{"id":780,"date":"2014-03-31T06:26:42","date_gmt":"2014-03-31T06:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/community\/forum\/?p=780"},"modified":"2014-04-04T08:23:46","modified_gmt":"2014-04-04T08:23:46","slug":"w3-operating-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/community\/forum\/2014\/03\/31\/w3-operating-system\/","title":{"rendered":"W3 Operating system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The post in semanticweb.com\u00a0 (see email post below) is titled &#8220;Organisational not semantic problem?&#8221; It received more than 1000 views within a short time. I think this was due to recognition that real progress has always involved reorganisation and that people are always looking for something new.<\/p>\n<p>With this in mind it seems a good time to suggest W3C introduce a more adventurous operating system division. W3C&#8217;s established work with governments and big business is not affected (cf.\u00a0<a title=\"mainframe\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mainframe_computer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">main frame computing<\/a>\u00a0remains a mainstay despite the widespread introduction of personal computing).<\/p>\n<p>The suggested operating system provides a public webpage that transforms an uploaded nameset created by its owner into a web-based process with an interface like this:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/community\/forum\/files\/2014\/03\/eMachine2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-781\" alt=\"eMachine2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/community\/forum\/files\/2014\/03\/eMachine2-300x224.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/community\/forum\/files\/2014\/03\/eMachine2-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/www.w3.org\/community\/forum\/files\/2014\/03\/eMachine2.png 422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The animated sliding panels remove complications and contraints of window\/sheet navigation providing a machine rather than paper-like experience.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7o5iX3uyxkE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7o5iX3uyxkE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After all, that great scientist Vannevar Bush offered this advice: \u00a0&#8220;He [Man] has built a civilization so complex that he needs to mechanize his records more fully if he is to push his experiment to its logical conclusion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For commentary on more of Bush&#8217;s recommendations relevant today please visit <a title=\"Memex\" href=\"\/\/glasier.hk\/notes\/controls.php?Memex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Memex 2000<\/a>. You can also access more detailed information on namesets, models and so on from the sidebar menu.<\/p>\n<p>Finally I believe that a new division would be more agile in responding to the Baroness&#8217; dynamic themes:<\/p>\n<p><em> \u2013 open data has huge power but needs to move from technologists to mainstream<\/em><br \/>\n<em> \u2013 the uk cannot rest on its digital laurels. we must equip the private, public and not for profit sector with the skills to handle technology better<\/em><br \/>\n<em> \u2013 the ODI and others need to go on a charm offensive to make the case for more and better data<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Edit: see also<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/answers.semanticweb.com\/questions\/27330\/web-operating-system\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00a0http:\/\/answers.semanticweb.com\/questions\/27330\/web-operating-system<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The post in semanticweb.com\u00a0 (see email post below) is titled &#8220;Organisational not semantic problem?&#8221; It received more than 1000 views within a short time. 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