First, let me say, really nice work! :o)
I think "the next big thing" is the realization that Municipal Services, or as
you say "Spatial Things", are what really need persistent URI's, and that the
identification of personal devices just creates the illusion of statistical
variance. This is especially true in the case of {emergency services} versus
{commerce and "Markets"} [1].
That said, I punted on the URI in favor of a "Nickname" system rather than be
locked into a mixed text field/numeric to URI scheme. Any scheme will be
objectionably fussy to someone. It's not really a matter of agility, the
Australian Weather Service could raise 18,000 "Virtual Cell Towers" on past and
present observation sites in a hour or so. UNESCO World Heritage Sites might
take a couple of days.
I do think that using a combination of Solar Noon (As "Local Commercial Noon")
and Civil Twilight instead of sunrise/sunset will help to separate common
observation from scientific measurement. While this is a purely
anthropological concern; it is very helpful for citizens to see sunlight
actually doing what the Government says it is doing, leaving the precision to
the experts (Climate Science, etc.). This model is more akin to Public Health
than specialist medical practice.
--Gannon
[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-egov-ig/2011Sep/0012.html
--- On Tue, 9/6/11, John Goodwin <[email protected]> wrote:
From: John Goodwin <[email protected]>
Subject: Location Data URI Sets - Design and Guidance
To: [email protected]
Date: Tuesday, September 6, 2011, 5:50 AM
Hi,
The UK Location Programme Location Information Interoperability Board
Linked Data Working Group has published a paper that provides design
considerations and guidance for the development and maintaince of linked-data
Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) sets for Location data including: the
publication of INSPIRE spatial-objects, associated linked-data vocabularies and
for URI based thematic referencing of associated “real-world phenomena”.
See more here:
http://location.defra.gov.uk/2011/09/location-data-uri-sets-design-and-guidance/
Thought this might of interest to some members of the list.
John
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--- On Tue, 9/6/11, John Goodwin
<[email protected]> wrote:
From: John Goodwin <[email protected]>
Subject: Location Data URI Sets - Design and Guidance
To: [email protected]
Date: Tuesday, September 6, 2011, 5:50 AM
Hi,
The UK Location Programme Location Information
Interoperability Board Linked Data Working Group has published a paper that
provides
design considerations and guidance for the development and maintaince of
linked-data Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) sets for Location data
including: the publication of INSPIRE spatial-objects, associated
linked-data vocabularies and for URI based thematic referencing of associated
“real-world phenomena”.
See more here:
http://location.defra.gov.uk/2011/09/location-data-uri-sets-design-and-guidance/
Thought this might of interest to some members of the list.
John
Dr John
Goodwin
Research Scientist, Research,
Ordnance Survey
Adanac Drive,
SOUTHAMPTON , UK, SO16 0AS
Phone: +44 (0) 23 8005 5761
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