SPIN: Society of Public Information Networks: EPI: April 2002

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April 2002
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	Easier travel information now - better still to come
	Roger Slevin, Buckinghamshire County Council's Transport Integration Manager, has been closely involved in the development of traveline and takes a personal look at the background to this major government initiative. He also looks forward to the next developments in this field with Transport Direct, on which he is working on secondment to the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions.
	Healthy Options - interactive dTV pilots
	Some of the most exciting work in assessing the potential of interactive digital TV is happening in the health sector. Peter Dick outlines the pilots currently running in different parts of the UK, and looks at some of the early findings.
	Doing the knowledge - KM in the public sector today
	The vision behind KM is simple enough - it's about effective mobilisation of an organisation's intellectual capacity. But the implications are huge - an estimated 40% plus of that capacity is 'tacit'. Accessing that 40%, and joining up the non-tacit, requires consideration of three elements - knowledge, the individual, and the organisation. Dave Thompson reports on UNICOM's February Seminar on 'Knowledge Enhanced Government' which looked at what all this means for the Public Sector.
	Making Phoney Frames from a Script
	Small pieces of JavaScript can go a long way in helping make websites more user-friendly. But JavaScript comes in different versions, and the different versions are not good at getting on with each other - this can create, rather than solve problems for your users. Goff Sargent outlines how simple rules of good practice should keep things running smoothly.
	Parlez-vous web?
	Provision of web content in community languages raises a whole host of issues from scripts to search engines -not to mention key information management matters. Des Farrington looks at the state of play on UK websites today.
	The Metadata agenda - information comes of age?
	What is metadata? How does it help our users, and what are the implications for website and database managers? Danny Budzak investigates - taking a look at the various national initiatives, and how they fit together.
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