Hmmm. This is a good point. A couple extra questions giving the dimensions of intended use (e.g. timescale, geo, edu/public/private, rough idea of technical platform) would make such data useful.
From: Kingsley Idehen [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 14 September 2012 15:23 To: ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Linked Data Adoption Challenges Poll On 9/14/12 9:45 AM, ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program wrote: OK But it would be useful to your poll to know in advance which target countries are of most interest to you. E.g. start wit a select group of countries in which the ICT issues I mentioned are not or hardly relevant. www.terena.org<http://www.terena.org> should give you a good idea of where to start. I can make many other polls. Can't address every scenario in a single poll. Also note, you or anyone else can also make a poll :-) Kingsley Milton Ponson GSM: +297 747 8280 PO Box 1154, Oranjestad Aruba, Dutch Caribbean Project Paradigm: A structured approach to bringing the tools for sustainable development to all stakeholders worldwide by creating ICT tools for NGOs worldwide and: providing online access to web sites and repositories of data and information for sustainable development This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. ________________________________ From: Kingsley Idehen <[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 4:34 PM Subject: Re: Linked Data Adoption Challenges Poll On 9/13/12 4:20 PM, ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program wrote: I DID see the first line, but correct me if I am wrong, what is more important to adoption of Linked Data, the purely technical aspects or the broader issues of the underlying infrastructures? E.g. Dublin Core addresses metadata issues which have obvious links to the issues I stated earlier. The underlying infrastructures deal with issues like open access, standards, open source software, open science and online education which requires open online libraries. Now all of these have to be available in local national languages. So the question is not ONLY nuts and bolts layers superimposed on the existing internet infrastructure. This dichotomy in thinking is at the heart of many misconceptions about how ICT infrastructures in developing countries can be improved upon. So the survey of purely technical aspects is a necessary but not sufficient exercise in determining the adoption criteria for linked data. Maybe, but for now, I want to focus the poll on specific issues affecting those that are in a position to try or want to try. As for the issue with ICT challenged countries, I am looking into specific initiatives targeting such regions e.g., linked open data and government etc.. .. Kingsley Milton Ponson GSM: +297 747 8280 PO Box 1154, Oranjestad Aruba, Dutch Caribbean Project Paradigm: A structured approach to bringing the tools for sustainable development to all stakeholders worldwide by creating ICT tools for NGOs worldwide and: providing online access to web sites and repositories of data and information for sustainable development This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. ________________________________ From: Kingsley Idehen <[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 3:49 PM Subject: Re: Linked Data Adoption Challenges Poll On 9/13/12 2:28 PM, ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program wrote: I checked the poll and find missing general ICT infrastructure in place and access thereto. In countries with poor ICT infrastructures we cannot even discuss semantic web technologies and open data. What infrastructure do you have in mind? In the context of the poll I see the following as infrastructure components: 1. DNS Server 2. Web Server. Please understand that the Semantic Web technology stack is still fundamentally about HTTP driven data access and integration. Thus, I struggle to see how it might exacerbate existing computing infrastructure challenges across nations with poor ICT infrastructure. The biggest hurdles to acceptation and adoption are not purely technical or conceptual, but of access to general ICT infrastructure and in particular open access to repositories. What makes this specific to Linked Data, beyond the issues already outlined in the poll ? How about a global survey of preconditions and criteria for adoption of linked data and semantic web technologies? Linked Data, Semantic Web etc. are all about HTTP based data access, representation, integration, and dissemination. Kingsley Milton Ponson GSM: +297 747 8280 PO Box 1154, Oranjestad Aruba, Dutch Caribbean Project Paradigm: A structured approach to bringing the tools for sustainable development to all stakeholders worldwide by creating ICT tools for NGOs worldwide and: providing online access to web sites and repositories of data and information for sustainable development This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. 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