- From: Novak, Kevin <KevinNovak@aia.org>
- Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 11:37:54 -0400
- To: "Adam Harvey" <harvey@thedesignstate.com>, <rachel.flagg@gsa.gov>
- Cc: <public-egov-ig@w3.org>
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Rachel and Adam, +1 from me as well! Perhaps we can add to the agenda for the group call next week and see how we can address. Kevin Kevin Novak Vice President, Integrated Web Strategy and Technology The American Institute of Architects 1735 New York Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20006 Email: Kevinnovak@aia.org <mailto:Kevinnovak@aia.org> Voice: 202-626-7303 Cell: 202-731-0037 From: public-egov-ig-request@w3.org [mailto:public-egov-ig-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Adam Harvey Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 11:08 AM To: rachel.flagg@gsa.gov Cc: public-egov-ig@w3.org Subject: Re: New Research Alert: The Fate of the Semantic Web Hi Rachel, +1 to your sentiments. Less talk, more follow-through. On May 6, 2010, at 10:59 AM, rachel.flagg@gsa.gov wrote: eGov group members, I just read this new report from Pew (link below), and all the comments from survey respondents, and it got me thinking about our eGov group. Lately the email conversations and conference calls within our group have been dominated with talk of linked data and the semantic web....and I think we are moving away from our core mission. I am wondering how the semantic web can, in a PRACTICAL way, really help us improve electronic government in the next few months of our Charter... especially given that the semantic web still seems to be, to a great extent, theoretical. I am a big fan of practicality - and since our Charter has a time limit - if we are going to develop some serious, practical standards to help governments around the world improve their online service delivery... is the semantic web really the best way to get there? I welcome your thoughts on how we can get our group back on track, working toward our THREE areas of focus: - Usage of Web Standards (Government Websites and use of best practices and standards) - Transparency and Participation (Enabling discovery, communications, and interaction) - Seamless Integration of Data (Use of data standards, Semantic Web, XML) Read the report: "The Fate of the Semantic Web" http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Semantic-Web/Overview.aspx?r=1 <http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Semantic-Web/Overview.aspx?r=1> Thanks! -Rachel ------------------------------- Rachel Flagg Forum Community Manager & Co-Chair, Federal Web Managers Council Government Web Best Practices Team Office of Citizen Services U.S. General Services Administration rachel.flagg@gsa.gov www.webcontent.gov - Better websites. Better government. ----- Forwarded by Rachel L. Flagg/XCC/CO/GSA/GOV on 05/06/2010 07:38 AM ----- Pew Internet & American Life Project <info@pewinternet.org> 05/04/2010 01:50 PM Please respond to info@pewinternet.org To rachel.flagg@gsa.gov cc Subject New Research Alert: The Fate of the Semantic Web Having trouble viewing this email? 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