Securing the Knowledge Foundations of Innovation
openeconomics.net
on 05/15/2013
Excerpt: Last month, Paul David, professor of Economics at Stanford University, Senior Fellow of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) and a member of the Advisory Panel delivered a keynote presentation at the International Seminar of the PROPICE in Paris. Professor David expresses concern that the increased use of intellectual property rights (IPR) protections “has posed problems for open collaborative scientific research” and that the IPR regime has been used by businesses e. g. to “raise commercial rivals’ costs”, where empirical evidence shows has shown that business innovation is “is being inhibited by patent thickets”.... read the full post.
Tags: Data, Open
Open Knowledge: much more than open data
feedproxy.google.com
on 05/01/2013
Excerpt: We’ve often used “open knowledge” simply as a broad term to cover any kind of open data or content from statistics to sonnets, and more. However, there is another deeper, and far more important, reason why we are the “Open Knowledge” Foundation and not, for example, the “Open Data” Foundation. It’s because knowledge is something much more than data. Open knowledge is what open data becomes when it’s useful, usable and used. At the Open Knowledge Foundation we believe in open knowledge: not just that data is open and can be freely used, but that it is made useful – accessible, understandable, meaningful, and able to help someone solve a real problem.... read the full post.
Tags: Civic, Data, Open, Story
The Wikidata revolution is here: enabling structured data on Wikipedia
blog.wikimedia.org
on 04/25/2013
Excerpt: A year after its announcement as the first new Wikimedia project since 2006, Wikidata has now begun to serve the over 280 language versions of Wikipedia as a common source of structured data that can be used in more than 25 million articles of the free encyclopedia. By providing Wikipedia editors with a central venue for their efforts to collect and vet such data, Wikidata leads to a higher level of consistency and quality in Wikipedia articles across the many language editions of the encyclopedia. Beyond Wikipedia, Wikidata’s universal, machine-readable knowledge database will be freely reusable by anyone, enabling numerous external applications.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, API-Voice, Data, Open, Wikipedia
StackMob Collaborates with Rackspace to Support Open Cloud Mobile Ecosystem
blog.stackmob.com
on 04/09/2013
Excerpt: StackMob is happy to announce that we have extended our mobile application development platform to the open cloud by joining Rackspace® Hosting’s (NYSE: RAX) new mobile application developers partner program. This ecosystem of strategic partners brings together trusted solutions to make it easier for developers to design, build, deploy, test, monitor and manage mobile applications on Rackspace’s open cloud. Rackspace’s new cloud stacks are pre-configured and designed to deliver a frictionless environment for developing mobile apps. Partnering with Rackspace, we’ve made it easier than ever for you to build your apps with StackMob. Click here to learn more about Rackspace’s hosting and trusted providers.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, BaaS, Mobile, Open, Rackspace
Talking about crime: The Chicago Crime site
blog.apps.chicagotribune.com
on 03/21/2013
Excerpt: Welcome to what we hope will be an ongoing series of blog posts by members of the apps team about our work analyzing and visualizing data related to public safety and crime. Crime is an important and popular subject. But interpreting crime data is tricky business, and developing coherent narratives and useful metrics is even harder. Last fall, Heather Billings, David Eads and Joe Germuska built the first version of a comprehensive crime site for the Chicago Tribune called Chicago Crime. Our goal is to provide the best online tools and reporting on crime and public safety for our readers.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Civic, Data, Gov20, Open, opendata
Visualizing Google's Transparency Report, Part 1: What Countries Are Asking Google For User Data? | Electronic Frontier Foundation
www.eff.org
on 03/20/2013
Excerpt: EFF is excited to announce this, a visual collaboration with SHARE Defense, a new international advocacy group created by the Balkan Share Foundation this year with the goal of engaging in public policy debates concerning digital rights and promoting positive values of openness, decentralization, and free access. Blending the expertise of lawyers, policy analysts, activists, artists, and technologists, SHARE Defense's mission is to stop the oppression, censorship, and surveillance of future generations. The activities of SHARE Defense are supported by cooperation and friendship with a wide network of various institutions, individuals and organizations.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Google, Open, Transparency
At Capital One, Open APIs Aren’t Really Open
bankinnovation.net
on 03/17/2013
Excerpt: While an API is a protocol that allows software platforms to communicate with each other, Cap One’s APIs — there are four — are a heck of lot less open than most. In fact, they are not open at all. Bank Innovation has learned that Capital One’s APIs, which are administered by the bank’s Capital One Labs unit, are “very limited” to “partners at this time that can help [Capital One] achieve our short-term strategic goals. ” Those potential partners are only those ventures “in pretty specific verticals that have the scale to reach a large number of our customers. ”
