Open Development, Innovations,
and IDS Knowledge Services
Duncan Edwards
Information Systems Innovations Manager
Institute of Development Studies
@duncan_ids
Research
Teaching
Knowledge Services
Supporting evidence based
decision making in policy making
and practice
Where were we?Traditional approaches to online research communications
API Registrants and PartnersAugust 2012
200+ registered
CMS Plug-ins / HTML Widgets
Open source plug-ins and widgets to enable easy use of IDS KS content
Semantic concept search content mapexample shows search for “nutrition” & more detail of one node – utilising
Yahoo semantic analysis tools
Mobile / Tablet applicationsMashing up data from World Bank, Eldis, Bing
*all source code freely available
ContextualisationTranslation and revision of materials
Linking related contentUsing semantic technologies to help bring relevant
content into discussion. Our theory of change considers debate and
discussion at critical part of increasing impact of research knowledge
Where are we going?How do Open Approaches help us get there?
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