EARTH OBSERVATION DATA INTEROPERABILITY ARRANGEMENT WITH ONTOLOGY REGISTRY by M. Nagai, M. Ono, R. Shibasaki

“…This is a very challenging method for earth observation data interoperability because collaboration or cooperation with scientists of different disciplines is essential for common understanding. Multiple semantic MediaWikis are applied to register and update technical vocabularies as a part of the ontology registry, which promises to be a useful tool for users. …”
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Social Computing Unhinged by James Evans

“…Originally used to reference computational augmentation of social interaction through collaborative filtering, social media, wikis, and crowdsourcing, here I propose to expand the concept to cover the complete dynamic interface between social interaction and computation, including computationally enhanced sociality and social science, socially enhanced computing and computer science, and their increasingly complex combination for mutual enhancement. …”
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Sketching the vision of the Web of Debates by Antonis Bikakis, Giorgos Flouris, Theodore Patkos, Dimitris Plexousakis

“…The exchange of comments, opinions, and arguments in blogs, forums, social media, wikis, and review websites has transformed the Web into a modern agora, a virtual place where all types of debates take place. …”
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