- From: Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 01:54:18 +0100
- To: ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program <metadataportals@yahoo.com>
- Cc: semantic-web <semantic-web@w3.org>, "public-lod@w3.org" <public-lod@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <AANLkTi=sAwpNx3-YC+GwP7-a9BbmSeK+4oJZ4-4Q7B-j@mail.gmail.com>
On 14 December 2010 16:59, ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program < metadataportals@yahoo.com> wrote: > Eating your own dog food and inviting others to dinner is not the exclusive > domain of software engineers only, as I discovered when trying to come up > with a new paradigm for building online communities with social search > capabilities for selected sectors industry or civil society. > > So it got me thinking about linked data and the semantic web, based on the > contents I have seen in emails from the past two years from the two mailing > lists fro the W3C to which I subscribe and read every single day > > One of the biggest problems we seem to have in getting linked data and the > semantic web to the main public is that "we" i.e. its promoters, > aficionados, gurus and developers and dedicated users are scattered all > over the place and on the internet. > > Has anyone ever given thought to creating a portal site, which combines > some features of LinkedIn.com and Arxiv.org with online directories, product > exhibits and a "social search engine"? > > And of course there would be the links to everything. > > And the whole darn thing would be an excellent launching pad for new > start-ups and information hub for angel and corporate investors to hunt for > new projects to fund. > > Build it and they will come. > > Is there any way we can get a collection of interested professionals, > existing groups and initiatives together to dream up the design and blue > print for such a thing and then build it? > I think I've heard it discussed before. I think elgg is a decent choice for a small to medium sized community: http://elgg.org/ It's easy to get up and running, and there's plugins for WebID etc. Getting people to sign up and to develop is always the tricky thing, tho. > > Milton Ponson > GSM: +297 747 8280 > PO Box 1154, Oranjestad > Aruba, Dutch Caribbean > Project Paradigm: A structured approach to bringing the tools for > sustainable development to all stakeholders worldwide by creating ICT > tools for NGOs worldwide and: providing online access to web sites and > repositories of data and information for sustainable development > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended > solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. > If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. > This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the > individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not > disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. > >
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