Comments for Adam's CETIS Blog http://blogs.cetis.ac.uk/adam Adam Cooper's CETIS Weblog Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:44:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 Comment on Linked Data: Where is the Low-hanging Fruit? by adam http://blogs.cetis.ac.uk/adam/2009/12/14/linked-data-where-is-the-low-hanging-fruit/comment-page-1/#comment-7055 adam Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:21:14 +0000 http://blogs.cetis.ac.uk/adam/?p=145#comment-7055 Since this post I facilitated a short session at the 2nd London Linked Data Meetup on the topic of "Campaign Strategies - persuading people to release their stuff as Linked Open Data". Notes can be found at: http://wiki.cetis.ac.uk/2nd_LD_Meetup_Campaign_Session Since this post I facilitated a short session at the 2nd London Linked Data Meetup on the topic of “Campaign Strategies - persuading people to release their stuff as Linked Open Data”. Notes can be found at:

http://wiki.cetis.ac.uk/2nd_LD_Meetup_Campaign_Session

]]> Comment on Open Source, Open Standards and ReUse: Government Action Plan? by The Open Sourcerer's Apprentice http://blogs.cetis.ac.uk/adam/2010/02/15/open-source-open-standards-and-reuse-government-action-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-7051 The Open Sourcerer's Apprentice Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:38:30 +0000 http://blogs.cetis.ac.uk/adam/?p=192#comment-7051 I agree with my masters comments above - unless there is CIO oversight to departments procurements they will continue to favour their current overly expensive suppliers (who know where the bodies are buried). So CIO if you are really serious about this start auditing the procurements and sacking those who are not team pleyers. As a taxpayer I'm annoyed, never mind as an IT proffessional. I agree with my masters comments above - unless there is CIO oversight to departments procurements they will continue to favour their current overly expensive suppliers (who know where the bodies are buried). So CIO if you are really serious about this start auditing the procurements and sacking those who are not team pleyers.

As a taxpayer I’m annoyed, never mind as an IT proffessional.

]]> Comment on Open Source, Open Standards and ReUse: Government Action Plan? by The Open Sourcerer http://blogs.cetis.ac.uk/adam/2010/02/15/open-source-open-standards-and-reuse-government-action-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-6950 The Open Sourcerer Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:07:06 +0000 http://blogs.cetis.ac.uk/adam/?p=192#comment-6950 The Action Plan itself is one of the better FOSS documents from governments anywhere. It is a shame however that there is little or no impetus within UK Government and especially the Cabinet Office to actually police or monitor its adoption. http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2010/02/18/open-source-uk-gov-institutional-profligacy/ The Action Plan itself is one of the better FOSS documents from governments anywhere. It is a shame however that there is little or no impetus within UK Government and especially the Cabinet Office to actually police or monitor its adoption.

http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2010/02/18/open-source-uk-gov-institutional-profligacy/

]]> Comment on Open Source, Open Standards and ReUse: Government Action Plan? by adam http://blogs.cetis.ac.uk/adam/2010/02/15/open-source-open-standards-and-reuse-government-action-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-6931 adam Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:47:45 +0000 http://blogs.cetis.ac.uk/adam/?p=192#comment-6931 Yes sir, sorry sir. Yes sir, sorry sir.

]]> Comment on Open Source, Open Standards and ReUse: Government Action Plan? by Tony Hirst http://blogs.cetis.ac.uk/adam/2010/02/15/open-source-open-standards-and-reuse-government-action-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-6918 Tony Hirst Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:59:54 +0000 http://blogs.cetis.ac.uk/adam/?p=192#comment-6918 Keep up at the back, there... ;-) The Open Source Action Plan came out last year, was republished in revised form this year, and in both editions has been made available in commentable form on WriteToReply (current version at http://writetoreply.org/govoss10/ ). An advantage of the WriteToReply version of the document is that each section, and each paragraph has a unique URI, so if you want to tie your comments into a web of linked discussion, why not link to the appropriate section of the document directly ;-) The Government ICT Strategy is also available on WriteToReply - http://writetoreply.org/govictstrategy/ Please consider commenting directly on the strategy document - it was 'officially' supplied to us by the COI and is linked to from their website. If you prefer blogging any response on your own blog, please link to any corresponding paragraphs on the WrieToReply version of the document. If trackbacks are working, we should capture a link back to your comment automatically. If that doesn't work, we're looking at other ways of tracking links... Keep up at the back, there… ;-)

The Open Source Action Plan came out last year, was republished in revised form this year, and in both editions has been made available in commentable form on WriteToReply (current version at http://writetoreply.org/govoss10/ ). An advantage of the WriteToReply version of the document is that each section, and each paragraph has a unique URI, so if you want to tie your comments into a web of linked discussion, why not link to the appropriate section of the document directly ;-)

The Government ICT Strategy is also available on WriteToReply - http://writetoreply.org/govictstrategy/
Please consider commenting directly on the strategy document - it was ‘officially’ supplied to us by the COI and is linked to from their website. If you prefer blogging any response on your own blog, please link to any corresponding paragraphs on the WrieToReply version of the document. If trackbacks are working, we should capture a link back to your comment automatically. If that doesn’t work, we’re looking at other ways of tracking links…