That’s a pretty small list, in our view — if there is even a list at all.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Open
Crisis Mapping, Neogeography and the Delusion of Democratization | iRevolution
irevolution.net
on 03/17/2013
Excerpt: Professor Muki Haklay kindly shared with me this superb new study in which he questions the alleged democratization effects of Neogeography. As my colleague Andrew Turner explained in 2006, “Neogeography means ‘new geography’ and consists of a set of techniques and tools that fall outside the realm of traditional GIS, Geographic Information Systems. [. ] Essentially, Neogeography is about people using and creating their own maps, on their own terms and by combining elements of an existing toolset. Neogeography is about sharing location information with friends & visitors, helping shape context, and conveying under-standing through knowledge of place.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Data, Open
Document Freedom Day 2013 | Open Knowledge Foundation Blog
blog.okfn.org
on 03/12/2013
Excerpt: Have you ever been stuck with some data that you have not been able to open because it was in a format that needs some specific kind of software to open it? The same thing happens tens of thousands of times each day. Can you imagine how much knowledge exchange doesn’t happen just because sender and receiver (intentionally or not) are using different data formats? Can you imagine how much knowledge future generations will lose if we keep on using proprietary, closed data formats that one day no one will ever be able to open because the company behind it had business secrets and patents on it but then went bankrupt?... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Data, Open
School of Open launches with OpenGLAM course
openglam.org
on 03/12/2013
Excerpt: This week is Open Education Week and to celebrate the first courses on the School of Open are launched. The School offers courses on the meaning, application, and impact of “openness” in the digital age and its benefit to creative endeavors, education, research, and beyond. It is coordinated by P2PU and Creative Commons. The School offers all kinds of courses related to openness. You can learn about creative commons licenses, open data in science, copyright for educators, and now also how to open your cultural institution’s data.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Open, Open Data
Excerpt: We’ve often used “open knowledge” simply as a broad term to cover any kind of open data or content from statistics to sonnets, and more. However, there is another deeper, and far more important, reason why we are the “Open Knowledge” Foundation and not, for example, the “Open Data” Foundation. It’s because knowledge is something much more than data. Open knowledge is what open data becomes when it’s useful, usable and used. At the Open Knowledge Foundation we believe in open knowledge: not just that data is open and can be freely used, but that it is made useful – accessible, understandable, meaningful, and able to help someone solve a real problem.... read the full post.
Tags: Civic, Data, Open, Story
The Wikidata revolution is here: enabling structured data on Wikipedia
blog.wikimedia.org
on 04/25/2013
Excerpt: A year after its announcement as the first new Wikimedia project since 2006, Wikidata has now begun to serve the over 280 language versions of Wikipedia as a common source of structured data that can be used in more than 25 million articles of the free encyclopedia. By providing Wikipedia editors with a central venue for their efforts to collect and vet such data, Wikidata leads to a higher level of consistency and quality in Wikipedia articles across the many language editions of the encyclopedia. Beyond Wikipedia, Wikidata’s universal, machine-readable knowledge database will be freely reusable by anyone, enabling numerous external applications.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, API-Voice, Data, Open, Wikipedia
StackMob Collaborates with Rackspace to Support Open Cloud Mobile Ecosystem
blog.stackmob.com
on 04/09/2013
Excerpt: StackMob is happy to announce that we have extended our mobile application development platform to the open cloud by joining Rackspace® Hosting’s (NYSE: RAX) new mobile application developers partner program. This ecosystem of strategic partners brings together trusted solutions to make it easier for developers to design, build, deploy, test, monitor and manage mobile applications on Rackspace’s open cloud. Rackspace’s new cloud stacks are pre-configured and designed to deliver a frictionless environment for developing mobile apps. Partnering with Rackspace, we’ve made it easier than ever for you to build your apps with StackMob. Click here to learn more about Rackspace’s hosting and trusted providers.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, BaaS, Mobile, Open, Rackspace
Talking about crime: The Chicago Crime site
blog.apps.chicagotribune.com
on 03/21/2013
Excerpt: Welcome to what we hope will be an ongoing series of blog posts by members of the apps team about our work analyzing and visualizing data related to public safety and crime. Crime is an important and popular subject. But interpreting crime data is tricky business, and developing coherent narratives and useful metrics is even harder. Last fall, Heather Billings, David Eads and Joe Germuska built the first version of a comprehensive crime site for the Chicago Tribune called Chicago Crime. Our goal is to provide the best online tools and reporting on crime and public safety for our readers.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Civic, Data, Gov20, Open, opendata
