Are there no guidelines in existence for what formats need to be used for data / information sharing? If data is open, isn't it necessarily in open formats?
Echo that the letter needs to be sent. But Datameet should next prioritise advocating for standard open formats for information sharing at the policy level. In my work on disability advocacy, most of the time the bills put up asking for public comments are pdfs created by crooked scans of printouts. It needs to be transcribed before people with near vision / blindness can read it. Such a waste. Nirmita at CIS should be able to advise on universal open formats that would be equally accessible by disabled people too. --------------------------------------- *VAISHNAVI JAYAKUMAR* http://about.me/vjayakumar On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 8:14 AM, Nisha Thompson <ni...@datameet.org> wrote: > That's a really good question. > > I can see them making a point that they comply because a great deal of > their data is online in some fashion, just not machine readable or easy to > find. Also they don't have a data controller registered with the NIC: > http://data.gov.in/datacontrollers > > It is unclear to me how strong an NDSAP request can be, as it doesn't hold > the weight an RTI request does. My vote is we shouldn't and make a > separate request to the data.gov.in NIC team to meet with them. > > Nisha > > > > > On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 8:02 PM, Rajesh D Hanbal <rajesh...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Nisha, >> >> How does our request fit with the NDSAP? Does it deal only with Dept of S >> & T or does it apply to all departments? >> >> http://www.dst.gov.in/nsdi.html : >> >> "Global experience has demonstrated convincingly that access to data >> leads to breakthroughs in scientific understanding as well as to economic >> and public good, in addition to several benefits to civil society. *Given >> the deployment of substantial level of investment of public funds in >> collection of data and the untapped potentials of benefits to social >> society, it has become important to make available non-sensitive data for >> legitimate and registered use."* >> >> If it is relevant, we could make a reference to it. Otherwise, the letter >> looks fine to me. >> >> Cheers, >> Rajesh >> >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 5:48 PM, Nisha Thompson <ni...@datameet.org> >> wrote: >> >>> Hey All, >>> >>> Even though it has been awhile I think it is still important we send >>> this letter. >>> >>> Last round of feedback and then we'll send it out! >>> >>> http://datameet.org/wiki/odclettertoecidraft >>> >>> Nisha >>> -- >>> Nisha Thompson >>> DataMeet.org >>> ni...@datameet.org >>> skype: nishaqt >>> mobile: 962-061-2245 >>> >>> -- >>> Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more >>> about us by visiting http://datameet.org >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "datameet" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more >> about us by visiting http://datameet.org >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "datameet" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Nisha Thompson > DataMeet.org > ni...@datameet.org > skype: nishaqt > mobile: 962-061-2245 > > -- > Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more > about us by visiting http://datameet.org > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "datameet" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
