Executive Summary
"As governments around the world continue to change the way they think
about their information systems, away from isolated systems, none of which can
talk to each other, and towards more advanced systems based on the
Semantic Web, designed to make it easier for citizens, and the government
itself, to join these systems together to build new applications that the
designers of the original systems may never have thought of.
For example, on the 19th of January, the British Government formally
launched http://data.gov.uk/
, a Semantic Web based site developed under the guidance of Sir Tim
Berners-Lee. Compared to systems like this, initiatives like the US
http://data.gov/ which
merely points to unconnected piles of data, look ever more dated.
To build these integrated systems, America needs
MW: I don’t think this should
just be about what America needs.
a trained corps of people
trained to deal with semantics. Already this lack of trained personnel is
causing serious problems for linking vital Intelligence Community systems, with
dangerous effects on National Security . If we don't take action to train the
people we need, the situation will only get worse."
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