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Managing Unstructured Data in CSW-ebRIM

By Galdos, on September 24th, 2010%

In the world of information sharing, there is a lot of so-called “unstructured data”. Unstructured data is data for which there is no data model, or at least no data model that exposes any of the semantics of the data. . . . → Read More: Managing Unstructured Data in CSW-ebRIM

Stability in Standards Counts… a Lot

By Galdos, on September 10th, 2010%

In the .dot com era of the late 1990’s, people talked about doing things in “Internet time” and spoke of the Internet, and its associated standards, as “rapidly changing”. In the popular press, and unfortunately also with many software professionals, . . . → Read More: Stability in Standards Counts… a Lot

It’s about the sharing as much as the geography

By Galdos, on August 9th, 2010%

A fourth GeoWeb conference wrapped up in Vancouver last week and, once again, there were many strong presentations by both invited speakers and track presenters. In general, I think there was both growing acceptance of “GeoWeb” as a thing, as . . . → Read More: It’s about the sharing as much as the geography

Singularity is near indeed, but which is it?

By Galdos, on May 18th, 2010%

For some, one of the more optimistic scenarios for the future of humanity is what author and inventor Ray Kurzweil has labeled the “singularity”. Kurzweil looks at the exponential character of some aspects of technology development (Moore’s law, memory capacity . . . → Read More: Singularity is near indeed, but which is it?

Imposing the Constraints of Physical Reality

By Galdos, on March 31st, 2010%

Early in my own career, I had the opportunity to work briefly with a helicopter-based flight simulator. This was not a stationary simulator with a simulated visual environment as one might imagine, but rather a real helicopter that had its . . . → Read More: Imposing the Constraints of Physical Reality

GeoWeb and the regulation of the commons

By Galdos, on February 18th, 2010%

One of the great challenges that will face humanity over the next 20 years is to find effective means to regulate our use of the global commons (meaning the air and the oceans). While not part of any nation state, . . . → Read More: GeoWeb and the regulation of the commons

GeoWeb – a Web of Systems

By Galdos, on January 21st, 2010%

One of the interesting events of GeoWeb 2009 – Cityscapes was a very entertaining debate on the “ideal” architecture for the GeoWeb. This was an interesting debate… not simply for the insights provided by the debaters about the relative merits . . . → Read More: GeoWeb – a Web of Systems

Globalization and the GeoWeb

By Galdos, on December 22nd, 2009%

As technocrats, many of us are either uncomfortable (or at least unfamiliar) with dealing with issues of politics, and in particular with concepts of the public good. The role of government, especially for those of us educated in the 1970′s, . . . → Read More: Globalization and the GeoWeb

GeoWeb and the “Internet of Things”

By Galdos, on December 3rd, 2009%

In a recent trip to China, I discovered something of the direction of the national policy of that country towards the development of the Internet. In a speech in Wuxi, the Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao spoke of the drive . . . → Read More: GeoWeb and the “Internet of Things”

Backwards Compatibility and Open Standards

By Galdos, on November 17th, 2009%

There has been much discussion within OGC, OASIS, and ISO of late, on the issue of backwards compatibility – but much less action. Some initiatives, such as the attempt to harmonize UML models across the various ISO specifications, are laudable. . . . → Read More: Backwards Compatibility and Open Standards

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