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?

Duncan Edwards

d.edwards@ids.ac.uk

Twitter: duncan_ids

api.ids.ac.uk