Thank you Dominic for beating my drum!! ICT4D, or ICT for development as defined by the United Nations wants exactly to create as much of an open access, linked data and big data environment as possible a.o. to facilitate open science and open repositories of raw data and information for any conceivable subject related to sustainable development.
The reason why so few applications are available is because the concepts behind the Semantic Web, RDF and here we go Linked Data are so complex and the learning curve to master the basics so long that even professionals have a hard time integrating them into their own work fields. Time to change this. 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: Dominic Oldman <[email protected]> To: "public-lod@w3 org" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2013 12:16 PM Subject: Big data applications for general users based on RDF - where are they? Why are there so few useful linked data applications for general non technical users that provide functions that people need to support and enhance their work and which operate over large amounts of data owned by different organisations with a high degree of semantic interoperability and robustness? Dominic Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android
