Keynote Speaker “Open source solutions a source of Inspiration”
Ross Gardler is manager of OSS Watch a JISC funded open source advisory service to the UK Higher and Further education sector and is currently the Vice President of Community Development at The Apache Software Foundation. OSS Watch provides unbiased advice and guidance to UK higher and further education on the user of free and open source software. As Vice President of Community Development Ross Gardler works with a team helping people understand and engage with the way software is developed at The Apache Software Foundation.
KiWi Version 1.0 Demonstration
KiWi is an open-source development platform for building Semantic Social Media applications. It offers features required for Social Media applications such as versioning, (semantic) tagging, rich text editing, easy linking, rating and commenting, as well as advanced “smart” services such as recommendations, intelligent search, a sophisticated social reputation system, vocabulary management, and rich visualisation.
KiWi can be used both, as a platform for building custom Semantic Social Media applications and as a Semantic Social Index, integrating content and data from a variety of different sources, e.g. wikis, blogs and content management systems in a enterprise intranet. Third-party applications can access the KiWi system using simple-to-use web services.