bkdelong

So one of my previous BrainStreams has been realized and even has had a conference around it - Vehicle-2-Vehicle communications or V2V.

However with big companies like DaimlerChrysler & GM working on products and research, it seems to me the Web 2.0 community needs to keep close watch on the development of this technology and make sure there's allowances made for people to be able tap directly into the data themselves.

There is light at the end of the tunnel. In a report on a V2V Framework, GM's Bill Ball does say an open infrastrucutre is key to success. Ball is a VP at OnStar.

I haven't read through all the documents from the conference or contacted the presenters yet but I'd really like to see an XML DTD or handful of RDF schemas specific to marking up data gleaned from V2V neworks. I think in order to ensure it won't get locked up in some proprietary or industry-only standard, the Web 2.0/Semantic Web community needs to take ownership and leadership in developing such standards.

Something to keep an eye on is the IEEE DSRC standard - Dedicated Short-Range Communications meant to augment cellular with high-bandwith connectivity for vehicle-to-roadside and vehicle-to-vehicle applications.

Chris (crschmidt) - this takes MeNow, FOAF and other SemWeb apps to a whole new level