Visualizing Google's Transparency Report, Part 1: What Countries Are Asking Google For User Data? | Electronic Frontier Foundation
www.eff.org
on 03/20/2013
Excerpt: EFF is excited to announce this, a visual collaboration with SHARE Defense, a new international advocacy group created by the Balkan Share Foundation this year with the goal of engaging in public policy debates concerning digital rights and promoting positive values of openness, decentralization, and free access. Blending the expertise of lawyers, policy analysts, activists, artists, and technologists, SHARE Defense's mission is to stop the oppression, censorship, and surveillance of future generations. The activities of SHARE Defense are supported by cooperation and friendship with a wide network of various institutions, individuals and organizations.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Google, Open, Transparency
At Capital One, Open APIs Aren’t Really Open
bankinnovation.net
on 03/17/2013
Excerpt: While an API is a protocol that allows software platforms to communicate with each other, Cap One’s APIs — there are four — are a heck of lot less open than most. In fact, they are not open at all. Bank Innovation has learned that Capital One’s APIs, which are administered by the bank’s Capital One Labs unit, are “very limited” to “partners at this time that can help [Capital One] achieve our short-term strategic goals. ” Those potential partners are only those ventures “in pretty specific verticals that have the scale to reach a large number of our customers. ”
That’s a pretty small list, in our view — if there is even a list at all.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Open
Crisis Mapping, Neogeography and the Delusion of Democratization | iRevolution
irevolution.net
on 03/17/2013
Excerpt: Professor Muki Haklay kindly shared with me this superb new study in which he questions the alleged democratization effects of Neogeography. As my colleague Andrew Turner explained in 2006, “Neogeography means ‘new geography’ and consists of a set of techniques and tools that fall outside the realm of traditional GIS, Geographic Information Systems. [. ] Essentially, Neogeography is about people using and creating their own maps, on their own terms and by combining elements of an existing toolset. Neogeography is about sharing location information with friends & visitors, helping shape context, and conveying under-standing through knowledge of place.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Data, Open
Document Freedom Day 2013 | Open Knowledge Foundation Blog
blog.okfn.org
on 03/12/2013
Excerpt: Have you ever been stuck with some data that you have not been able to open because it was in a format that needs some specific kind of software to open it? The same thing happens tens of thousands of times each day. Can you imagine how much knowledge exchange doesn’t happen just because sender and receiver (intentionally or not) are using different data formats? Can you imagine how much knowledge future generations will lose if we keep on using proprietary, closed data formats that one day no one will ever be able to open because the company behind it had business secrets and patents on it but then went bankrupt?... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Data, Open
School of Open launches with OpenGLAM course
openglam.org
on 03/12/2013
Excerpt: This week is Open Education Week and to celebrate the first courses on the School of Open are launched. The School offers courses on the meaning, application, and impact of “openness” in the digital age and its benefit to creative endeavors, education, research, and beyond. It is coordinated by P2PU and Creative Commons. The School offers all kinds of courses related to openness. You can learn about creative commons licenses, open data in science, copyright for educators, and now also how to open your cultural institution’s data.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Open, Open Data
Excerpt: StackMob is happy to announce that we have extended our mobile application development platform to the open cloud by joining Rackspace® Hosting’s (NYSE: RAX) new mobile application developers partner program. This ecosystem of strategic partners brings together trusted solutions to make it easier for developers to design, build, deploy, test, monitor and manage mobile applications on Rackspace’s open cloud. Rackspace’s new cloud stacks are pre-configured and designed to deliver a frictionless environment for developing mobile apps. Partnering with Rackspace, we’ve made it easier than ever for you to build your apps with StackMob. Click here to learn more about Rackspace’s hosting and trusted providers.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, BaaS, Mobile, Open, Rackspace
Talking about crime: The Chicago Crime site
blog.apps.chicagotribune.com
on 03/21/2013
