[okfn-discuss] ANN: Uberblic.org - Integrating the Web of Data

Fri Jan 29 17:58:16 UTC 2010

While I managed to rant a bit below, I neglected to address the main  
point squarely --

On Jan 29, 2010, at 11:51 AM, Mr. Puneet Kishor wrote:

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> On Jan 29, 2010, at 11:07 AM, Jo Walsh wrote:
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>> Puneet, I think we just have to get used to overlap.
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indeed, multiple overlapping services may be inevitable, and perhaps  
even welcome from an "ecology" perspective. However, since CKAN is an  
OKFN production, it might be worthwhile to aim for CKAN to become like  
CPAN, say, 5-10 years from now. *The* canonical repository for  
knowledge. After all, no point in having the adjective "Comprehensive"  
in its name, if we don't mean it, and intend to make it so.

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Puneet Kishor http://www.punkish.org
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Nelson Institute, UW-Madison http://www.nelson.wisc.edu
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