "The sheer number of metadata standards in the cultural heritage sector is overwhelming, and their inter-relationships further complicate the situation. This visual map of the metadata landscape is intended to assist planners with the selection and implementation of metadata standards.
Each of the 105 standards listed here is evaluated on its strength of application to defined categories in each of four axes: community, domain, function, and purpose. The strength of a standard in a given category is determined by a mixture of its adoption in that category, its design intent, and its overall appropriateness for use in that category.
The standards represented here are among those most heavily used or publicized in the cultural heritage community, though certainly not all standards that might be relevant are included. A small set of the metadata standards plotted on the main visualization also appear as highlights above the graphic. These represent the most commonly known or discussed standards for cultural heritage metadata.
Content: Jenn Riley
Design: Devin Becker
Work funded by the Indiana University Libraries White Professional Development Award"
Each of the 105 standards listed here is evaluated on its strength of application to defined categories in each of four axes: community, domain, function, and purpose. The strength of a standard in a given category is determined by a mixture of its adoption in that category, its design intent, and its overall appropriateness for use in that category.
The standards represented here are among those most heavily used or publicized in the cultural heritage community, though certainly not all standards that might be relevant are included. A small set of the metadata standards plotted on the main visualization also appear as highlights above the graphic. These represent the most commonly known or discussed standards for cultural heritage metadata.
Content: Jenn Riley
Design: Devin Becker
Work funded by the Indiana University Libraries White Professional Development Award"
20 June 2010
Library Catalogues: From Dominance to Decline? The Future of Bibliographic Discovery, Access and Delivery � ResourceShelf
Library Catalogues: From Dominance to Decline? The Future of Bibliographic Discovery, Access and Delivery � ResourceShelf: "Library catalogues have been moving from a position of dominance to one of decline in bibliographic discovery, access and delivery in recent years. Their contents are largely invisible to search engines. The process of cataloguing is complex and difficult to master and users struggle to understand catalogues and therefore take full advantage of their added value elements. There is an extraordinary amount of duplication of effort in catalogue creation across the sector and considerable doubt about whether the current model of localised catalogues is sustainable."
18 June 2010
DCMI/NKOS Task Group
DCMI/NKOS Task Group: "The DCMI Metadata Provenance Task Group aims to define an application profile that allows for making assertions about description statements or description sets. The AP should create a shared model of the data elements required to satisfactorily describe an aggregation of metadata statements in order to collectively import, access, use and publish facts about the quality, rights, timeliness, data source type, trust situation, etc. of the described statements."
1 [OCLC]
1 [OCLC]: "The catalog is out of the box
By Andy Havens and Tom Storey
For hundreds of years, metadata was kept in a box. Literally. A wooden box, filled with paper cards. Libraries cataloged for one reason: to be able to find resources on a shelf. Today, though, we’re seeing a growing importance placed on metadata management activities. In an increasingly information-driven world, good metadata is the key to more than finding the right item.
Data-about-data is now used to track materials, assess needs, compare collections, inform research, manage workflows, plan budgets and even make friends. Catalogers have been joined by publishers, retail outlets, shipping companies, researchers, faculty, Web programmers, search engine optimizers and end users in the flow of metadata creation and modification. This puts libraries, and catalogers, right in the middle of a revolution in how we think about representing and describing information. And the more partners we can involve in these processes, the more chances libraries have to add value up and down a variety of data supply chains."
By Andy Havens and Tom Storey
For hundreds of years, metadata was kept in a box. Literally. A wooden box, filled with paper cards. Libraries cataloged for one reason: to be able to find resources on a shelf. Today, though, we’re seeing a growing importance placed on metadata management activities. In an increasingly information-driven world, good metadata is the key to more than finding the right item.
Data-about-data is now used to track materials, assess needs, compare collections, inform research, manage workflows, plan budgets and even make friends. Catalogers have been joined by publishers, retail outlets, shipping companies, researchers, faculty, Web programmers, search engine optimizers and end users in the flow of metadata creation and modification. This puts libraries, and catalogers, right in the middle of a revolution in how we think about representing and describing information. And the more partners we can involve in these processes, the more chances libraries have to add value up and down a variety of data supply chains."
