Re: Webizing Existing Applications

On 15 January 2014 12:33, Timothy Holborn <timothy.holborn@gmail.com> wrote:

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Thanks to all that joined.  We now have achieved the minimum number, and
the new CG can be found at

http://www.w3.org/community/webize/

Happy to continue discussions there, or please feel free to send me a mail
if you have any questions.


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> On 15 Jan 2014, at 8:16 pm, Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>
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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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> ]]
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