13 February 2011
Web 3.0 Could Lead to E-Government That Anticipates Citizens’ Needs
Web 3.0 Could Lead to E-Government That Anticipates Citizens’ Needs: "“Web 3.0” is an IT buzzword that’s appearing with greater frequency among the state and local government IT community. Explanations differ as to what it means in terms of implementation, but the overarching concept is “machine-to-machine” communication on the Internet."
What SKOS-XL adds to SKOS - bobdc.blog
What SKOS-XL adds to SKOS - bobdc.blog: "Extra flexibility for label metadata.
In my first few glances at SKOS eXtension for Labels, I didn't quite get it. Recently, though, while looking at a client's requirements document at TopQuadrant, when I saw that they wanted to attach metadata to individual terms, I started modeling this in my head and then I realized I didn't need to: SKOS-XL already had."
In my first few glances at SKOS eXtension for Labels, I didn't quite get it. Recently, though, while looking at a client's requirements document at TopQuadrant, when I saw that they wanted to attach metadata to individual terms, I started modeling this in my head and then I realized I didn't need to: SKOS-XL already had."
Special Online Collection: Dealing with Data
Special Online Collection: Dealing with Data: "In the 11 February 2011 issue, Science joins with colleagues from Science Signaling, Science Translational Medicine, and Science Careers to provide a broad look at the issues surrounding the increasingly huge influx of research data. This collection of articles highlights both the challenges posed by the data deluge and the opportunities that can be realized if we can better organize and access the data.
The Science cover (left) features a word cloud generated from all of the content from the magazine's special section.
Science is making access to this entire collection FREE (simple registration is required for non-subscribers)."
The Science cover (left) features a word cloud generated from all of the content from the magazine's special section.
Science is making access to this entire collection FREE (simple registration is required for non-subscribers)."
Open Knowledge Foundation Blog » Blog Archive » Playing around with Open Linked Data: data.totl.net
Open Knowledge Foundation Blog » Blog Archive » Playing around with Open Linked Data: data.totl.net: "The following guest post is by Christopher Gutteridge, a Web & Systems Programmer and Open Data Architect at the University of Southampton. When he was young he wrote the “coffee stain” filter for GIMP, and is the developer of Graphite RDF PHP library & tools. He is a member of the OKF Working Group on Open Bibliographic Information.
I know that it’s best to practice a new technique before employing it on anything major. I also like over-engineering for its own sake. (Beware the Modeller!) That’s how I ended up building data.totl.net."
I know that it’s best to practice a new technique before employing it on anything major. I also like over-engineering for its own sake. (Beware the Modeller!) That’s how I ended up building data.totl.net."
Home - ePSIplus - Public Sector Information
Home - ePSIplus - Public Sector Information: "Europe's One-Stop Shop on Public Sector Information (PSI) Re-use
Working to Stimulate PSI Re-use
The aim of the ePSIplatform is to stimulate action, report developments and monitor progress towards a stronger and more transparent environment for the growth of national and European PSI re-use markets."
Working to Stimulate PSI Re-use
The aim of the ePSIplatform is to stimulate action, report developments and monitor progress towards a stronger and more transparent environment for the growth of national and European PSI re-use markets."
Official Google Blog: Register for Google I/O 2011
Official Google Blog: Register for Google I/O 2011: "The focus of I/O 2011 will be all about the cloud, and feature the latest Google products and technologies including Android, Google Chrome, App Engine, Google Web Toolkit and Google APIs. There will be many opportunities to meet members of Google’s engineering teams and take deep dives into the technologies with more than 100 technical sessions, roundtables and more. The Developer Sandbox, which we introduced at I/O 2009, will be back, featuring developers from more than 100 companies to demo their apps, share their experiences and exchange ideas."
HEFCE Review of JISC
1. This report sets out the findings and recommendations of the Review Group
chaired by Professor Sir Alan Wilson into the strategy, activities and effectiveness of the
Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). The review’s terms of reference are at
Annex A and the Review Group membership is listed at Annex B.
"Copy, paste, map" - O'Reilly Radar
"Copy, paste, map" - O'Reilly Radar: "Data, data everywhere, and all too many spreadsheets to think.
Citizens have a new tool to visualize data and map it onto their own communities. Geospatial startup FortiusOne and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) have teamed up to launch IssueMap.org. IssueMap is squarely aimed at addressing one of the biggest challenges that government agencies, municipalities and other public entities have in 2011: converting open data into information that people can distill into knowledge and insight.
IssueMap must, like the data it visualizes, be put in context. The world is experiencing an unprecedented data deluge, a reality that my colleague Edd Dumbill described as another 'industrial revolution' at last week's Strata Conference. The release of more data under the Open Government Directive issued by the Obama Administration has resulted in even more data becoming available. The challenge is that for most citizens, the hundreds of thousands of data sets available at Data.gov, or at state or city data catalogs, don't lead to added insight or utility in their every day lives. This partnership between FortiusOne and the FCC is an attempt to give citizens a mapping tool to make FCC data meaningful."