Slice of Research Life report [OCLC]
Slice of Research Life report [OCLC]: "New Report: 'A Slice of Research Life: Information Support for Research in the United States'
DUBLIN, Ohio, USA, 16 June 2010—Relationships between researchers and traditional library and university support for research have shifted radically; many of the services most valued by researchers are found not in the library but on the network.
The majority of researchers interviewed for this study use online tools - and commercial services - related to their discipline rather than tools provided by their university. This report summarizes interviews held with researchers, research assistants, graduate students, grant and other research administration specialists, and university administrators at four elite U.S. research universities. It complements a similar study undertaken in four English universities, to be published shortly. This joint research results from a partnership between OCLC Research and the UK's Research Information Network. Participants reported on how they use information in the course of their research, what tools and services are most critical and beneficial to them, where they continue to experience unmet needs, and how they prioritize use of their limited time."
DUBLIN, Ohio, USA, 16 June 2010—Relationships between researchers and traditional library and university support for research have shifted radically; many of the services most valued by researchers are found not in the library but on the network.
The majority of researchers interviewed for this study use online tools - and commercial services - related to their discipline rather than tools provided by their university. This report summarizes interviews held with researchers, research assistants, graduate students, grant and other research administration specialists, and university administrators at four elite U.S. research universities. It complements a similar study undertaken in four English universities, to be published shortly. This joint research results from a partnership between OCLC Research and the UK's Research Information Network. Participants reported on how they use information in the course of their research, what tools and services are most critical and beneficial to them, where they continue to experience unmet needs, and how they prioritize use of their limited time."
13 June 2010
Utilizan las matem�ticas para “leer” textos antiguos e indescifrables
Utilizan las matem�ticas para “leer” textos antiguos e indescifrables: "Utilizan las matem�ticas para “leer” textos antiguos e indescifrables
La entrop�a revela que series de s�mbolos pictos aparentemente aleatorios constitu�an un lenguaje
Un equipo de investigadores de la Universidad de Exeter, en Escocia, ha aplicado la entrop�a o “medida del desorden” al an�lisis de una serie de s�mbolos pictos, hasta ahora indescifrables. Gracias a este m�todo, han conseguido establecer que dichos s�mbolos no eran aleatorios o meramente repetitivo, sino que constitu�an un lenguaje. Los cient�ficos afirman que el sistema podr�a aplicarse a muchos otros restos arqueol�gicos para interpretar escrituras enigm�ticas pero, tambi�n, a la comunicaci�n animal para descubrir, por ejemplo, qu�cantidad de informaci�n se transmiten los delfines a trav�s de los sonidos que emiten. Por Yaiza Mart�nez."
La entrop�a revela que series de s�mbolos pictos aparentemente aleatorios constitu�an un lenguaje
Un equipo de investigadores de la Universidad de Exeter, en Escocia, ha aplicado la entrop�a o “medida del desorden” al an�lisis de una serie de s�mbolos pictos, hasta ahora indescifrables. Gracias a este m�todo, han conseguido establecer que dichos s�mbolos no eran aleatorios o meramente repetitivo, sino que constitu�an un lenguaje. Los cient�ficos afirman que el sistema podr�a aplicarse a muchos otros restos arqueol�gicos para interpretar escrituras enigm�ticas pero, tambi�n, a la comunicaci�n animal para descubrir, por ejemplo, qu�cantidad de informaci�n se transmiten los delfines a trav�s de los sonidos que emiten. Por Yaiza Mart�nez."
12 June 2010
Open Knowledge Foundation Blog � Blog Archive � Dig the new breed, Part III - wrapping it all up
Open Knowledge Foundation Blog � Blog Archive � Dig the new breed, Part III - wrapping it all up: "Dig the new breed, Part III - wrapping it all up
June 11th, 2010
This is the third in the amazing series of guest blogs from Ant Beck on the impact of linked open data for archaeology.
