Tom Cotton’s 8109

Code is being cut. Presentation is being prepared. Speeches are being spun. We have EDITH prepared for display next week.

The mining of http://del.icio.us/ is showing very interesting results with 1000’s of suggested sites based on the authoritative tags and users. Importantly the early indications of quality means the underlying assumptions are working well.

This is an immediate outcome for the information officers here. [Nick - is there a public feed we can publish here?]

We’re in a bit of a quandary whether to announce the authoritative tags and users because there is potential to have these authoritative sources distorted / abused.

****

Vaughan & Nick will have a chat to a PhD student interested in machine learning and text mining for Show and Tell 2.

****

On another topic, Sarah’s going to lead the Show and Tell emphasising the contrast between now and EDITH’s potential.

One interesting point she raised today is EDITH builds upon the collaborative nature of the internet & ultimately it will feed back as the resources are eventually described in detail.

****

Part of the evaluation phase is checking online blacklist services. We’ll see if that makes it in for SnT-1.

****

The EDITH logo? It’s a Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) which likes all things blue like these glasses.