Excerpt: Welcome to what we hope will be an ongoing series of blog posts by members of the apps team about our work analyzing and visualizing data related to public safety and crime. Crime is an important and popular subject. But interpreting crime data is tricky business, and developing coherent narratives and useful metrics is even harder. Last fall, Heather Billings, David Eads and Joe Germuska built the first version of a comprehensive crime site for the Chicago Tribune called Chicago Crime. Our goal is to provide the best online tools and reporting on crime and public safety for our readers.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Civic, Data, Gov20, Open, opendata
Visualizing Google's Transparency Report, Part 1: What Countries Are Asking Google For User Data? | Electronic Frontier Foundation
www.eff.org
on 03/20/2013
Excerpt: EFF is excited to announce this, a visual collaboration with SHARE Defense, a new international advocacy group created by the Balkan Share Foundation this year with the goal of engaging in public policy debates concerning digital rights and promoting positive values of openness, decentralization, and free access. Blending the expertise of lawyers, policy analysts, activists, artists, and technologists, SHARE Defense's mission is to stop the oppression, censorship, and surveillance of future generations. The activities of SHARE Defense are supported by cooperation and friendship with a wide network of various institutions, individuals and organizations.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Google, Open, Transparency
At Capital One, Open APIs Aren’t Really Open
bankinnovation.net
on 03/17/2013
Excerpt: While an API is a protocol that allows software platforms to communicate with each other, Cap One’s APIs — there are four — are a heck of lot less open than most. In fact, they are not open at all. Bank Innovation has learned that Capital One’s APIs, which are administered by the bank’s Capital One Labs unit, are “very limited” to “partners at this time that can help [Capital One] achieve our short-term strategic goals. ” Those potential partners are only those ventures “in pretty specific verticals that have the scale to reach a large number of our customers. ”
That’s a pretty small list, in our view — if there is even a list at all.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Open
Crisis Mapping, Neogeography and the Delusion of Democratization | iRevolution
irevolution.net
on 03/17/2013
Excerpt: Professor Muki Haklay kindly shared with me this superb new study in which he questions the alleged democratization effects of Neogeography. As my colleague Andrew Turner explained in 2006, “Neogeography means ‘new geography’ and consists of a set of techniques and tools that fall outside the realm of traditional GIS, Geographic Information Systems. [. ] Essentially, Neogeography is about people using and creating their own maps, on their own terms and by combining elements of an existing toolset. Neogeography is about sharing location information with friends & visitors, helping shape context, and conveying under-standing through knowledge of place.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Data, Open
Document Freedom Day 2013 | Open Knowledge Foundation Blog
blog.okfn.org
on 03/12/2013
Excerpt: Have you ever been stuck with some data that you have not been able to open because it was in a format that needs some specific kind of software to open it? The same thing happens tens of thousands of times each day. Can you imagine how much knowledge exchange doesn’t happen just because sender and receiver (intentionally or not) are using different data formats? Can you imagine how much knowledge future generations will lose if we keep on using proprietary, closed data formats that one day no one will ever be able to open because the company behind it had business secrets and patents on it but then went bankrupt?... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Data, Open
School of Open launches with OpenGLAM course
openglam.org
on 03/12/2013
Excerpt: This week is Open Education Week and to celebrate the first courses on the School of Open are launched. The School offers courses on the meaning, application, and impact of “openness” in the digital age and its benefit to creative endeavors, education, research, and beyond. It is coordinated by P2PU and Creative Commons. The School offers all kinds of courses related to openness. You can learn about creative commons licenses, open data in science, copyright for educators, and now also how to open your cultural institution’s data.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Open, Open Data
Excerpt: EFF is excited to announce this, a visual collaboration with SHARE Defense, a new international advocacy group created by the Balkan Share Foundation this year with the goal of engaging in public policy debates concerning digital rights and promoting positive values of openness, decentralization, and free access. Blending the expertise of lawyers, policy analysts, activists, artists, and technologists, SHARE Defense's mission is to stop the oppression, censorship, and surveillance of future generations. The activities of SHARE Defense are supported by cooperation and friendship with a wide network of various institutions, individuals and organizations.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Google, Open, Transparency
At Capital One, Open APIs Aren’t Really Open
bankinnovation.net
on 03/17/2013
Excerpt: While an API is a protocol that allows software platforms to communicate with each other, Cap One’s APIs — there are four — are a heck of lot less open than most. In fact, they are not open at all. Bank Innovation has learned that Capital One’s APIs, which are administered by the bank’s Capital One Labs unit, are “very limited” to “partners at this time that can help [Capital One] achieve our short-term strategic goals. ” Those potential partners are only those ventures “in pretty specific verticals that have the scale to reach a large number of our customers. ”
