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Julie McC
Apr 7, 2009, 8:13:48 PM4/7/09
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http://www.nuigalway.ie/news/main_press.php?p_id=993
Thu 2nd Apr 2009
An internet technology developed at NUI Galway is to be used by
President Obama's administration in its new website devoted to the
$800 billion economic stimulus package. The administration's
'Recovery.gov' site will employ a web standard, created at NUI
Galway's Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI), to bring an
unprecedented level of transparency to the US Government.
Researchers at DERI focus on the Semantic Web, which is the next
incarnation of the internet which will be more intuitive because data
will be defined and linked. One of the outputs of DERI's research is
called Semantically-Interlinked Online Communities or SIOC. Aimed at
connecting online community sites and internet-based discussions, SIOC
is set to be utilised by 'Recovery.gov'.
Creator of SIOC and lecturer in Electronic Engineering at NUI Galway,
Dr John Breslin, said: "The possibilities afforded by deploying
semantic technologies such as SIOC for government transparency are
very exciting. Semantic technology allows the linking of government
funding data, fed in from spreadsheets or forms, to contributions from
the public, private organisations or the government themselves. This
can be done not just within a single site but with external linked
data from other public sources. You could imagine using this to
discover the effect of how and where tax dollars and Euros are being
spent on statistics for crime, education or innovation in a set of
geographic regions”.
As announced by George Thomas, Chief Architect with the US General
Services Administration, the Recovery.gov effort will bring
transparency to the government towards allowing citizens and activists
to access semantic data about everything from contracts and schedules
to training and infrastructure costs.
Since 2003, DERI has been supported by Science Foundation Ireland with
a Centre for Science, Engineering and Technology grant. During this
time, DERI has grown to over 120 members.
Professor Stefan Decker, Director of DERI, says: “This is another
example showing that investment in science and research has truly
propelled Ireland into the forefront of technology. Our technology can
bring a greater level of transparency and trust to governments as well
as financial institutions - something that becomes increasingly
important. The US Government has recognised this already".
The SIOC project from DERI at NUI Galway is already being used by a
range of applications including Yahoo! SearchMonkey and Drupal.
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Author: Press Office, NUI Galway
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Thu 2nd Apr 2009
An internet technology developed at NUI Galway is to be used by
President Obama's administration in its new website devoted to the
$800 billion economic stimulus package. The administration's
'Recovery.gov' site will employ a web standard, created at NUI
Galway's Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI), to bring an
unprecedented level of transparency to the US Government.
Researchers at DERI focus on the Semantic Web, which is the next
incarnation of the internet which will be more intuitive because data
will be defined and linked. One of the outputs of DERI's research is
called Semantically-Interlinked Online Communities or SIOC. Aimed at
connecting online community sites and internet-based discussions, SIOC
is set to be utilised by 'Recovery.gov'.
Creator of SIOC and lecturer in Electronic Engineering at NUI Galway,
Dr John Breslin, said: "The possibilities afforded by deploying
semantic technologies such as SIOC for government transparency are
very exciting. Semantic technology allows the linking of government
funding data, fed in from spreadsheets or forms, to contributions from
the public, private organisations or the government themselves. This
can be done not just within a single site but with external linked
data from other public sources. You could imagine using this to
discover the effect of how and where tax dollars and Euros are being
spent on statistics for crime, education or innovation in a set of
geographic regions”.
As announced by George Thomas, Chief Architect with the US General
Services Administration, the Recovery.gov effort will bring
transparency to the government towards allowing citizens and activists
to access semantic data about everything from contracts and schedules
to training and infrastructure costs.
Since 2003, DERI has been supported by Science Foundation Ireland with
a Centre for Science, Engineering and Technology grant. During this
time, DERI has grown to over 120 members.
Professor Stefan Decker, Director of DERI, says: “This is another
example showing that investment in science and research has truly
propelled Ireland into the forefront of technology. Our technology can
bring a greater level of transparency and trust to governments as well
as financial institutions - something that becomes increasingly
important. The US Government has recognised this already".
The SIOC project from DERI at NUI Galway is already being used by a
range of applications including Yahoo! SearchMonkey and Drupal.
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Author: Press Office, NUI Galway
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