Citizens have a new tool to visualize data and map it onto their own communities. Geospatial startup FortiusOne and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) have teamed up to launch IssueMap.org. IssueMap is squarely aimed at addressing one of the biggest challenges that government agencies, municipalities and other public entities have in 2011: converting open data into information that people can distill into knowledge and insight.
IssueMap must, like the data it visualizes, be put in context. The world is experiencing an unprecedented data deluge, a reality that my colleague Edd Dumbill described as another 'industrial revolution' at last week's Strata Conference. The release of more data under the Open Government Directive issued by the Obama Administration has resulted in even more data becoming available. The challenge is that for most citizens, the hundreds of thousands of data sets available at Data.gov, or at state or city data catalogs, don't lead to added insight or utility in their every day lives. This partnership between FortiusOne and the FCC is an attempt to give citizens a mapping tool to make FCC data meaningful."
T H E H O R I Z O N R E P O R T 2 0 1 1 E D I T I O N
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/HR2011.pdf
The internationally recognized series of Horizon
Reports is part of the New Media Consortium’s
Horizon Project, a comprehensive research venture
established in 2002 that identifies and describes
emerging technologies likely to have a large impact
over the coming five years on a variety of sectors
around the globe. This volume, the 2011 Horizon
Report, examines emerging technologies for their
potential impact on and use in teaching, learning,
and creative inquiry. It is the eighth in the annual
series of reports focused on emerging technology in
the higher education environment.
Shared Services in Cloud Computing | Digital Curation Centre
Shared Services in Cloud Computing | Digital Curation Centre: "Today's announcement by HEFCE of funding for the development of cloud services in UK Higher Education will allow the DCC to develop some significant new services in the coming year. As well as deploying our own tools in the cloud infrastructure, we'll be developing advice and support for institutions considering use of the cloud for any and all aspects of research data management.This funding will also allow us to take forward many of the salient recommendations from the UK Research Data Service (UKRDS) project and intensify a number of our existing activities, such as the DCC roadshows. We'll be developing detailed plans in the next few weeks and expect to make a number of further announcements during and after that time.The DCC will be working closely with JISC, JANET, Eduserv and others to realise the benefits of this exciting but challenging programme.The full text of the announcement from HEFCE, containing details of all aspects of the programme, is here."
Tasty, New Sweet Tools Release » AI3:::Adaptive Information
Tasty, New Sweet Tools Release » AI3:::Adaptive Information: "Sweet Tools, AI3‘s listing of semantic Web and -related tools, has just been released with its 17th update. The listing now contains more than 900 tools, nearly a 10% increase over the last version. Significantly the listing is also now presented via its own semantic tool, the structSearch sComponent, which is one of the growing parts to Structured Dynamics‘ open semantic framework (OSF).
So, we invite you to go ahead and try out this new Flex/Flash version with its improved"
So, we invite you to go ahead and try out this new Flex/Flash version with its improved"
SKOS Now Interoperates with OWL 2 » AI3:::Adaptive Information
SKOS Now Interoperates with OWL 2 » AI3:::Adaptive Information: "n the semantic Web, arguably SKOS is the right vocabulary for representing simple knowledge structures [1] and OWL 2 is the right language for asserting axioms and ontological relationships. In the early days we chose a reliance on SKOS for the UMBEL reference concept ontology, because of UMBEL’s natural role as a knowledge structure. Most recently we also migrated UMBEL to OWL 2 to gain (among other reasons) the metamodeling advantages of “punning”, which allows us to treat things as either classes or instances depending on modeling needs, context and viewpoint [2].
But — until today — we could not get SKOS and OWL 2 to play together nicely. This meant we could not take full advantage of each language’s respective strengths.
Happily, that gap has now been closed. By action of a relatively minor change and the addition of a simple statement, SKOS more fully interoperates with OWL 2."
But — until today — we could not get SKOS and OWL 2 to play together nicely. This meant we could not take full advantage of each language’s respective strengths.
Happily, that gap has now been closed. By action of a relatively minor change and the addition of a simple statement, SKOS more fully interoperates with OWL 2."
Library Management Services in the Cloud [OCLC]
Library Management Services in the Cloud [OCLC]: "Presented at ALA Midwinter 2011, January 9, 2011
Listen as early members of the user community explain why they chose OCLC Web-scale Management Services and share their progress to-date.
Introduction [28 minutes]
Jay Jordan, OCLC President and CEO, and Andrew K. Pace Executive Director of Networked Services
Jason Griffey [9 minutes]
Head of Library Information Technology, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Jackie Beach [13 minutes]
Director, CPC Regional Libraries (North Carolina)
Michael Dula [12 minutes]
Director for Digital Initiatives and Technology Strategy, Pepperdine University Libraries
Discussion [17 minutes]"
Listen as early members of the user community explain why they chose OCLC Web-scale Management Services and share their progress to-date.
Introduction [28 minutes]
Jay Jordan, OCLC President and CEO, and Andrew K. Pace Executive Director of Networked Services
Jason Griffey [9 minutes]
Head of Library Information Technology, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Jackie Beach [13 minutes]
Director, CPC Regional Libraries (North Carolina)
Michael Dula [12 minutes]
Director for Digital Initiatives and Technology Strategy, Pepperdine University Libraries
Discussion [17 minutes]"
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