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Hodgins ponders the future of metadata, while revising the past and present | Scott's Workblog: astute+ascerbic reaction to Wayne Hodgins retrospectively claiming the successes of web2.0 tagsonomies as a consequence of the (obviously failed!) LO/LOM way
"Is it just me that sees pretty much the whole enterprise of LOs and LOM as solving entirely the wrong problems in all the wrong ways, and thank heavens the web had an alternative developing ready to get us out of the mess we'd made for ourselves?
/for:opendock for:alharris quotable opendock/repository webtech/repositories standards/metadata theory/architectures recommended -
Patent Office Asked to Review and Revoke Blackboard Patent [PR, November 30, 2006] Software Freedom Law Center Files Re-Examination Request on Behalf of Clients. If successful, the request will lead to the cancellation of all 44 claims of the patent.
..filed November 17 on behalf of Sakai, Moodle and ATutor. The Patent Office will decide whether to order re-examination within three months... cites documents that predate the filing of the Blackboard patent and describe everything claimed in it.
/blackboard policy/software-patents news elearning/biz elearning/open-source evangelism/anti-patents press-release for:alharris for:grahamattwell for:opendock -
Blackboard Patent Re-examination Filing FAQ | SAKAI: 1. What has happened? 2. Why does the SFLC think the Patent Office will revoke the patent? 3. What comes next? 4. Why is this patent so important? 5. What else is important about this for the future?
The SFLC has filed a formal request to have the USPTO re-examine the BB patent with the goal of revoking its claims on the basis of prior art. Prior art here consists of patents that predate the purported BB invention or other kinds of documents publishe
/blackboard policy/software-patents news elearning/biz elearning/open-source evangelism/anti-patents faq for:alharris for:grahamattwell for:opendock standards-org
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