VocabControl » Online Information Conference – day two: "Linked Data in Libraries
I stayed in the Linked Data track for Day 2 of the Online Information Conference, very much enjoying Karen Coyle’s presentation on metadata standards - FRBR, FRSAR, FRAD, RDA - and Sarah Bartlett’s enthusiasm for using Linked Data to throw open bibliographic data to the world so that fascinating connections can be made. She explained that while the physical sciences have been well mapped and a number of ontologies are available, far less work has been done in the humanities. She encouraged humanities researchers to extend RDF and develop it."
13 January 2011
Nodalities » Blog Archive » A Year of Open Government Data: Transparency, but also Innovation
Nodalities » Blog Archive » A Year of Open Government Data: Transparency, but also Innovation: "A Year of Open Government Data: Transparency, but also Innovation
12th January 2011, 05:32 pm by Zach Beauvais In: linked data
Towards the end of 2010, Wikileaks generates many headlines as it publishes information on the web, causing controversy and leading to talk about politicians hiding information from the public. Reporters and commentators express shock or admiration when telling the story of a rogue organisation making governmental information public. What has not been as mainstream is that for the past year or more, governments around the world have been doing something very similar themselves: publishing information online."
12th January 2011, 05:32 pm by Zach Beauvais In: linked data
Towards the end of 2010, Wikileaks generates many headlines as it publishes information on the web, causing controversy and leading to talk about politicians hiding information from the public. Reporters and commentators express shock or admiration when telling the story of a rogue organisation making governmental information public. What has not been as mainstream is that for the past year or more, governments around the world have been doing something very similar themselves: publishing information online."
What to expect in EPUB3 - O'Reilly Radar
What to expect in EPUB3 - O'Reilly Radar: "Just as publishers are wrapping their heads — and workflows — around the current version of EPUB, a new release is scheduled for May. The EPUB3 draft is set to publish for comment later this month, giving publishers and developers their first blush at what the release will mean to them.
In the following interview, Bob Kasher, business development manager for integrated solutions at Book Masters and a member of the International Digital Publishing Forum EPUB Working Group, highlights some of the changes the new version will bring to the publishing industry. Kasher is scheduled to speak in depth on EPUB3 at February's Tools of Change for Publishing conference in New York."
In the following interview, Bob Kasher, business development manager for integrated solutions at Book Masters and a member of the International Digital Publishing Forum EPUB Working Group, highlights some of the changes the new version will bring to the publishing industry. Kasher is scheduled to speak in depth on EPUB3 at February's Tools of Change for Publishing conference in New York."
Home - Yourtopia.net
Home - Yourtopia.net: "The idea: Construct a measure of social progress world-wide based on your preferences for development. Participate in a global effort to improve tracing of humanity's progress towards the Millennium Development Goals.
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