at readwriteweb, a brief story on the EU - funded OpenKnowledge initiative - http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/open_knowledge_sharing_for_the_dynamic_ web.php http://www.openk.org/ "The EU-funded OpenKnowledge program is a smart toolkit designed to unlock the hidden resources of the web that can't be accessed by web sites and browsers alone. With a small, downloadable piece of Java code, users can coordinate and share information with each other more directly than through traditional means. To highlight the potential of the OpenKnowledge system, researchers have put it to work in three different areas: healthcare services, emergency management, and proteomics research. "