Part 1: New approaches to archaeological data analysis, as seen in the DART and STAR projects Part 2: Considering the ethics of sharing archaeological knowledge
OK, to recap we have:
A scientific movement that advocates open approaches to data, theory and practice
Emerging foundational interoperability using semantic web technology
The potential to remove a barrier and facilitate the submission of primary data"
June 11th, 2010
This is the third in the amazing series of guest blogs from Ant Beck on the impact of linked open data for archaeology.
Part 1: New approaches to archaeological data analysis, as seen in the DART and STAR projects Part 2: Considering the ethics of sharing archaeological knowledge
OK, to recap we have:
A scientific movement that advocates open approaches to data, theory and practice
Emerging foundational interoperability using semantic web technology
The potential to remove a barrier and facilitate the submission of primary data"
Open Knowledge Foundation Blog � Blog Archive � Dig the new breed, Part II - open archaeology and ethics
Open Knowledge Foundation Blog � Blog Archive � Dig the new breed, Part II - open archaeology and ethics: "Dig the new breed, Part II - open archaeology and ethics
June 11th, 2010
The second in this great series of three guest blogs by Ant Beck. See Part 1 for applications of linked data and remote sensing in archaeology. Part 3 will wrap things up and talk about the disruptive implications of linked open data for impact of archaeology."
June 11th, 2010
The second in this great series of three guest blogs by Ant Beck. See Part 1 for applications of linked data and remote sensing in archaeology. Part 3 will wrap things up and talk about the disruptive implications of linked open data for impact of archaeology."
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by jwalsh
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The second in this great series of three guest blogs by Ant Beck. See Part 1 for applications of linked data and remote sensing in archaeology. Part 3 will wrap things up and talk about the disruptive implications of linked open data for impact of archaeology.
Open Science provides the framework for producing transparent and reproducible science by providing open access to raw data, algorithms and interpretations. Efforts such as STAR and STELLAR provide the foundation from which fine granularity excavation data can be made available as part of the semantic web and feed into Open Science analysis. This provides answers to the questions of how and why we should have open access to archaeological data. However, it does not provide answers to what data should be opened or if archaeological data should be opened at all. We move into the sphere of ethics and open archaeology."
by jwalsh
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The second in this great series of three guest blogs by Ant Beck. See Part 1 for applications of linked data and remote sensing in archaeology. Part 3 will wrap things up and talk about the disruptive implications of linked open data for impact of archaeology.
Open Science provides the framework for producing transparent and reproducible science by providing open access to raw data, algorithms and interpretations. Efforts such as STAR and STELLAR provide the foundation from which fine granularity excavation data can be made available as part of the semantic web and feed into Open Science analysis. This provides answers to the questions of how and why we should have open access to archaeological data. However, it does not provide answers to what data should be opened or if archaeological data should be opened at all. We move into the sphere of ethics and open archaeology."
Open Knowledge Foundation Blog � Blog Archive � Dig the New Breed: How open approaches can empower archaeologists- Part I
Open Knowledge Foundation Blog � Blog Archive � Dig the New Breed: How open approaches can empower archaeologists- Part I: "Dig the New Breed: How open approaches can empower archaeologists- Part I
June 10th, 2010
Very happy to post the first in an amazing series of OKFN guest blogs by Ant Beck, a member of the Open Archaeology working group. Ant discusses the DART project and the STAR project, both employed Linked Data in a heritage context. Later we’ll get into the ethics of open heritage, and a vision for the future of archaeological data."
June 10th, 2010
Very happy to post the first in an amazing series of OKFN guest blogs by Ant Beck, a member of the Open Archaeology working group. Ant discusses the DART project and the STAR project, both employed Linked Data in a heritage context. Later we’ll get into the ethics of open heritage, and a vision for the future of archaeological data."
