RE: Radio

Steven,

Speech is just another variant(s)
http://dragoman.org/comuri.html#variant-1


Though several dimensions could be considered, such as:

- Language
- Media-type

It has a long tradition in CSS
http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-speech

More, look at the section on "Voice characteristic properties"
http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-speech/#voice-char-props
aspects such as: age, gender, name (a particular person)

Bottom line: one has to it properly from the beginning and a cross posting to CSS might be appropriate.

Regards
Tomas 

From: Steven Adler [mailto:adler1@us.ibm.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 4:12 PM
To: public-dwbp-wg
Subject: Radio

I am working with several governments in Africa on Open Data.  In these countries, internet penetration is at about 10-15%.  Illiteracy is between 45%-70%, depending on the region and country.  The principal tool for communication is radio.  Even in the most remote farm regions, every farm has a radio and more than a billion people tune in to radio shows the way the West did in the 1930's and 40's.  

In these countries, we will use Radio as the communication tool for informing the public about Open Data and I want to make sure we include this communication medium as a "file type" in which metadata must also be communicated.  This requirement is bi-directional.  

Outbound, it is necessary to build best practices in how metadata, data processing, discovery, and retention rules are communicated over radio to the public.  In many of these nations (and in many of our own as well) distrust of government is universal and Open Data from government will be distrusted by default.  Metadata will be key to conversations about the Data that helps build public trust in the information.

Inbound, many Open Data portals will publish MP3 files containing the radio broadcasts and podcasts about the Open Data and our Best Practices must also apply to these file types.

I hope to add television broadcasts in the future, but radio is probably enough for v1 of our recommendations.  

Please let me know what you think.


Best Regards,

Steve

Motto: "Do First, Think, Do it Again"

Received on Wednesday, 1 April 2015 11:30:41 UTC