]]> Comment on The Paradox of the Derivative Work by Gamasutra: Tadhg Kelly's Blog – Ethical Design: Are Most Social … | ProBlogr http://blogs.cetis.ac.uk/adam/2010/01/18/the-paradox-of-the-derivative-work/comment-page-1/#comment-6783 Gamasutra: Tadhg Kelly's Blog – Ethical Design: Are Most Social … | ProBlogr Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:12:21 +0000 http://blogs.cetis.ac.uk/adam/?p=166#comment-6783 [...] The Paradox of the Derivative Work « Adam's CETIS Blog [...] [...] The Paradox of the Derivative Work « Adam's CETIS Blog [...]

]]> Comment on Can Grassroots Action “Save” the Education Technology Standards World from Itself? by adam http://blogs.cetis.ac.uk/adam/2010/01/06/can-grassroots-action-save-the-education-technology-standards-world-from-itself/comment-page-1/#comment-6711 adam Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:32:11 +0000 http://blogs.cetis.ac.uk/adam/?p=159#comment-6711 Thanks for the comment Jo. I fully go along with the "working with what works"; frankly I don't care where a useful and properly licenced (no nasty patent or other IPR surprises) spec comes from. Actually, I'd like to see more commercial proprietary specs published under liberal licence terms for anyone to pick up, adopt, borrow models from etc. Thanks for the comment Jo. I fully go along with the “working with what works”; frankly I don’t care where a useful and properly licenced (no nasty patent or other IPR surprises) spec comes from. Actually, I’d like to see more commercial proprietary specs published under liberal licence terms for anyone to pick up, adopt, borrow models from etc.

]]> Comment on Can Grassroots Action “Save” the Education Technology Standards World from Itself? by Jo Walsh http://blogs.cetis.ac.uk/adam/2010/01/06/can-grassroots-action-save-the-education-technology-standards-world-from-itself/comment-page-1/#comment-6697 Jo Walsh Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:01:01 +0000 http://blogs.cetis.ac.uk/adam/?p=159#comment-6697 Thanks for the essay. In the world of geospatial standards, the Open Geospatial Consortium has a decent track record for picking up "community" standards - GeoRSS, which emerged from the same kind of informal discussions as RSS - and KML, which had commercial origins but was being widely used for innovative, grass-rootsy web mapping work. There's a big contrast between the ISO mindset of standards for the INSPIRE directive on sharing geographic data within Europe, and the Linked Data mindset which is informing data.gov.uk - and it is good to see the "working with what works" approach becoming more acceptable. You might be interested in this Tim Bray article which touches on similar themes, about the technical benefits of community-driven emerging standards rather than a UML-first approach: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2010/01/02/Doing-It-Wrong Thanks for the essay.

In the world of geospatial standards, the Open Geospatial Consortium has a decent track record for picking up “community” standards - GeoRSS, which emerged from the same kind of informal discussions as RSS - and KML, which had commercial origins but was being widely used for innovative, grass-rootsy web mapping work.

There’s a big contrast between the ISO mindset of standards for the INSPIRE directive on sharing geographic data within Europe, and the Linked Data mindset which is informing data.gov.uk - and it is good to see the “working with what works” approach becoming more acceptable.

You might be interested in this Tim Bray article which touches on similar themes, about the technical benefits of community-driven emerging standards rather than a UML-first approach:
http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2010/01/02/Doing-It-Wrong

]]> Comment on Cross-Platform, Real-Time Games. A Sign of Social Networking’s Future? by Réseaux sociaux: ressources (29/02/08) « pintiniblog http://blogs.cetis.ac.uk/adam/2008/02/22/cross-platform-real-time-games-a-sign-of-social-networking%e2%80%99s-future/comment-page-1/#comment-6686 Réseaux sociaux: ressources (29/02/08) « pintiniblog Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:52:16 +0000 http://blogs.cetis.ac.uk/adam/2008/02/22/cross-platform-real-time-games-a-sign-of-social-networking%e2%80%99s-future/#comment-6686 [...] Cross-Platform, Real-Time Games. A Sign of Social Networking’s Future? (source: JISC [...] [...] Cross-Platform, Real-Time Games. A Sign of Social Networking’s Future? (source: JISC [...]

]]> Comment on Linked Data: Where is the Low-hanging Fruit? by Semantic web (19/12/09) « pintiniblog http://blogs.cetis.ac.uk/adam/2009/12/14/linked-data-where-is-the-low-hanging-fruit/comment-page-1/#comment-6637 Semantic web (19/12/09) « pintiniblog Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:25:53 +0000 http://blogs.cetis.ac.uk/adam/?p=145#comment-6637 [...] Linked Data: Where is the Low-hanging Fruit? (source: Planet RDF, [...] [...] Linked Data: Where is the Low-hanging Fruit? (source: Planet RDF, [...]

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