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Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Makerbase as an IMDB of the Internet of Things?

Had heard of Makerbase.  Never thought about it in this way.  It does not seem complete, or contain the right kinds of of information, and is likely fraught with disagreements over crediting who did what,   Intellectual property?  Taxonomies of systems?   This does not mean it could not evolve to that.  But there is lots of work to do.   If you think it makes sense, please think the architecture through now, and get broad input to the standards needed.

SiliconAngle suggests:
" ... , information about Internet “things” will be readily available on Makerbase. ... Makerbase is being dubbed as the IMDB for Internet stuff, a way of giving credit to creators of websites, apps, podcasts and other Internet things. It allows users to edit information on the service and also lets users see which creators have worked together on a project. .... " 

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