Katrina PeopleFinder Project
With dozens of Web sites now online listing people missing after Hurricane Katrina, it's difficult for people to find what they're looking for. Imagine how much more useful the information would be if it were all in one central database.
The Katrina PeopleFinder Project seeks to create a single database combining as many sources as possible from all over the Web.
The idea is mainstream news sites and organizations like the Red Cross could publish the information using a data standard and then it could be included in a central database.
Right now data is being compiled from various message boards already online. So far more than 10,000 records have been entered in a central database, but they're not searchable as of yet.
A number of organizations are collaborating to try to make this project happen. They include the Social Source Foundation, CivicSpace Labs and Salesforce.com Foundation.
Here's exactly what the project is working on and how to help volunteer:
(1) Creating a technology specification for easily exchanging refugee information. A volunteer effort is working to assist online databases in implementing the specification. Volunteer here
(2) Coordinating volunteers that are writing software that takes information from online databases and putting it into a central database provided by Salesforce.com Foundation. Volunteer here
(3) Organizing a massively parallel volunteer data entry project to enter refugee data posted to online bullitin boards into a central database by hand. Volunteer here
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1 comments about 'Katrina PeopleFinder Project'we are starting a site for volunteers to share their stories. www.projectkatrinavolunteers.net
visit the site share your stories,videos, pixs
or volunteer to help improve the site.
Posted by steve at August 25, 2007 11:29 PM
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