Re: Webizing Existing Applications

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> On 15 Jan 2014, at 8:16 pm, Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi All
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> I've proposed a community group based on 'webizing' [1] existing systems.  What that means is to take existing systems and make them interoperable using 5 star linked data, and read/write technology.  
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> http://www.w3.org/community/groups/proposed/#webize
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> Please feel free to join, if it's something that interests you or to propose some systems that you'd like to see 'webized' :)
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> [1] http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/Webize.html
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> Background:
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> The web is extended in two ways - by adding new bits of technology to the existing stuff, and by "webizing" existing applications and systems. Webizing is really important, not only as a way of bootstrapping the web using large amount of legacy information, but because the existing systems have been researched and designed over the years and it is really important we do not lose the knowledge accrued during that process. 
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> --Tim Berners-Lee
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