On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 5:23 PM, CountCulture<[email protected]> wrote: > The problem with a wikipedia model (apart from the usual ones -- bad > edits etc) is that it doesn't give you structured data (hence dbpedia > etc), and one of the goals of theyworkforyoulocal is to extract > structured data and provide it in a unified interface, rather than the > mishmash that's around at the moment.
When I was doing this for Belfast City Council I used Semantic MediaWiki to get around that problem. It's not especially lay-friendly[1], but it's a pretty good way to get all the wiki goodness whilst still also having structured data. Tony [1] Though for anyone who's already comfortable editing on MediaWiki it's only a very additional small step, and by combining the RDF "Missing isn't broken" model with a wiki model where it's easy for anyone to come along and add the structure later to data that someone else has added, you get the best of both worlds IMO. _______________________________________________ Mailing list [email protected] Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public
