- From: Jose M. Alonso <josema@w3.org>
- Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 17:39:46 +0100
- To: eGov IG <public-egov-ig@w3.org>
Forwarding from the open-gov list. -- Jose Inicio del mensaje reenviado: > De: Alexis Madrigal <alexis.madrigal@gmail.com> > Fecha: 8 de marzo de 2009 02:45:12 GMT+01:00 > Para: open-government@googlegroups.com > Asunto: [open-gov] Re: The Wired.com How-To Open Up Government Data > wiki > Responder a: open-government@googlegroups.com > > > Ok, I am happy to report that Conde Nast's tech team took my request > seriously and the wiki is open for business, i.e., editing. > > http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Open_Up_Government_Data > > I look forward to any and all correspondence. > > Best, > > Alexis > > On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Jose M. Alonso <josema@w3.org> wrote: >> >> Hi Ton, Alexis, all, >> >> I've subscribed to this mailing list a couple weeks ago and have been >> just monitoring the discussions from a distance, hope this message >> will also serve as an introduction. >> >> There's a Group at W3C that has been working on this issues at an >> international scale for quite some time already. You might want to be >> in touch with us. We are compiling use cases and eGovernment issues. >> The Group will publish a first draft of the issues document very >> soon, >> the editor's draft holds the latest version of the text, that is >> being >> constantly updated and improved. >> >> The Group is holding an open meeting in Washington DC next week >> (12-13 >> March) and there are still a few seats available. Some pointers >> follow. >> >> W3C eGovernment Interest Group >> http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/ >> Editor's Draft of the Issues Document >> http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/Group/docs/note >> Draft Use Cases >> http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/wiki/Category:Use_Case >> Open Meeting in DC >> http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/wiki/F2F2 >> >> >> If you need further info, just drop me a line. I believe other Group >> Members are also subscribed to this list. Group Membership is open >> and >> subscription to the mailing list, too. >> >> -- Jose >> >> -- >> Jose M. Alonso <josema@w3.org> W3C/CTIC >> eGovernment Lead http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/ >> >> >> El 07/03/2009, a las 19:38, Ton Zijlstra escribió: >>> That is very good to hear Alexis! >>> Looking forward to seeing the wiki. Currently I am working for the >>> Dutch ministry for the interior to create a.o. an overview of >>> available data sources that would be available to open up. At the >>> same time another team is working on the 'demand' side, with the >>> British 'Show us a better way' as an example. >>> Hopefully we will be able to add to the coming wiki with our >>> experiences and info here in the Netherlands/EU. >>> >>> best, >>> >>> Ton >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------- >>> Interdependent Thoughts >>> Ton Zijlstra >>> >>> ton@tonzijlstra.eu >>> +31-6-34489360 >>> >>> http://zylstra.org/blog >>> ------------------------------------------- >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 7:01 PM, Alexis Madrigal <alexis.madrigal@gmail.com >>>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello Everyone, >>> >>> You may remember my name from an email I sent to the group a couple >>> months ago looking for areas where government-produced data could be >>> made more available or usable. I've received several queries about >>> the >>> state of the article — and now I can finally give you some good >>> news. >>> >>> Ahead of the official launch on Sunday, I just wanted to thank this >>> group, who informed much of this work, and invite you to participate >>> in the experiment. If it works, I think it could really be a great >>> model for what people kind of annoying call service-journalism. >>> >>> The story is going out on the Wired home page at midnight eastern on >>> Sunday night under the headline, "Data.gov Is Coming — Let's Help >>> Build It". But I should warn you. It's not a traditional news story. >>> It's a wiki, which actually, is already live: >>> http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Open_Up_Government_Data. I'll explain in >>> greater depth later, but the idea is to combine the crowd's dataset >>> trouble spotting with Wired's voice/platform and my elbow grease to >>> get important and valuable datasets made available and usable. Vivek >>> Kundra seems like an ally — as do his superiors — but we want to >>> hold >>> them to their claims about wanting to open up government data. >>> >>> Here's a little explanation of how we got from the original email to >>> this point. First, you are all brave people for fighting the good >>> fight on behalf of all of us. Peering into the dark caverns of >>> government data nearly broke my spirit (and oddly gave me a newfound >>> fear of spiders, or at least poisonous things). After a hundred >>> hours >>> spent researching, revising, and rewriting, we realized that what I >>> was doing wasn't working. The actual mode of journalism with its >>> traditional endgoal of a "finished product" article that tells >>> people >>> how it is wasn't up to the task. >>> >>> The idea had always been that this was collaborative action, so why >>> the hell was I trying to create a piece of content in static form? >>> So, >>> we pivoted, sliced up pieces of reporting and writing from the 2,000 >>> word feature and tossed away its carcass. It hurt. But it hurt so >>> good. >>> >>> Now, we're just hoping that we can get some momentum behind this >>> project and start to help build Data.gov. You all could go a long >>> way >>> towards establishing that moment and what you have in your brains is >>> incredibly valuable. I hope you can devote a few minutes to >>> sharing it >>> with us. (And of course linking any and all complementary efforts >>> that >>> are already underway.) >>> >>> Thank you, and as always, feel free to get in touch via any medium. >>> (Particularly if you have any trouble with the mediawiki markup >>> language or find a fresh, new bug on the site.) >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Alexis Madrigal >>> W: 415.276.8481 >>> M: 415.602.4953 >>> Staff Writer, Science and Energy >>> Wired.com >>> Magazine Publishers of America, Website of the Year — News >>> >>> Wired Science: http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/ >>> Magazine Publishers of America, Best Magazine Blog Finalist >>> >>> Twitter: @alexismadrigal >>> Shorty Awards Finalist for Best in #Green >>> >>> Book Research: http://www.greentechhistory.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> >> > > > > -- > Alexis Madrigal > W: 415.276.8481 > M: 415.602.4953 > Staff Writer, Science and Energy > Wired.com > Magazine Publishers of America, Website of the Year — News > > Wired Science: http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/ > Magazine Publishers of America, Best Magazine Blog Finalist > > Twitter: @alexismadrigal > Shorty Awards Finalist for Best in #Green > > Book Research: http://www.greentechhistory.com > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Open Government" group. > To post to this group, send email to open-government@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to open-government+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/open-government?hl=en > -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- >
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