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These are roughly organized potential Internet (and technology) based interventions, that should be considered in combination. | These are roughly organized potential Internet (and technology) based interventions, that should be considered in combination. | ||
== Visualization == | |||
* Geo mapping - useful for identifying sites of interest. eg crime areas, political boundaries, transportation, etc. http://www.ushahidi.com [[Image:Starcrime.png|thumb|300px|right|http://www3.thestar.com/static/googlemaps/homicidemap.html]] | |||
* Analysis - scraping/parsing, organizing and processing data. | |||
* 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]] | |||
== Access and inclusion == | == Access and inclusion == | ||
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* Crowdsourcing - opening up project development to the general or selected public through common interest or contests | * Crowdsourcing - opening up project development to the general or selected public through common interest or contests | ||
* Adapt content and software to local languages and cultures, plain language | * Adapt content and software to local languages and cultures, plain language | ||
* Deliberation - allow polling and rated conversation to drive research, decision-making (Votorola), policy, etc | |||
== Data == | == Data == | ||
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* 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 | * Standards - formal and ad-hoc - use of proprietary document formats by public institutions, that require recipients to buy (or steal, through piracy) particular, 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 accessible 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. | ||
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* Ubiquitous (ambient) computing - low cost distributed computers and sensors (eg cameras, audio, etc) that can be used for measuring, monitoring, etc. eg community safety, environment. | * Ubiquitous (ambient) computing - low cost distributed computers and sensors (eg cameras, audio, etc) that can be used for measuring, monitoring, etc. eg community safety, environment. | ||
* Commenting - allow commenting on local or third party content | * Commenting - allow commenting on local or third party content | ||
* Citizen media | * Citizen media | ||
* Event organizing | * Event organizing | ||
* Automated telephone systems (IVR) - Murmur project records audio neighbourhood histories, “switchboard” translation services | * 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 | ||