An interesting blog post on open data...
http://data.worldbank.org/country/kenya -----Original Message----- From: Glenn Sequeira <gsequeira@gmail.com> Reply-to: Skunkworks Mailing List <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> To: Skunkworks forum <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> Subject: [Skunkworks] An interesting blog post on open data... Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:16:45 +0300 http://eaves.ca/2010/04/14/case-study-open-data-and-the-public-purse/ _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Server donations spreadsheet http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AopdHkqSqKL-dHlQVTMxU1VBdU1BSWJxdy1f... ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke -- Regards, Joe Linux User: #361092 SIP: joe.njeru@ekiga.net Twitter: http://twitter.com/joenjeru
Unfortunately this seems to be the exception, rather than the norm, with the Canadian govt. The guy who wrote that post, plus a bunch of others working in the Canadian govt., have basically been having running battles over this issue. There is no over-arching federal open-data policy, unlike in the US and UK. So it's basically been upto individual municipalities to come up with their own patchwork open-data policies. Vancouver, for instance, has been quite good about this (http://data.vancouver.ca/). Having said that, the inevitable trend is towards open-data all over the place, not just in government (someone sent the World Bank open-data link, I'm waiting for the UN to do the same). It has been gratifying to note the increasing prominence, and number, of open-access science journals. Let's hope the trend continues. -saidi- On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Glenn Sequeira <gsequeira@gmail.com> wrote:
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Check out these http://www.data.gov/ http://data.gov.uk/ I'm really pushing for ICT Board to do spearhead something similar for Kenya On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 6:30 PM, saidimu apale <saidimu@gmail.com> wrote:
Unfortunately this seems to be the exception, rather than the norm, with the Canadian govt. The guy who wrote that post, plus a bunch of others working in the Canadian govt., have basically been having running battles over this issue. There is no over-arching federal open-data policy, unlike in the US and UK. So it's basically been upto individual municipalities to come up with their own patchwork open-data policies. Vancouver, for instance, has been quite good about this (http://data.vancouver.ca/).
Having said that, the inevitable trend is towards open-data all over the place, not just in government (someone sent the World Bank open-data link, I'm waiting for the UN to do the same). It has been gratifying to note the increasing prominence, and number, of open-access science journals.
Let's hope the trend continues.
-saidi-
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