We have developed a number of applications that illustrate not only the things that you can do with the Knowledge Services API, but also what information you can obtain from the Knowledge Services datasets. We have created a mobile web app that enables you to search a number of thematic areas and return the latest documents… Continue reading Latest Eldis research documents on your mobile
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Regional document visualisation
We have developed a number of applications that illustrate not only the things that you can do with the Knowledge Services API, but also what information you can obtain from the Knowledge Services datasets. We have created a Regional document visualisation which shows the number of documents currently published on the Eldis website for each… Continue reading Regional document visualisation
Tagcloud generator
We have developed a number of applications that illustrate not only the things that you can do with the Knowledge Services API, but also what information you can obtain from the Knowledge Services datasets. We have created a tagcloud generator which visualises the frequency of themes, keywords and countries that occur in the documents, and… Continue reading Tagcloud generator
Linked Data
Recently the IDS Knowledge Services offered a grant to Christophe Guéret and Victor de Boer from VU University Amsterdam to investigate exposing the IDS Knowledge Services data as RDF and to build some client applications making use of the enriched data. Their aim was to use the API as it is and created 5-star Linked Data by linking the created… Continue reading Linked Data
Locwise – a spatial and concept filtering search application
As part of the call for proposals for grants for small technical projects, IDS KS funded developers, Arun Ramanujapuram and Vani S Hemmige, based in India, to develop Locwise – a spatial and semantic refiner of search results. Built using content from the IDS KS API, LocWise enables users to quickly find locale-specific research by… Continue reading Locwise – a spatial and concept filtering search application
Call for Proposals
IDS Knowledge Services invites your organisation to apply for a small technical grant. These grants are available to application developers in developing countries (see the list of eligble countries) wishing to use information and communication technologies to repurpose, and contextualise research on development issues and so inform evidence based policy making. Guidelines Individual grant maximum: GBP £3000… Continue reading Call for Proposals