- From: Li Ding <dingl@cs.rpi.edu>
- Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:56:35 -0400
- To: Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray@okfn.org>
- Cc: Antti Poikola <antti.poikola@gmail.com>, eGov IG <public-egov-ig@w3.org>
Hi Jonathan, that is a very interesting collection of dataset. On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray@okfn.org> wrote: > We've also got over 680 (mostly) open data packages listed on CKAN, an > open source registry of open data: > > http://ckan.net/ > > See, e.g.: > > * Linking Open Data group > - http://ckan.net/group/lod > * Packages as part of EU Open Data Inventory (alpha) > - http://ckan.net/tag/read/eutransparency > * Search for tags including 'country-[...]' > - http://ckan.net/package/search?q=country-&search=Search+Packages+%C2%BB > > There are hopefully over 1000 UK government datasets on the way, as > data.gov.uk is using CKAN. Regarding categories, we've found a > flexible tag based approach quite useful. > > It would be great to ensure interoperability between CKAN and other > open government data catalogues - so different bits of the 'open data > ecosystem' can all talk to each other! We've started talking to Peter > about this a bit regarding opengov.se. > > Out of interest - would anyone be interested in having an online > meeting about this? E.g. next Tuesday (3rd November) evening at 1800 > GMT? > > Best wishes, > > -- > Jonathan Gray > > Community Coordinator > The Open Knowledge Foundation > http://www.okfn.org > > > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Li Ding <dingl@cs.rpi.edu> wrote: >> Hi, we (tetherless world constellation at Rensselaer Polytechnic >> Institute (RPI)) did some initial search over the datasets published >> on the Web, and we have a small incomplete list right. >> >> http://data-gov.tw.rpi.edu/wiki/Resource_Guide_for_Government_Data >> >> You are welcome to join this effort by contributing the dataset you observed. >> >> best, >> Li >> >> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 8:49 AM, Antti Poikola <antti.poikola@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hi everybody, >>> >>> I wonder if anyone have collected a generic list of categories "what kind of >>> public data exists". By generic I mean that in each country and each city >>> the resposible organizations are different and the names of the data set are >>> different, bur generically speaking the same kind of data sets can be found. >>> >>> The listing could be somehow hierarchical like >>> >>> Geographic data >>> - >>> - >>> ... >>> Environmental data >>> - >>> - >>> ... >>> >>> You got the point. This would be highly valuable for anybody who is starting >>> to build the first data catalog ih her city/country. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Antti Poikola >>> Jyväskylä, Finland >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Li Ding >> http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~dingl/ >> >> > -- Li Ding http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~dingl/
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