Mr Richards on technology, information, and people

Meanwhile at the current O'Reilly Gov 2.0 Expo in Washington, D.C. ...

Tim Berners-Lee, excuse me, Sir Tim, describes a bag of potato chips and how it represents the future of linked open data on the Web. No, seriously. (I like how this article makes sure to tell you he's talking about UTZ Kettle Classics, rather than make us think of Lays or, Lord help us, SunChips.)

Let's look at this from a Gov 2.0 standpoint - I assume that is his audience given the Expo he's at.

- I'm all for decentralizing information, but at some point, you need a coherent framework or else your communication capabilities goes to zero.

For example, how do you standardize the data sets you want to click through to? Different agencies means different systems and different formats.

- Will there be a common technical platform everyone will work from?
- Will data be interfaced over in batch or real-time? Who is in charge of maintaining the hardware? The software?

These questions need to be asked and addressed in concert with the "visions of the future." Or else nothing happens - or perhaps worse - everything happens but wrong.
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Labels: gov 2.0