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Monthly Archives: April 2011
150 Years on from the Civil War – Taking standards to the next level
OK, OK, I’ll admit the headline is stretching a point and a desperate bid for eyeballs on the 150th Anniversary of the opening shots on Fort Sumter… I ask only that you bear with me and keep in mind that … Continue reading
Posted in Interoperability, OASIS, Standards
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Is the file metaphor dead?
In his bestselling book, “You Are Not a Gadget”, Jaron Lanier talks about our understanding of the humble computer “file” as an entrenched software philosophy becoming invisible through ubiquity: “files are now part of life”: The file is a set … Continue reading
Posted in Open Data, Web 2.0
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Facts don’t speak for themselves
In today’s recording of the monthly Semantic Link podcast series, we returned to a common theme – ‘open data’ and ‘Linked data’ initiatives. We were discussing the possible implications of the US Congress’ desire to cut back on the ‘Electronic … Continue reading
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Transformational Government – Primer published
As part of its work on rethinking the future of eGovernment and the need for a different approach, the OASIS technical committee for developing a “Transformational Government Framework” (see my earlier post), has now published a first draft of a … Continue reading
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