Submission for MIX on LGA's Community of Practice project (Knowledge Hub)

Knowledge Hub Home

Ideas for Knowledge Hub

FOI Request for Knowledge Hub costs

Not really. Costs were only given from April 2010 to March 2011, but the project was started in February 2009. I know the full costs, but had better keep mum for the time being :-)

Linked data is a powerful approach to sharing information across the web. It is enabling governments to publish their data to better inform and empower citizens, enabling companies to connect information across silos to aid decision making, and enabling developers to combine data from across organizations to deliver better services. As experts in all aspects of linked data, Epimorphics can enable you to get the most out of your data assets - help you model, publish and exploit them.

Knowledge Hub Daily via paper.li

The means to connect social networks and software applications together have existed for years but haven't been very open or useful enough to reach critical mass. That's been changing as OpenSocial has continued to doggedly improve and mature. The latest version has a chance to go mainstream, the question is if users will find the features compelling enough to use.

Today, there are so many more social tools for use both inside and outside enterprises. This stream of presentations highlights the "social enterprise" and how the sharing of knowledge is being handled in more social and productive ways. Moderated By: Art Murray, CEO - Applied Knowledge Sciences, Inc.

Our goal with Kasabi is to help make data as easy to use, and as easy to publish as possible. We also want to help people unlock the value inherent in data, whether that means making it freely available - in order to drive innovation - or to explore more commercial models. With this in mind, Kasabi provides more than just a directory of datasets: it provides a complete platform for the hosting and publishing of Linked Data.

Oakland Crimespotting is an interactive map of crimes in Oakland and a tool for understanding crime in cities.

In two year's time mobile phones will overtake computers as the most popular device for web browsing, John Barnes, managing director of digital and tech at Incisive Media, told delegates at the Mobile Media Strategies day.

The event was a meeting of the IDeA Knowledge Hub Advisory Group - a project that I've written about before with enthusiasm - led by Ingrid Koehler and Steve Dale

The Jive Apps SDK beta provides a library of resources for creating and publishing Jive Apps. These resources include the APIs used to access information, the tooling to create, upload, and manage your apps, and the infrastructure provided by the Apps Market. The following table presents the high-level concepts in the SDK. Once you're familiar with these concepts, you can jump right in and build your first app by following the Jive Apps Basics Tutorial.

This visual was based on an idea by @stephendale. See the scenario....

CLMS provides a web-based repository for the storage, maintenance, distribution and mapping of code lists. Code lists are definitive data standards used within databases and other software applications to organise and structure information.

Axiis is an open source data visualization framework designed for beginner and expert developers alike. Whether you are building elegant charts for executive briefings or exploring the boundaries of advanced data visualization research, Axiis has something for you. Axiis provides both pre-built visualization components as well as abstract layout patterns and rendering classes that allow you to create your own unique visualizations.

Google Refine, a power tool for working with messy data (formerly Freebase Gridworks)

Today we can announce that the web application, called Patchwork, we will be launched in prototype in Lichfield later this month. Patchwork is designed for people supporting complex families to build and strengthen their relationships, keeping the child and their family at the centre of everything they do. In short, Patchwork helps you: Get a quick and easy overview of the people you're supporting Find out who else is working with them and how to contact them Invite in other people you think should be involved Keep the picture up-to-date for all involved