[Chapter-delegates] Internet data and research

[Jahangir Hossain]

Hi Michael ,

The concept of four categories simply nice . it would be more nice if you
add another option for Service provider .






Regards  //  Jahangir | BD



On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Michael Kende <kende at isoc.org> wrote:

>  Hi Dave,
>
>  Thanks, and also thanks to Evan who made a related point about reviewing
> reports with which I agree.  I would very much appreciate if you elaborated
> on this.  My current thinking is to have an Amazon style review section,
> wherein we can rate the report (e.g. With stars) and then provide reviews,
> and as with Amazon the author is of course free to respond as well.
>  Editorial control, if any, in this case would be limited to ensuring that
> the posts are professional.
>
>  Would your idea be to review each paper or select papers, and then there
> would be an online journal?  Would it also be for new work?  I had thought
> it might be interesting to pick a theme and then have a seminar with the
> resulting papers.
>
>  Also, as I have been putting together the database I would divide things
> into four categories
>
>    - data sources, provided by governments or IGOs (e.g. ITU, UNCTAD)
>    - data sources, provided by companies often with accompanying reports
>    (e.g. Cisco, Akamai)
>    - reports written by NGOs, consultancies, etc. (e.g. McKinsey, WEF)
>    - papers written by academics
>
> Do you envision treating any of these categories differently for purposes
> of review and/or commentary?  I had not, at least for the Amazon style
> reviews, but perhaps for the editorial reviews?
>
>  Thanks
> Michael
>
>   From: David Farber <farber at gmail.com>
> Date: Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at 4:36 PM
> To: Michael Kende <kende at isoc.org>
> Cc: "chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org" <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org
> >
> Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] Internet data and research
>
>   I would recommend that we create a review website that will acccept
> abstracts of ideas and papers and will provide facility for online
> commentary and reviews. In order for this to be at all effective it will be
> necessary to have some editorial control. I recommend a small group of
> editors that would admit articles and reviews to the journal. The criteria
> for the editors should be quality of the abstracts and reviews rather than
> just whether they agree..
>
>  I can elaborate if desired.
>
>  Dave
>
>  On Nov 26, 2013, at 10:17 AM, Michael Kende <kende at isoc.org> wrote:
>
>  As part of my new role at ISOC, we are launching a new portal on the
> ISOC website that aggregates existing data sources and reports (ours and
> third-party),  The purpose of it is threefold: first, as a public resource
> to learn about the impact of new infrastructure on the Internet, and the
> broader economic impact of the Internet; second, in order to help identify
> gaps in data, and determine how best to fill those gaps; and third, to
> promote new analysis and insights by everyone in the Internet community,
> including ourselves, to further stimulate a better understanding of the
> Internet and its Economy.
>
>  The portal is at.
>
>  https://www.internetsociety.org/internet-data-and-research
>
>  One outstanding issue is whether, and if so how, to exclude bad research
> and data from the list.  On the one hand is a strong desire to be open and
> inclusive of all available data and reports, while on the other hand there
> is a thought that we should review and exclude suspect or biased work. We
> do not have the resources to perform such extensive review on each linked
> item (as of today there are over 200 in the database), and I believe that
> it would be difficult to determine the criteria for excluding work in any
> case.  However, in order to be of most use as a public resource, it would
> be useful to provide information that could help all of us make decisions
> about what data and reports to use.  As a result, we are considering
> including a review section, such as used in Amazon, to rate and provide
> comments from all, including hopefully the authors.  For starters, there
> are two feedback sections, one to send me comments on specific reports, and
> the other to provide suggestions for work that has not yet been included.
>  Thoughts on how to move this forward would be most appreciated.
>
>  Best regards,
>
>   Michael Kende
> Chief Economist
> Internet Society
> Galerie Jean-Malbuisson 15
> CH-1204 Geneva
> Switzerland
>
> Tel: +41 22 809 0367
> E-mail: kende at isoc.org
> Website: www.internetsociety.org
>
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>
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