WUaS Information Technologies and Data Plan: Difference between revisions

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<big>'''Welcome to {{SITENAME}}'''</big><br/>
<big>'''Welcome to {{SITENAME}}'''</big><br />
which [[Help:Editing|anyone can add to or edit]].
which [[Help:Editing|anyone can add to or edit]].
<br />The Global, Virtual/Digital, Open, Free, {potentially Degree- and Credit-Granting},
<br />The Global, Virtual/Digital, Open, Free, {potentially Degree- and Credit-Granting},
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Multilingual University & School
Multilingual University & School
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where anyone can teach or take a class or course
where anyone can teach or take a class or course
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As World University & School's wiki grows potentially in all languages, with individuals teaching and learning at youtube.com and other video hosting sites, and in virtual worlds - as both educational content and archive - WUaS will develop the following information technology and data management plan.
As World University & School's wiki grows potentially in all languages, with individuals teaching and learning at youtube.com and other video hosting sites, and in virtual worlds - as both educational content and archive - WUaS will develop the following information technology and data management plan.


What might you add to this - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Information_Technologies_and_Data_Plan ? ... Please click 'edit this page' and add your ideas ... :)
What might you add to this - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Information_Technologies_and_Data_Plan ? ... Please click 'edit this page' and add your ideas ... :)




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And WUaS would like to include these goals:
And WUaS would like to include these goals:


- plan for DESIGN & robust information technological development in hiring, as we aim for a billion Universitians on the SCHOOL social network side of WUaS - and for around 100 undergraduate students on the UNIVERSITY, free, degree-granting side, matriculating in 2014, with MIT OCW for course curriculum (32 15 week MIT courses over 4 years).


- WUaS Wiki Universal Translator, building on Google Translate, and other language translation projects
- WUaS Wiki Universal Translator, building on Google Translate, Sugar Labs Translate, and other language translation projects


- plan for 8000 languages
- plan for 8000 languages


- plan for 10,000 + musical instruments, in terms of extensibility, across languages and
- plan for 10,000 + musical instruments, in terms of extensibility, across languages and


- plan with OBJECT TEMPLATE - like http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/SUBJECT_TEMPLATE - to be able to add individual archaeological and museum objects
- plan with OBJECT TEMPLATE - like http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/SUBJECT_TEMPLATE - to be able to add individual archaeological and museum objects
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- a robust Computer Science department (subject), - who will eventually develop this.
- a robust Computer Science department (subject), - who will eventually develop this.


- very easy-to-use
- very easy-to-use


- very attractive, in order to grow community easily
- very attractive, in order to grow community easily


- fast computer servers and bandwidth
- fast computer servers and bandwidth





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(- Semantic Wiki? - http://www.technologyreview.com/web/25728/?a=f ? What interface, and how much can people add? Wikipedia is remarkable because of its community.)
(- Semantic Wiki? - http://www.technologyreview.com/web/25728/?a=f ? What interface, and how much can people add? Wikipedia is remarkable because of its community.)




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UTF-8 for all possible symbols in all 3,000-8,000 languages and musical notation, as well as symbolic/mathematical (LaTeX), etc.
UTF-8 for all possible symbols in all 3,000-8,000 languages and musical notation, as well as symbolic/mathematical (LaTeX), etc.




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universal translator - Google Translate to 3000-8000 language with sound possibilities
universal translator - Google Translate to 3000-8000 language with sound possibilities




Secure - SSL - secure socket layer especially for searches, and, in general, as it grows
Secure - SSL - secure socket layer especially for searches, and, in general, as it grows







'''50 years out?'''
'''50 years out?'''


Open formats - like .xml - data portability
Open formats - like .xml - data portability
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Metadata - Resource Description Framework (.RDF) - (Calais?)
Metadata - Resource Description Framework (.RDF) - (Calais?)




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'''Robustness'''
'''Robustness'''





(http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University)