Government Data
Government Data: "
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The new UK coalition government has been making some interesting policy decisions around government data extending some of the work already underway under the previous Labour administration. For example see the prime minister’s Letter to Government departments on opening up data issued on Monday 31 May 2010.
The conservative party (majority partner in the coalition) technology manifesto is well worth looking over for anyone interested in data and IT policy in the UK and an indicator of what might still be coming out of the new government.
In addition, to plans to open up government data and spending information it refers to research by Rufus Pollock et al at Cambridge University on the economic value of open data, which estimated it will create an estimated £6 billion in additional value for the UK. This boost to British jobs will come from the synergies and positive spillover benefits that result from businesses and social entrepreneurs building new applications and services using previously locked-up government data.
It is fascinating to see how big an effect on UK government policy advocacy by the likes of the Open Knowledge Foundation and the Free Our Data campaign has had. Of course it helps if similar initiatives are underway in the USA – see the Wired interview with the US government’s first-ever chief information officer, Vivek Kundra.
You can now measure the impact of your online resource � Digitisation
You can now measure the impact of your online resource � Digitisation: "You can now measure the impact of your online resource
The Toolkit for the Impact of Digitised Scholarly Resources (TIDSR), developed for JISC by the Oxford Internet Institute, is now available online for everybody to use."
The Toolkit for the Impact of Digitised Scholarly Resources (TIDSR), developed for JISC by the Oxford Internet Institute, is now available online for everybody to use."
tsig - Pre-conference 2010
tsig - Pre-conference 2010
Description
A new standard that will enable cataloguers to create metadata that is compatible with internationally established principles, models, and standards, RDA focuses on user tasks and the information users need. This year our focus will be on the new places where RDA is taking us and how RDA positions us for the next generation of resource description and resource discovery. Topics include: development and implementation in Canada and around the world; the effects of FRBRization on resource discovery; and, a presentation of the Metadata Service Toolkit and its potential use for transforming MARC data to RDA.Kallinikos
Kallinikos
A theory of digital objects
Digital objects are marked by a limited set of variable yet generic attributes such as editability, interactivity, openness and distributedness. As digital objects diffuse throughout the institutional fabric, these attributes and the information–based operations and procedures out of which they are sustained install themselves at the heart of social practice. The entities and processes that constitute the stuff of social practice are thereby rendered increasingly unstable and transfigurable, producing a context of experience in which the certainties of recurring and recognizable objects are on the wane. These claims are supported with reference to 1) the elusive identity of digital documents and the problems of authentication/preservation of records such an identity posits and 2) the operations of search engines and the effects digital search has on the content of the documents it retrieves.
http://ie-repository.jisc.ac.uk/475/1/JISC%26RLUK_VISION_FINAL.pdf
ONE TO MANY; MANY TO ONE:
THE RESOURCE DISCOVERY TASKFORCE VISION
WorldWideScience
WorldWideScience
WorldWideScience.org is a global science gateway—accelerating scientific discovery and progress through a multilateral partnership to enable federated searching of national and international scientific databases and portals.
11 June 2010
09 June 2010
08 June 2010
NASA joins web consortium to help improve universal access
NASA joins web consortium to help improve universal access: "'Standards will play a key role in making NASA's content more accessible on the Internet and in the implementation of our Open Government plan,' said Chris Kemp, chief technology officer for Information Technology at NASA Headquarters in Washington."
MOVIE | The Singularity is Near � Homepage
MOVIE | The Singularity is Near � Homepage: "The Singularity is Near - The Movie Home
The Onset of the 21st Century will be an era in which the very nature of what it means to be human will be both enriched and challenged as our species breaks the shackles of its genetic legacy and achieves inconceivable heights of intelligence, material progress, and longevity. While the social and philosophical ramifications of these changes will be profound, and the threats they pose considerable, celebrated futurist Ray Kurzweil presents a view of the coming age that is both a dramatic culmination of centuries of technological ingenuity and a genuinely inspiring vision of our ultimate destiny."