That’s a pretty small list, in our view — if there is even a list at all.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Open
Crisis Mapping, Neogeography and the Delusion of Democratization | iRevolution
irevolution.net
on 03/17/2013
Excerpt: Professor Muki Haklay kindly shared with me this superb new study in which he questions the alleged democratization effects of Neogeography. As my colleague Andrew Turner explained in 2006, “Neogeography means ‘new geography’ and consists of a set of techniques and tools that fall outside the realm of traditional GIS, Geographic Information Systems. [. ] Essentially, Neogeography is about people using and creating their own maps, on their own terms and by combining elements of an existing toolset. Neogeography is about sharing location information with friends & visitors, helping shape context, and conveying under-standing through knowledge of place.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Data, Open
Document Freedom Day 2013 | Open Knowledge Foundation Blog
blog.okfn.org
on 03/12/2013
Excerpt: Have you ever been stuck with some data that you have not been able to open because it was in a format that needs some specific kind of software to open it? The same thing happens tens of thousands of times each day. Can you imagine how much knowledge exchange doesn’t happen just because sender and receiver (intentionally or not) are using different data formats? Can you imagine how much knowledge future generations will lose if we keep on using proprietary, closed data formats that one day no one will ever be able to open because the company behind it had business secrets and patents on it but then went bankrupt?... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Data, Open
School of Open launches with OpenGLAM course
openglam.org
on 03/12/2013
Excerpt: This week is Open Education Week and to celebrate the first courses on the School of Open are launched. The School offers courses on the meaning, application, and impact of “openness” in the digital age and its benefit to creative endeavors, education, research, and beyond. It is coordinated by P2PU and Creative Commons. The School offers all kinds of courses related to openness. You can learn about creative commons licenses, open data in science, copyright for educators, and now also how to open your cultural institution’s data.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Open, Open Data
Excerpt: Professor Muki Haklay kindly shared with me this superb new study in which he questions the alleged democratization effects of Neogeography. As my colleague Andrew Turner explained in 2006, “Neogeography means ‘new geography’ and consists of a set of techniques and tools that fall outside the realm of traditional GIS, Geographic Information Systems. [. ] Essentially, Neogeography is about people using and creating their own maps, on their own terms and by combining elements of an existing toolset. Neogeography is about sharing location information with friends & visitors, helping shape context, and conveying under-standing through knowledge of place.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Data, Open
Document Freedom Day 2013 | Open Knowledge Foundation Blog
blog.okfn.org
on 03/12/2013
Excerpt: Have you ever been stuck with some data that you have not been able to open because it was in a format that needs some specific kind of software to open it? The same thing happens tens of thousands of times each day. Can you imagine how much knowledge exchange doesn’t happen just because sender and receiver (intentionally or not) are using different data formats? Can you imagine how much knowledge future generations will lose if we keep on using proprietary, closed data formats that one day no one will ever be able to open because the company behind it had business secrets and patents on it but then went bankrupt?... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Data, Open
School of Open launches with OpenGLAM course
openglam.org
on 03/12/2013
Excerpt: This week is Open Education Week and to celebrate the first courses on the School of Open are launched. The School offers courses on the meaning, application, and impact of “openness” in the digital age and its benefit to creative endeavors, education, research, and beyond. It is coordinated by P2PU and Creative Commons. The School offers all kinds of courses related to openness. You can learn about creative commons licenses, open data in science, copyright for educators, and now also how to open your cultural institution’s data.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Open, Open Data
Excerpt: This week is Open Education Week and to celebrate the first courses on the School of Open are launched. The School offers courses on the meaning, application, and impact of “openness” in the digital age and its benefit to creative endeavors, education, research, and beyond. It is coordinated by P2PU and Creative Commons. The School offers all kinds of courses related to openness. You can learn about creative commons licenses, open data in science, copyright for educators, and now also how to open your cultural institution’s data.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Open, Open Data
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