On Tue, 19 May 1998 18:24:55 -0000, Adrian Midgley wrote:
>Peer Review and the Web
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>Again, a generic solution is evolving and will become (probably) part
>of the browser application in about version 6.
>
>Read Jakob Nielsen's clumn on the Reputation Manager, and check the
>existing application (whose name momentarily escapes me, Ahmad will
>know).
He does:
One is 'FireFly' which is about what is called 'collaborative
collective filtering'
<http://www.firefly.net/>
The other that is a lot lighter in weight and intellect is 'Alexa'
<http://www.alexa.com/>
>- but the general solution of user-sensitive content rating is
>applicable to medical sites as well as to others.
Certainly!
I am, btw, involved in an effort to build standardised 'tools' that
different groups of users can use to assess the contents of a site.
These tools are designed for content providers, health information
consumers, site builders and health care providers respectively.
Ahmad
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