- From: Jose M. Alonso <josema@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 13:18:45 +0100
- To: Josh Tauberer <tauberer@govtrack.us>
- Cc: Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray@okfn.org>, eGov IG <public-egov-ig@w3.org>, Oscar Azanon <oscar.azanon@vitruviosistemas.com>, Daniel Bennett <daniel@citizencontact.com>, Kevin Novak <kevinnovak@aia.org>, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock@okfn.org>
Attaching this one to ISSUE-2 J. El 03/03/2009, a las 17:53, Josh Tauberer escribió: > Jonathan Gray wrote: >> On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Jose M. Alonso <josema@w3.org> >> wrote: >>> I originally drafted the Open Government Data section a while ago >>> and got >>> very few comments about it, so I assume people is happy with the >>> content so >>> far. I also asked about the outline of that sections and if was >>> good enough >>> or not and people agreed on being good and serve as basis for other >>> sections. >> I wonder whether it could be appropriate to allude to the Open >> Knowledge Definition in this section? >> http://www.opendefinition.org/ >> Warm regards, > > Sorry for coming in late to this discussion. (Sadly I haven't had a > chance to pay much attention here though I've wanted to.) > > I've posted my slides from my "Open Government Data Standards and > Expectations" session at Transparency Camp this past weekend here: > http://razor.occams.info/pubdocs/2009-02-28_TCamp_Data_Standards.pdf > It summarizes many open gov data recommendations that are out there > (including the OKD). > > Also I notice that the notion of "bulk data downloads" is missing, > which many find preferable to pushing APIs. > > I often talk of open govt data in terms of the ability to "search, > sort, and transform" (e.g. into visualizations, feeds, and > summaries) and that the uses go beyond the "mandate, resources, and > vision" of government agencies (phrases I probably stole from > legislative language and other people). > > Hope that's helpful. > > Josh
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