- From: Ed Summers <ehs@pobox.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 14:20:36 -0500
- To: public-egov-ig <public-egov-ig@w3.org>
On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Peter Krantz <peter.krantz@gmail.com> wrote: > I have had some success in explaining a three step process: > > 1. Publish whatever you have in whatever format it currently is in. > This provides data for people to start tinkering with and ask > questions about. > 2. While data is out there, start thinking about the context it lives > in. We are looking at harmonizing the way agencies publish their > vocabularies as a first step (e.g. OWL). > 3. Gradually adapt your data to make it use common identifiers for > common things. I like this Peter. Perhaps this is going to far, but for me, a key part about the "context" in (2) is defining and publishing metadata for the dataset. This metadata needs to be published on the web in such a way that allows third parties to keep track of what is being made available. I'm thinking syndicated feeds of some kind as well the descriptions being crawl-able by search engines. Is there room in the working groups plans to publish a w3c note that outlines simple recipes for making government datasets and their metadata available on the web? //Ed
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