Category Archives: intentions

Finding and Working with Health Assets

Posted on January 26, 2011 by peter

There’s a new concept abroad in health policy circles – ‘health assets’. Senior health policy leads are developing ideas for an Assets Alliance, which may figure at a location near you any time quite soon. ALISS has been lucky enough … Continue reading →

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ALISS and Linked Data

Posted on December 1, 2010 by peter

Andy is away down in London, presenting to the Online Information Conference 2010. He’s been part of a ‘linked data’ session. This is nearly as geekish as ALISS is likely to get (not sure whether he’ll have mentioned ‘semantic web’ … Continue reading →

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Collaborative Development of the ALISS Engine

Posted on November 29, 2010 by peter

toot-toot! We are all really pleased to be able (finally!) to note that further work on the ALISS Engine has started. We have a lot to do, to create a workable kit of parts, before the close of the financial … Continue reading →

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On being Open

Posted on October 25, 2010 by peter

We like to think that we’re ‘Open’ – are we? Enough? In public we’ve been saying this for quite a while now: Our May 2010 ‘Blueprint’ Board Paper suggested an overall blueprint for an ALISS Service Framework, and identified necessary … Continue reading →

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The Engine: collaborative development & testing in use

Posted on June 6, 2010 by peter

Last week (the 03rd. June) we had a good day with a selection of existing providers of information directories. Andy provided the context, then Derek outlined the Engine’s main technical characteristics, and suggested options for working together to test it … Continue reading →

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Business Models and ALISS

Posted on July 22, 2009 by peter

A few times recently I’ve found myself either thinking about or in-conversation-and-thinking-about business models and innovation in general and ALISS in particular. ALISS hasn’t proven that easy to describe (despite best efforts at an elevator pitch originally) and our business … Continue reading →

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ALISS ICT architecture development

Posted on July 10, 2009 by peter

It’s been a useful activity pitching the architecture development work to potential bidders – though I do hope that they haven’t been too baffled. The process this week and last, and to be continued across this month hopefully, has already … Continue reading →

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Camping – even more…!

Posted on July 10, 2009 by peter

After a pleasant walk, went more or less straight along to the SI Camp in Glasgow,  for some participant-observation – as well as because of the sheer interestingness of the whole process & concept. We all (60-70 of us) gathered … Continue reading →

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Hunter-gatherers

Posted on July 10, 2009 by peter

The Project Board in early June supported our idea (ALISS and C4E) about the potential for a proverbial venn diagram (shared interests (data capture and learning experiences, for example). Although the idea for ‘Hunter-gatherers for ALISS’ hadn’t made the SI Camp … Continue reading →

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