TY - JOUR
T1 - TheWeb of radios - Introducing African community radio as an interface to the web of data
AU - Bon, Anna
AU - De Boer, Victor
AU - De Leenheer, Pieter
AU - Van Aart, Chris
AU - Gyan, Nana Baah
AU - Froumentin, Max
AU - Boyera, Stephane
AU - Allen, Mary
AU - Akkermans, Hans
PY - 2012/1/1
Y1 - 2012/1/1
N2 - TheWorld WideWeb as it is currently deployed can only be accessed using modern client devices and graphical interfaces, within an infrastructure compassing datacenters and reliable, high speed Internet connections. However, in many regions in developing countries these conditions are absent. Many people living in remote rural areas in developing countries will not be able to use the Web, unless they can produce and consume voice-based content using alternative interfaces such as (2G) mobile phone, and radio. In this paper we introduce a radio platform, based on a use case and requirements analysis of community radio stations in Mali. The voice-based content of this radio platform will be made publicly available, using Linked Data principles, and will be ready for unexpected re-use. It will help to bring the benefits of theWeb to people who are out of reach of computers and the Internet.
AB - TheWorld WideWeb as it is currently deployed can only be accessed using modern client devices and graphical interfaces, within an infrastructure compassing datacenters and reliable, high speed Internet connections. However, in many regions in developing countries these conditions are absent. Many people living in remote rural areas in developing countries will not be able to use the Web, unless they can produce and consume voice-based content using alternative interfaces such as (2G) mobile phone, and radio. In this paper we introduce a radio platform, based on a use case and requirements analysis of community radio stations in Mali. The voice-based content of this radio platform will be made publicly available, using Linked Data principles, and will be ready for unexpected re-use. It will help to bring the benefits of theWeb to people who are out of reach of computers and the Internet.
KW - Community radio
KW - Radio platform
KW - Voice-based interfaces
KW - Web of Data
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84892559737
SN - 1613-0073
VL - 844
SP - 14
EP - 22
JO - CEUR Workshop Proceedings
JF - CEUR Workshop Proceedings
T2 - 1st International Workshop on Downscaling the Semantic Web, DownScale 2012
Y2 - 28 May 2012 through 28 May 2012
ER -