The Onset of the 21st Century will be an era in which the very nature of what it means to be human will be both enriched and challenged as our species breaks the shackles of its genetic legacy and achieves inconceivable heights of intelligence, material progress, and longevity. While the social and philosophical ramifications of these changes will be profound, and the threats they pose considerable, celebrated futurist Ray Kurzweil presents a view of the coming age that is both a dramatic culmination of centuries of technological ingenuity and a genuinely inspiring vision of our ultimate destiny."
inkdroid › bibliographic records on the web
inkdroid › bibliographic records on the web: "There are a couple interesting threads (disclaimer I inadvertently started one) going on over on the Open Library technical discussion list about making Linked Data views available for authors. Since the topic was largely how to model people, part of the discussion spilled over to foaf-dev (also my fault).
When making library Linked Data available my preference has been to follow the lead of Martin Malmsten, Anders S�derb�ck and the Royal Library of Sweden by modeling authors as People using the FOAF vocabulary:"
When making library Linked Data available my preference has been to follow the lead of Martin Malmsten, Anders S�derb�ck and the Royal Library of Sweden by modeling authors as People using the FOAF vocabulary:"
Fine Press Book Association
Fine Press Book Association: "The Typographic Design Unit
by Christopher Wakeling
It ought be an easy enough task to note down what one ‘does’; however, I must admit in this case it has proved a tough assignment. Perhaps I should start by stating what my Typographic Design Unit (TDU) is not. It is not a private press in the traditional sense; nor is it a commercial letterpress printing shop, typesetting house or design studio with an agenda for some form of cultural change.
When I am asked ‘What do you do?’ the reply, ‘Oh, I’m a typographer’, seems inadequate, as it is open to a number of interpretations depending on the questioner’s experience. I like to think of myself as a ‘designer’, one with a preference for working with letters, words and type – whether metal, wood, photo, digital or drawn – in fact, type or lettering in any shape or form. Add in paper and ink, and we can narrow things down to someone who enjoys orchestrating the production of printed material. I would describe myself as someone with an eclectic personality who enjoys dabbling in this, that and the other."
by Christopher Wakeling
It ought be an easy enough task to note down what one ‘does’; however, I must admit in this case it has proved a tough assignment. Perhaps I should start by stating what my Typographic Design Unit (TDU) is not. It is not a private press in the traditional sense; nor is it a commercial letterpress printing shop, typesetting house or design studio with an agenda for some form of cultural change.
When I am asked ‘What do you do?’ the reply, ‘Oh, I’m a typographer’, seems inadequate, as it is open to a number of interpretations depending on the questioner’s experience. I like to think of myself as a ‘designer’, one with a preference for working with letters, words and type – whether metal, wood, photo, digital or drawn – in fact, type or lettering in any shape or form. Add in paper and ink, and we can narrow things down to someone who enjoys orchestrating the production of printed material. I would describe myself as someone with an eclectic personality who enjoys dabbling in this, that and the other."
07 June 2010
06 June 2010
Humanity
Humanity
The goal of Humanity+ is to support discussion and public awareness of emerging technologies, to defend the right of individuals in free and democratic societies to adopt technologies that expand human capacities, and to anticipate and propose solutions for the potential consequences of emerging technologies.
Internet Alchemy � Refactoring BIO with Einstein Part 5: Updated Vocabulary
Internet Alchemy Refactoring BIO with Einstein Part 5: Updated Vocabulary
It’s been four years since the last instalment of this series. Over the past couple of months I have revised the BIO vocabulary and have incorporated many of the changes I’ve been discussing over the course of this series of posts. Now I am going to revisit some of the examples from my earlier posts and bring them up to date with the new vocabulary.
