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Why Wikipedia is not enough
Published on May 28, 20124495 Views
In this talk it is argued that although Wikipedia(s) are valuable resources, additional material on so-called "forum-servers" or "focus-servers" is needed: Wikipedia(s) often do not go deep enough; a
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Why Wikipedia is not enough00:00
Wikipedia: Valuable resource to get up-to-date information01:09
Example 1: German language Wikipedia01:57
Example 2: Wikipedia Server Serbia05:03
The majority of topics on the Serbian Wikipedia does not deal with Serbia05:49
Serbia-Forum06:17
Serbia-Forum in English06:43
Example 3: Slovenia07:08
The Slovenian Wikipedia (Slovenska Wikipedija)09:50
Some important points of regional servers: Information10:20
Information should be integrated14:09
Information must be searchable by metadata and other criteria19:11
Ludwig Boltzmann19:55
There is often no absolute truth20:53
Updating is dangerous25:03
Burgtheater Wien27:34
In electronic corpora there is no need to restrict length28:46
Web Books30:23
Clicking at book opens it32:10
This screen-shot shows some bookmarks32:38
When choosing a single page it can be zoomed and moved around arbitrarily33:37
Bookmark and Link creation33:56
Full view of Web Book with other features33:59
Clicking here gives panoramic view in our days34:11
Panoramic picture, zoomable and moveable34:50
... or general information on the village today35:11
Here is another example of what we consider particularly important: "time travel"35:59
The link leads directly to the correct page in a historic book36:44
This appears on mouse-over and a click leads to the correct page37:24
Finds exactly the description37:29
Summarizing38:54
Publisher cooperate with the Web Book concept39:59
The feeling of reading a book is enhanced40:09
An attempt to print out a page of a book that is still for sale produces an order form or link to a shop40:12
KINDLE (as contrast)40:40
Of course regional forums must also contain: Videoclips41:04
Samples of music41:12
Zooming of pictures (1)41:24
Zooming of pictures (2)41:26
Regional forums must also provide ...41:28
Regional Forums will florish if ...41:33
Regional servers might be a test field for what I consider a grand vision42:36
Now possibly a live demo or a bit about history of WWW?42:39
It all started with interactive Videotex in Europe42:45
Idea proposed by Sam Fedida, British Telecom, in 197643:21
Set of PRESTEL symbols43:29
Start with simple mosaic graphics43:43
Main usage43:53
Some versions of PRESTEL used in most European and some other countries in the eighties45:28
Japan with its "Captain" system or Canada‘s Telidon45:33
Germany tried to score with better graphics45:53
France bet on using alphabetic keyboard ("Teletel")46:35
In Austria Maurer/ Posch decided to develop as decoder a microcomputer "MUPID"47:37
50.000 MUPIDs produced in Austria 82-8949:56
Networked X-mas greetings in 198650:52
Electronic networked encyclopaedia - links via numbers50:57
Remote chess, synchronous or not, with chat51:46
Multi-person game to explore planet AC in 198552:27
Networked learning already available in 198653:29
Three parallel networked multimedia undertakings after Videotex53:46