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If two bloggers make a post on the same topic using IBG, both posts would exist just as two different web pages on the same topic can exist on the internet. I imagine that there would be curators who would create collections of posts from various blogs. The curator of one of these collections would select their preferred post on a specific topic if there were multiple posts on a topic. The curators who create lists of IBG posts would be responsible for helping readers find posts and essentially create the network. | If two bloggers make a post on the same topic using IBG, both posts would exist just as two different web pages on the same topic can exist on the internet. I imagine that there would be curators who would create collections of posts from various blogs. The curator of one of these collections would select their preferred post on a specific topic if there were multiple posts on a topic. The curators who create lists of IBG posts would be responsible for helping readers find posts and essentially create the network. | ||
To organize the world's information, I believe it would be necessary to have a standard for creating chunks of information. Creating chunks allows information to exist in a more granular medium that be used interchangeably to create directories of links and yellow pages, brick by brick. This can be compared to a search engine, which is primarily used for information retrieval (which is of course extremely useful), but does not organize the overall structure of information from a user perspective. Using a search engine can be compared to shining a flashlight in a single location, while a using directory is like turning the lights on to see the entire room. | |||
I see Wikipedia as the most organized and comprehensive collection of text information on the internet today, while the rest of the internet is very disorganized. To address this I believe we need a new standard (or lingua franca) that can help the rest of the internet work together towards creating a decentralized alternative to Wikipedia. | |||
Revision as of 23:45, 3 February 2024
Information blogging guidelines (IBG) is a list of templates and goals for displaying information on a webpage. There are 5 templates and 3 goals listed below.
Templates
- This post is a list of...
- This post is a collection of...
- This post is a timeline of...
- There are __ _____ listed below alphabetically.
- There are __ _____ listed below chronologically.
Goals
- Minimalism and clarity of information
- Standardization across IBG posts
- Networks of IBG websites and blogs
My goal is to find people and organizations who are willing to convert their knowledge into the IBG format. I'm optimistic that someday there can be thousands of blogs and websites that use IBG to create a decentralized network of compatible reference works.
If two bloggers make a post on the same topic using IBG, both posts would exist just as two different web pages on the same topic can exist on the internet. I imagine that there would be curators who would create collections of posts from various blogs. The curator of one of these collections would select their preferred post on a specific topic if there were multiple posts on a topic. The curators who create lists of IBG posts would be responsible for helping readers find posts and essentially create the network.
To organize the world's information, I believe it would be necessary to have a standard for creating chunks of information. Creating chunks allows information to exist in a more granular medium that be used interchangeably to create directories of links and yellow pages, brick by brick. This can be compared to a search engine, which is primarily used for information retrieval (which is of course extremely useful), but does not organize the overall structure of information from a user perspective. Using a search engine can be compared to shining a flashlight in a single location, while a using directory is like turning the lights on to see the entire room.
I see Wikipedia as the most organized and comprehensive collection of text information on the internet today, while the rest of the internet is very disorganized. To address this I believe we need a new standard (or lingua franca) that can help the rest of the internet work together towards creating a decentralized alternative to Wikipedia.