The Freemix Platform
... best of breed solutions for sharing data
Data exists all around us. More often than we care to admit, this data is locked up inside applications, web pages, databases, spreadsheets, etc. making it difficult if not impossible to use outside of the system in which it was created. Freemix is designed to address this problem. Freemix empowers people by providing a simple but powerful way of breaking down these artificial barriers of data reuse and enables them to create new ways in which to view, integrate and share this valuable information.
There are an increasing number of communities using the Freemix platform to more effectively share and discover data. Many of these examples are found inside organizations but increasingly more are public. Here is a quick overview of just a few of the public ones:
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NDIIPP is an effort funded by by the US Library of Congress to develop a national strategy to collect, archive and preserve digital content for current and future generations. The Library has built a preservation network of over 180 partners from across the nation, and is working with them on a wide spectrum of initiatives including collections of historical, scientific, cartographical, media, legislative and sociological materials.
The Library is collaborating with Zepheira to allow communities of interest to interconnect their information. This enabling infrastructure (codename Recollection) builds on the Freemix platform to enhance discoverable access for NDIIPP collections, making them easier to find, access, and share, and especially to integrate with other digital information sources.
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Freemix.it is a public (currently invitational beta) social networking site for digital content. Freemix.it is built on the Freemix platform and allows anyone to slice, show and rapidly share data with colleagues and friends. Using Freemix.it, you can easily transform data and create compelling Web pages with facets. You can easily mashup content in a list or a table, or on a map, timeline, scatter plot or pie chart.
Our goal for this service at present is testing and early feedback. If you're interested in learning more about what the Freemix platform enables, however, we encouage you to contact us to get on the wait-list.
The Freemix platform is built on a foundation of Web-based open standards and "best of breed" open source tools, many of which are projects for which Zepheira actively leads development. These technologies provides a common way for data to be shared and reused across application, enterprise, and community boundaries. The data inside your organization is too important to be locked into someone else's proprietary formats. It's your data; take it back.
Contact us at solutions@zepheira.com to learn more about Freemix and how Zepheira can help you organize the patterns and relationships inherent in your data, reducing complexity and increasing collaboration among your employees, partners and customers.
