Lead Projects
Corporate D ire ctory Pl
atform and
O ttaw a Te ch Com m u nity
Le ad: Pe te r H oddinot
Th e Corporate D ire ctory Pl
atform and
th e O ttaw a Te ch Com m u nity com prise a
l
e ad proje ct initiate d by th e Tal
e nt First
Ne tw ork . If inte re ste d in contrib u ting,
pl
e ase contact Pe te r H oddinott via e m ail
(pe te rh @ sce .carl
e ton.ca).
Corporate D ire ctory Pl
atform
Th e ob je ctive s of th e Corporate D ire ctory
Pl
atform l
e ad proje ct are to:
-- D e ve l
op a W e b 2.0 pl
atform for
corporate dire ctorie s across O ntario
-- D e m onstrate th e capab il
itie s of
th e pl
atform by providing inform ation
across O ntario in re al
tim e
Th e Corporate D ire ctory Pl
atform e n-
ab l
e s a u se r to e asil
y ob tain inform ation
across O ntario te ch nol
ogy com m u nitie s.
For e xam pl
e , a u se r w il
l
b e ab l
e to find
th e nu m b e r of com panie s th at de ve l
op
W i- M ax produ cts across O ntario and
sh ow th e ir l
ocation in an O ntario m ap. A
se cond u se r w il
l
b e ab l
e to find th e nu m -
b e r of ne w produ cts, proce sse s and se r-
vice s introdu ce d by th e com panie s th at
are part of w ire l
e ss cl
u ste rs across
O ntario citie s. A th ird u se r w il
l
b e ab l
e to
m e asu re th e h e al
th of th e ph otonics
cl
u ste r in Toronto and com pare it w ith
th e h e al
th of th e ph otonics cl
u ste r in an-
oth e r O ntario city.
Th e Corporate D ire ctory l
e ad proje ct is
se arch ing for:
-- D e signe rs and program m e rs inte re ste d
in contrib u ting to pl
atform de ve l
op-
m e nt
-- Individu al
s and organiz ations
inte re ste d in de pl
oying corporate
dire ctorie s in th e ir ow n com m u nitie s
Th e O ttaw a Te ch Com m u nity
Th e
O ttaw a Te ch Com m u nity
is an e x-
am pl
e of an onl
ine dire ctory u sing th e
Corporate D ire ctory Pl
atform . Th e five
ob je ctive s of th is l
e ad proje ct are to:
-- Provide re l
iab l
e and com pre h e nsive
inform ation on O ttaw a's te ch nol
ogy
com m u nity
-- Provide an assortm e nt of tool
s th at
m ak e se nse of th e inform ation in ne ar
re al
- tim e
-- Sh ow case th e capab il
itie s of W e b 2.0
te ch nol
ogy
-- Facil
itate com m u nitie s across O ntario
de pl
oying and ope rating sim il
ar
corporate dire ctorie s
-- Facil
itate th e ne tw ork ing of corporate
dire ctorie s across O ntario for th e
pu rpose of providing O ntario- w ide
consol
idate d Corporate D ire ctory
inform ation.
Th e O ttaw a Te ch Com m u nity l
e ad pro-
je ct is se arch ing for:
-- Au th ors w h o w ish to contrib u te
conte nt to th e O ttaw a dire ctory
-- An Editor in Ch ie f
-- Editors w ith dom ain e xpe rtise
-- Ste w ards
-- Advisory Board m e m b e rs
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