The BIO Vocabulary models the biography of a person as a series of interrelated events. There are now classes for many different kinds of life event and the beginnings of a series of properties that link these events to people, places, times and other events. The vocabulary can be found at its usual location: http://vocab.org/bio/0.1/
Cambridge News | Latest News From In & Around Cambridge City | Latest Sports, Jobs & Business News in Cambridge Newspaper | Bletchley Park files to go online
05 June 2010
Open Knowledge Foundation Blog � Blog Archive � Opening up government finances
Open Knowledge Foundation Blog � Blog Archive � Opening up government finances
Opening up government finances
June 3rd, 2010
The following guest post is from Chris Taggart of OpenlyLocal, who advises the Where Does My Money Go? project on local spending data, and is a member of the Open Knowledge Foundation’s Working Group on Open Government Data.
With a string of announcements this week and the COINS database (the UK’s biggest source of information on public spending) about to be released tomorrow, it’s an exciting time for open data in the UK at the moment! When I first played around with the idea of opening up the basics of local government data (which turned into OpenlyLocal), I never imagined I was entering an area that little more than a year later would become such an exciting area, combining two of the hottest online trends, open government data and local data.
But still, there’s a hell of a long way to go, and one of the areas where there’s furthest to travel, and most to do is finance, specifically where the money’s being spent, who it’s being spent with, and also where it comes from. As the old journo saw goes: follow the money.
I had my first taste of the problems when I took a pretty much unused (and locked) spreadsheet, the 2006-07 Local Spending Report, and over the course of a weekend,unlocked it cleaned it up, imported it into a database and allowed people to do what the spreadsheet didn’t — make comparisons on local spending across councils and in areas.
The FRBR Blog: Blog Archive � Last week in FRBR #26
The FRBR Blog: Blog Archive � Last week in FRBR #26: "VuFind and “other editions” with xISBN
Lorcan Dempsey’s A web-siting at Yale: other editions and xISBN points out that at Yale’s VuFind catalogue they’re using VuFind’s ability to call on xISBN to generate a list of other editions of a given book, or, more generally, other Manifestations of a given Work. Example: The Hobbit."
Lorcan Dempsey’s A web-siting at Yale: other editions and xISBN points out that at Yale’s VuFind catalogue they’re using VuFind’s ability to call on xISBN to generate a list of other editions of a given book, or, more generally, other Manifestations of a given Work. Example: The Hobbit."
Congratulations to the MW2010 Best of the Web Winners! | conference.archimuse.com
Congratulations to the MW2010 Best of the Web Winners! | conference.archimuse.com
Congratulations to the following sites, selected as the Best of the Web at Museums and the Web 2010.
The Economics of Copyright and Digitisation � Digitisation
The Economics of Copyright and Digitisation � Digitisation: "The Economics of Copyright and Digitisation
The Strategic Advisory Board on Intellectual Property (SABIP) have published a report this week entitled “The Economics of Copyright and Digitisation: A Report on the Literature and the Need for Further Research” .
The report undertakes a critical overview of the theoretical and empirical economic literature on copyright and unauthorised copying.
This report highlights two issues which are in particular need of further research in order to inform copyright policy:
How does digital copying affect the supply of copyright works?
Does the copyright system entail obstacles to desirable aspects of technological transition?"
The Strategic Advisory Board on Intellectual Property (SABIP) have published a report this week entitled “The Economics of Copyright and Digitisation: A Report on the Literature and the Need for Further Research” .
The report undertakes a critical overview of the theoretical and empirical economic literature on copyright and unauthorised copying.
This report highlights two issues which are in particular need of further research in order to inform copyright policy:
How does digital copying affect the supply of copyright works?
Does the copyright system entail obstacles to desirable aspects of technological transition?"
The Policy and Standards Division’s Progress on
the Recommendations made in
“Library of Congress Subject Headings
Pre- vs. Post-Coordination and Related Issues”
Executive Summary
Report for Beacher Wiggins, ABA Director
Prepared by the Policy and Standards Division
May 2, 2010
In 2006 the Library of Congress’ Director of Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access (ABA) requested a review of the pros and cons of pre- versus post-coordination of Library of Congress Subject Headings. The Cataloging Policy and Support Office (now the Policy and Standards Division) responded in 2007 with the report entitled, “Library of Congress Subject Headings: Pre- vs. Post-Coordination and Related Issues” (http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/pre_vs_post.pdf).
