Re: [Ag Meinungsfindungstool] Public mirrors

[Michael Allan <mike AT zelea.com>]

marc said:
> BUT we might think about how to integrate your approach of public
> submission into the d!sco conception...

Okay, I hope it's helpful.  Please share any progress you make.

Mike


marc said:
> Hi Mike,
> 
> That's damned close to what we would like to achieve with our idea of 
> d!sco - the Discussion Ontologie Framework.
> 
> Except that we don't want the users to do all those plumbing (linking 
> discussions) themselves. So obviously (c) is were we follow a slightly 
> different approach at the moment.
> 
> But I know that this is your 'ultimate' constraint and vitally important 
> for 
> you to fulfill (a) and (b), but we believe in the power of open standards. 
> That means in our vision d!sco becomes the open and transparent ground for 
> sharing and synchronising discussion data throughout the internet. Like the 
> http protocol enables communication between distributed, collaborative 
> information systems already, one thing we would like to add here is 
> semantics.
> 
> In our opinion it is far much easier to achieve short-term practical 
> results 
> by concentrating those who are already familiar with the principles of 
> e-democracy - like the tool and concept developers - instead of teaching 
> these principles to the public first.
> 
> BUT we might think about how to integrate your approach of public 
> submission 
> into the d!sco conception...
> 
> Cheers
> marc