Archives for Category: eGov
Linked Government Data
Last week, I jumped into my new role as eGovernment lead by attending a pair of gatherings in Washington. They left me pleasantly shocked at the enthusiasm in the US Government for both social software and open data, and wondering...
Filed on September 14, 2009 12:26 AM in Semantic Web, Social Networking, eGov
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Data in the City
On Monday of this week I attended a hearing in New York City organized by the Technology and Government Committee of the New York City Council. On the agenda was a proposal (Int. No. 991) regarding the use of open...
Filed on July 1, 2009 10:09 PM in Semantic Web, eGov
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Search Engines take on Structured Data
Structured data on the web got a boost this week, with Google's announcement of Rich Snippets and Rich Snippets in Custom Search. Structured data at such a large scale raises at least three issues:SyntaxVocabularyPolicyGoogle's documentation shows support for both microformats...
Filed on May 13, 2009 4:18 PM in HTML, Semantic Web, Web Architecture, eGov
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A Few Predictions for 2009
Last week I asked my colleagues on the W3C staff to predict Web trends in 2009. I compiled (with some editing) a few of the predictions I received. Naturally, these informal utterances are not endorsements and do not represent W3C...
Filed on December 12, 2008 7:28 PM in Mobile, Semantic Web, eGov
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With real world implementations WCAG 2.0 steps closer to expected December 2008 publication
Today W3C WAI published WCAG 2.0 as a "W3C Proposed Recommendation". This means that the technical material of WCAG 2.0 is complete and it has been used successfully in real websites. Up next: final publication as a Web standard, which we expect in December!
Filed on November 3, 2008 6:34 PM in Accessibility, Publications, Technology, Technology 101, Video, eGov
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Improving access to Government through better use of the Web
It’s no secret that just as the web has revolutionized business, the media, and many other parts of our lives, it is also revolutionizing how governments and citizens interact, and how government provide services. But how to do it well is still something of a black art. This post looks at the opportunities the Web provides governments, the challenges, and the role of the W3C in helping to develop underlying, interoperable technologies with which to build these services.
Filed on May 12, 2008 11:31 AM in eGov
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