03 June 2010
The Coming Data Explosion
The Coming Data Explosion: "The Coming Data Explosion
Written by Richard MacManus / May 31, 2010 3:35 AM / 14 Comments � Prior Post Next Post �
One of the key aspects of the emerging Internet of Things - where real-world objects are connected to the Internet - is the massive amount of new data on the Web that will result. As more and more 'things' in the world are connected to the Internet, it follows that more data will be uploaded to and downloaded from the cloud. And this is in addition to the burgeoning amount of user-generated content - which has increased 15-fold over the past few years, according to a presentation that Google VP Marissa Mayer made last August at Xerox PARC. Mayer said during her presentation that this 'data explosion is bigger than Moore's law.'"
Written by Richard MacManus / May 31, 2010 3:35 AM / 14 Comments � Prior Post Next Post �
One of the key aspects of the emerging Internet of Things - where real-world objects are connected to the Internet - is the massive amount of new data on the Web that will result. As more and more 'things' in the world are connected to the Internet, it follows that more data will be uploaded to and downloaded from the cloud. And this is in addition to the burgeoning amount of user-generated content - which has increased 15-fold over the past few years, according to a presentation that Google VP Marissa Mayer made last August at Xerox PARC. Mayer said during her presentation that this 'data explosion is bigger than Moore's law.'"
Open Knowledge Foundation Blog � Blog Archive � Momentum building for open government data in Norway
Open Knowledge Foundation Blog � Blog Archive � Momentum building for open government data in Norway: "Momentum building for open government data in Norway
May 31st, 2010
The following guest post is from Olav Anders �vreb�Assistant Professor at the University of Bergen, and member of the Open Knowledge Foundation’s Working Group on EU Open Data. This text was first published as a European Public Sector Information Platform Topic Report on ePSIplatform.eu.
A series of promising new initiatives gives reasons to be a lot more optimistic about government data reuse in Norway today than anyone could have been a year ago. The right tools will hopefully soon be available. Now convincing examples of reuse are needed."
May 31st, 2010
The following guest post is from Olav Anders �vreb�Assistant Professor at the University of Bergen, and member of the Open Knowledge Foundation’s Working Group on EU Open Data. This text was first published as a European Public Sector Information Platform Topic Report on ePSIplatform.eu.
A series of promising new initiatives gives reasons to be a lot more optimistic about government data reuse in Norway today than anyone could have been a year ago. The right tools will hopefully soon be available. Now convincing examples of reuse are needed."
Open Knowledge Foundation Blog � Blog Archive � Open government data in the UK, US and further afield: new report
Open Knowledge Foundation Blog � Blog Archive � Open government data in the UK, US and further afield: new report: "Open government data in the UK, US and further afield: new report
June 1st, 2010
We’re extremely proud that data.gov.uk - the UK Government’s open data portal - uses CKAN, OKF’s open source registry of open data. In the months in 2009 that led up to the release of data.gov.uk, OKF worked closely with the Cabinet Office to help them realise their vision of making public data publicly available in an open, reusable way. But our involvement with the UK government didn’t start there. Civil servants - particularly members of the Office for Public Sector Information - have been attending OKF events like OKCon since at least 2005. And we know that Sir Tim Berners Lee - who was brought on as an expert advisor to the Government as they worked up to the data.gov.uk project - was reading the OKF blog prior to his now famous “Raw Data Now!” talk at TED!"
June 1st, 2010
We’re extremely proud that data.gov.uk - the UK Government’s open data portal - uses CKAN, OKF’s open source registry of open data. In the months in 2009 that led up to the release of data.gov.uk, OKF worked closely with the Cabinet Office to help them realise their vision of making public data publicly available in an open, reusable way. But our involvement with the UK government didn’t start there. Civil servants - particularly members of the Office for Public Sector Information - have been attending OKF events like OKCon since at least 2005. And we know that Sir Tim Berners Lee - who was brought on as an expert advisor to the Government as they worked up to the data.gov.uk project - was reading the OKF blog prior to his now famous “Raw Data Now!” talk at TED!"
