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These are roughly organized potential Internet (and technology) based interventions, that should be considered in | These are roughly organized potential Internet (and technology) based interventions, that should be considered in combination. | ||
== Access and inclusion == | == Access and inclusion == | ||
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== Data == | == 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. | * 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. [[Image:Housingmaps.png|thumbnail|300px|right|http://www.housingmaps.org]] | ||
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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. [[Image:Theyworkforyou.png|thumb|300px|right|http://www.theyworkforyou.com]] | ||
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* 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 - clearinghouse for reusable data? | * 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 | ||
* Distributed problem solving - use small amounts of support from many individuals (or computers) to solve larger problems - eg Gutenberg Project to type in important public domain books, LibraVox to create public domain audio books. | * Distributed problem solving - use small amounts of support from many individuals (or computers) to solve larger problems - eg Gutenberg Project to type in important public domain books, LibraVox to create public domain accessible audio books. | ||
== Communications == | == Communications == | ||
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* Citizen media | * Citizen media | ||
* Event organizing | * Event organizing | ||
* Automated telephone systems (IVR) - Murmur project records audio | * Automated telephone systems (IVR) - Murmur project records audio neighbourhood histories, “switchboard” translation services | ||
* Voice over IP (VOIP) - enabling low cost global communications with computer enhancements | * Voice over IP (VOIP) - enabling low cost global communications with computer enhancements | ||
== Visualization == | == Visualization == | ||
* Geo mapping - useful for identifying sites of interest. eg crime areas, political boundaries, transportation, etc. | * Geo mapping - useful for identifying sites of interest. eg crime areas, political boundaries, transportation, etc. [[Image:Starcrime.png|thumb|300px|right|http://www3.thestar.com/static/googlemaps/homicidemap.html]] | ||
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* Analysis - scraping/parsing, organizing and processing data. | * Analysis - scraping/parsing, organizing and processing data. | ||
* History / timelines | * History / timelines | ||
* Mapping - http://www.theyrule.net, FOAF - Standards and techniques for understanding and navigating individuals, organizations, etc. and their relations. Eg visualize non-profit organizations.[[Image:Theyrule.png|thumb|300px|center|http://www.theyrule.net]] | |||