Re: concept note

Dear Paola,
Here is a proposal that not only only justifies keeping this community group alive, but also gives it a starttng point for some exciting research projects that are already getting quite a  a bit of positive response

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Anoutline for a proposed research program to address semantic webtechnologies and linked data in sustainable development, focusing onontologies, informational and technical interoperability.Aproposal from Project Paradigm: Innovation and ICT for a ResilientWorld
Sustainabledevelopment has become a mainstream subject of academic research anddriver for innovation in many industrial sectors because of issuesand developments during the last decade, which have captured theattention of the general public and press, academic circles andpolitics at national , regional and global levels, and which havecalled for an urgent line of action to tackle some pressing problemsfacing mankind as a whole in sustainability on our planet.
Firstand foremost is the issue of climate change and its directcorollaries renewable energy technologies and climate changemitigation/adaptation.
Theimpact of climate change on agriculture, food security, watermanagement and health has also made abundantly clear the need toaddress clustered and or overarching issues in sustainabledevelopment in a more manageable fashion, both from a datacollection, big data mining, and from a statistical modelingperspective.
Withoutgoing into much details about the operational aspects of thedefinitions of sustainable development (for these see the site :<https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org>,we can summarize the current data and information needs forsustainable development as follows.
   
   - the need to be able to address the 17 objectives and 169 goals of the Agenda 2030 in a rigorous formalized fashion, allowing and enabling statistical data exchange and information exchange, using among other indicators currently under development by the IAEG-SDGs, the Inter-agency Expert Group on SDG Indicators, see <http:///unstats.un.org/sdgs/iaeg-sdgss>; 
   - the need to address the ocean of documentation on sustainable development in a more manageable manner, see <https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/resourcelibrary>; 
   - the urgent need to create basic interactive data and information exchange channels between stakeholders in sustainable development, that are open and inclusive and that can be built or based upon readily available Internet services, wireless and mobile services on (smart) phones, tablets, netbooks, notebooks, desktop computers and other (hand held) personal digital assistants; 
   - the need to create the ICT for development (ICT4D) nuts and bolts open software platforms, tools and services to enable the Technology Facilitation Mechanism for Agenda 2030, and 
   - the need to address the Economic, Social and Ecological issues in Agenda 2030 in an interrelated, integrated fashion with respect to new emerging technologies like the Internet of Things, smart agriculture and farming, smart energy grids, smart cities and transport, eHealth and mHealth, and open and inclusive education, research and innovation platforms for sustainable engineering and manufacturing.

Theuse of ontologies to create formalized frameworks for access to thewealth of documentation on sustainable development and theapplication of these for statistical data analysis, utilization ofindicators for evaluation of progress in implementing 17 objectivesand 169 goals of Agenda 2030 is the first and most urgent proposedsubject of research.
Secondis the need for informational interoperability in e.g. digitaldashboards and semantically interlinked on-line communities, andother platforms, tools and services for interactive exchange of dataand information.
Andtertio making sustainable development an open and inclusive processrequires open and inclusive education, research and innovationplatforms for sustainable engineering and manufacturing to be madeavailable to all stakeholders in sustainable development.
Thisis achieved by creating standards for technical interoperabilityallowing for effective and efficient interfacing of readily availableopen source and proprietary platforms, tools, services and devices,and make these available for (smart) phones, tablets, netbooks,notebooks, desktop computers and other digital devices.
Thetargeted publication forums are open access journals (both peerreviewed and open), scientific and trade journals, and other openaccess media.
Thetarget audiences are:   
   - The United Nations in general and UN bodies dealing specifically with statistics, open access, communication and ICT for sustainable development 
   - Academic research institutes dealing with economic and statistical modeling of sustainable development, technological innovation in sustainable development, and in particular the utilization of ICT and open access research for sustainable development   
   - Standards bodies 
   - Statistics bodies 
   - Scientific and educational organizations in academia, industry organizations and professional organizations, including those focused on library systems and standards 
   - International civil society networks

Formore information please contact:MiltonPonsonEmail:metadataportals@yahoo.com
GSM: +297 747 8280
PO Box 1154,Oranjestad
Aruba, Dutch CaribbeanWebsiteunder construction: <www.projectparadigm.info>
ProjectParadigm:Innovation and ICT for a resilient worldProjectParadigm is the flagship program of Rainbow Warriors Core Foundation,and focuses on collaborative research, ICT for development,governance and treaties monitoring for sustainable development
RainbowWarriors Core Foundation is an organizational participant in W3CCommunity Groups and member of the CollaborativeSoftware Community Group, the Experience API (xAPI) Vocabulary andInteroperability Community Group and the Semantic Web InterfacesCommunity GroupRecommendedsources/publications for further reading:   
   - Harnessing the IoT for Global Development
<https://www.itu.int/en/action/broadband/Documents/Harnessing-IoT-Global-Development.pdf>   
   - The Internet and Sustainable Development
<http://www.internetsociety.org/sites/default/files/ISOC-ICTs-SDGs-201506-1.pdf>   
   - United Nations Global Pulse-Harnessing big data for development and humanitarian action
<http://www.unglobalpulse.org/projects>   
   - FAO AIMS: Agricultural Information Management Standards
<http://aims.fao.org>   
   - A World that Counts: Mobilising the Data Revolution for Sustainable Development
<www.undatarevolution.org/report>   
   - Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data
<www.data4sdgs.org>   
   - Civicus- The Data Shift
Buildingthe capacity and confidence of civil society organizations to produceand use citizen-generated data<civicus.org/thedatashift>and <civicus.org/thedatashift/learning-zone/research>   
   - UNESCO Global Open Access Portal
<http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/portals-and-platforms/goap/>   
   - UNEP-OARE- Open Access for Research in the Environment
<unep.org/oare>   
   - SciDevNet-Bringing science and development together through original news and analysis
<scidev.org>
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 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 through collaborative research on applied mathematics, advanced modelling and creating ICT tools for development

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    On Tuesday, April 5, 2016 11:45 AM, Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio@gmail.com> wrote:
 

 Hi Milton
Has gone completely silent, and I suggested we may consider closing it,,.
A couple of responses suggested we may want to keept it going another while
to see if any forthcoming event may change the situation
P
On 4/4/16, ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program <metadataportals@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Is it just me, or has the SWISIG community group gone completely silent?
> A sign of life would be nice. 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 through collaborative
> research on applied mathematics, advanced modelling and creating ICT tools
> for development
>
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