Open Knowledge Foundation Blog � Blog Archive � The Durationator
Open Knowledge Foundation Blog � Blog Archive � The Durationator: "The Durationator
June 2nd, 2010
The following guest post is from�Justin A. Levy, who is Assistant Research Fellow at the Tulane Center for Intellectual Property Law�and Culture, New Orleans, and is a member of the Open Knowledge Foundation’s Working Group on the Public Domain."
June 2nd, 2010
The following guest post is from�Justin A. Levy, who is Assistant Research Fellow at the Tulane Center for Intellectual Property Law�and Culture, New Orleans, and is a member of the Open Knowledge Foundation’s Working Group on the Public Domain."
Digitization 101: Report: JISC Project Report: Digitisation Programme: Preservation Study April 2009
Digitization 101: Report: JISC Project Report: Digitisation Programme: Preservation Study April 2009: "Report: JISC Project Report: Digitisation Programme: Preservation Study April 2009
�As received in email.
JISC, the Digital Preservation Coalition, Portico and the University of London Computer Centre are pleased to announce the release of a new report investigating long term access to digitised collections.
The digital universe grew by 62% in 2009, but those adding to these resources need to think long term if they want to make best use of their public funding. Clearly stated preservation policies are essential in guaranteeing that researchers in the future will be able to access and use a digital resource, according to a new report funded by JISC. But the responsibility needs to be shared between funders, who must articulate the need for data curation, and universities, who need to implement a preservation policy for each digital collection."
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JISC, the Digital Preservation Coalition, Portico and the University of London Computer Centre are pleased to announce the release of a new report investigating long term access to digitised collections.
The digital universe grew by 62% in 2009, but those adding to these resources need to think long term if they want to make best use of their public funding. Clearly stated preservation policies are essential in guaranteeing that researchers in the future will be able to access and use a digital resource, according to a new report funded by JISC. But the responsibility needs to be shared between funders, who must articulate the need for data curation, and universities, who need to implement a preservation policy for each digital collection."
DigitalKoans � Blog Archive � Digital Preservation: Data-PASS Project Gets Matching IMLS Support for $1.6 Million Project
DigitalKoans � Blog Archive � Digital Preservation: Data-PASS Project Gets Matching IMLS Support for $1.6 Million Project: "Digital Preservation: Data-PASS Project Gets Matching IMLS Support for $1.6 Million Project
The Data-PASS Project has been given 'one-to-one matching funds for the $1.6 million dollar project' by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Here's an excerpt from the press release:
The Institute of Museum and Library Services has generously supported members of the Data-PASS Alliance through an award to develop a policy-based archival replication system for libraries, archives and museums. . . ."
The Data-PASS Project has been given 'one-to-one matching funds for the $1.6 million dollar project' by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Here's an excerpt from the press release:
The Institute of Museum and Library Services has generously supported members of the Data-PASS Alliance through an award to develop a policy-based archival replication system for libraries, archives and museums. . . ."
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Google Reader (951): "First Draft of SPARQL 1.1 Federation Extensions Published; Five SPARQL 1.1 Drafts Updated
by Ivan Herman
The SPARQL Working Group has published a First Public Working Draft of SPARQL 1.1 Federation Extensions, which defines extensions to the SPARQL Query Language to support distributed SPARQL query execution. The group also published 5 updates, listed below. The group seeks feedback, particularly on open issues identified in each document."
by Ivan Herman
The SPARQL Working Group has published a First Public Working Draft of SPARQL 1.1 Federation Extensions, which defines extensions to the SPARQL Query Language to support distributed SPARQL query execution. The group also published 5 updates, listed below. The group seeks feedback, particularly on open issues identified in each document."
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