On 30-sep-04, at 15:21, Francis Heylighen wrote:
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The VUB as a whole is trying to move in this direction by creating an "electronic portfolio" and other database utilities for PhD students, but knowing them it may take a while before something truly handy comes out of this. So, it is worthwhile to move ahead on our own, offering the VUB an early example of what can be done. Still, we should try to coordinate our efforts with theirs so as not to create incompatible systems, or needlessly duplicating efforts. I'm in contact with Tanguy Coenen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, a young researcher who is trying to press the VUB into developing a more intelligent shared database/website for researchers, and via him we may try to influence their efforts. I include one of his proposals (in Dutch) as attachment.
very interesting,
I totally agree, we could move ahead and we should make use of the expertise existing at the VUB. I could talk with some of the professors at the computer department as well. I'm thinking of Olga Toyer as they are doing research on Web (WISE). If I'm not mistaking, Dirk Vermeir has (or helped?) develop evlas. Robert Meersman could have some ideas as he's group is researching advanced DB. We could try to convince the VUB to let the ECCO website be a prototype for the VUB. Maybe we can even ask R&D for some suport?
Mixel
p.s. didn't got the attachment.
Francis --
Francis Heylighen Center "Leo Apostel" Free University of Brussels http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/HEYL.html
--- --- --- --- Mixel Kiemen: http://www.mixel.be/ PhD student at ECCO: http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/ECCO/
