- From: Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 02:27:37 +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: <AANLkTimzV4OLs1+oZ8D1UDnLgx-+kiNe=gSDWVir=-B_@mail.gmail.com>
On 15 December 2010 02:22, ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program < metadataportals@yahoo.com> wrote: > Dear Melvin, > > I wasn't thinking small community but communities up to the the size of > mega cities (5-25 million people). > > According to > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_social_networking_software most > of the social networking engines do not support the semantic web. > Elgg supports FOAF and EAV. There's a few sem web plugins. Drupal 7 or status.net would be possible other choices. There's openlink data spaces of course too. :) I think you'd really probably need W3C + Interest groups + community groups to have any kind of reasonable community. > > So we do need to look further or build it ourselves. > > > 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. > > > --- On *Wed, 12/15/10, Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>* wrote: > > > From: Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Eating your own dog food and inviting others to dinner > To: "ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program" <metadataportals@yahoo.com> > Cc: "semantic-web" <semantic-web@w3.org>, "public-lod@w3.org" < > public-lod@w3.org> > Date: Wednesday, December 15, 2010, 12:54 AM > > > > > On 14 December 2010 16:59, ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program < > metadataportals@yahoo.com <http://mc/compose?to=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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