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* Mashups - combining data sources and views - for example, http://www.housingmaps.com combines the rental data from craigslist with the map interface of Google Maps. This model can be easily used for any geographically situated data. | * Mashups - combining data sources and views - for example, http://www.housingmaps.com combines the rental data from craigslist with the map interface of Google Maps. This model can be easily used for any geographically situated data. | ||
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* Agents, software that can collect, analyze and react to external data and events | * Agents, software that can collect, analyze and react to external data and events | ||
* Liberation - making content that should (eg, government, personal health, etc) be available for re-use available - eg theyworkforyou and publicwhip which “scrape” government published UK parliament proceedings and breaks them down by member, votes, and other factors allowing for direct linking, commenting, analysis, and general reuse of data | * Liberation - making content that should (eg, government, personal health, etc) be available for re-use available - eg theyworkforyou and publicwhip which “scrape” government published UK parliament proceedings and breaks them down by member, votes, and other factors allowing for direct linking, commenting, analysis, and general reuse of data | ||
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http://www.theyworkforyou.com | http://www.theyworkforyou.com | ||
* Collaborative information creation - http://www.wikipedia.org , http://www.everything2.com - Wikis and rich text editors | * Collaborative information creation - http://www.wikipedia.org , http://www.everything2.com - Wikis and rich text editors | ||
* Semantic content - http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/12/17/db.semanticweb/ - more finely specific content that can be aggregated, queried and reused reliably across the internet - | * Semantic content - http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/12/17/db.semanticweb/ - more finely specific content that can be aggregated, queried and reused reliably across the internet - clearinghouse for reusable data? | ||
* Data sovereignty - issues around a government or institution (eg hospital) working with a foreign company (eg the US government by law gains access to data HP provides support for) | * Data sovereignty - issues around a government or institution (eg hospital) working with a foreign company (eg the US government by law gains access to data HP provides support for) | ||
* Standards - formal and ad-hoc - use of proprietary (Microsoft) document formats by public institutions, that require recipients to buy (or steal, through piracy) particular, expensive applications, especially when they are not suitable (eg document doesn't need to be edited, so use PDF, text or HTML) or free alternatives exist (OpenOffice), making data easily reusable | * Standards - formal and ad-hoc - use of proprietary (Microsoft) document formats by public institutions, that require recipients to buy (or steal, through piracy) particular, expensive applications, especially when they are not suitable (eg document doesn't need to be edited, so use PDF, text or HTML) or free alternatives exist (OpenOffice), making data easily reusable | ||