Brilliant! I also wonder if you think it could be worth creating a very concise, 'open government data definition' - which detailed the necessary additions to OKD as outlined in your essay?
(As is done in the OSSD: http://opendefinition.org/ossd) Jonathan On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Josh Tauberer<[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, I think you're right. I'll keep this in mind for the next version. > > Thanks. > > - Josh Tauberer > - GovTrack.us > > http://razor.occams.info > > "Yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation! Yields > falsehood when preceded by its quotation!" Achilles to > Tortoise (in "Godel, Escher, Bach" by Douglas Hofstadter) > > On 05/19/2009 01:53 PM, Jonathan Gray wrote: >> >> This looks great Josh! >> >> I wonder if there's any way you would consider alluding to the OKD in >> the body of the text, as well as towards the end? >> >> E.g. by saying OKD compliance is a necessary but not sufficient >> condition for open government data? >> >> Jonathan >> >> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 7:37 PM, Josh Tauberer<[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, all. I'm sorry I haven't had the time to say much here, though I've >>> tried to watch the progress. Over the last several months I've been >>> writing >>> an essay- >>> >>> Open Data is Civic Capital: Best Practices for "Open Government Data" >>> http://razor.occams.info/pubdocs/opendataciviccapital.html >>> >>> -which addresses a small portion of the issues that have come up in this >>> group, so I thought I would share it here. The motivation to write this >>> started at Transparency Camp [1] a few months ago, and at the end of the >>> conference Gunnar Hellekson of Red Hat, and later I, decided to take on >>> the >>> project of bringing together a repository of best-practices guides for >>> technology’s role in an open government. (We have a wiki page for the >>> project [2] which lists some of the guides we’d like to see written.) >>> >>> The goal of Open Data is Civic Capital was 1) to motivate why open >>> government data isn’t just an ideological issue but actually makes >>> society >>> more powerful, and can really make the world a better place, and 2) to >>> outline some suggested priorities and recommendations for open government >>> data, drawing on the recommendations of a number of past groups. The >>> essay >>> begins: >>> >>> “Creating a well-informed public is a core value of representative >>> government. It is a prerequisite for ensuring the best representatives >>> are >>> elected and a crucial component of government oversight—as well as being >>> important in areas well beyond civics. This document speaks to why public >>> government data (also called ‘public sector information’) is a valuable >>> resource to society if put on the Web and shared freely with the public, >>> and >>> discusses how to go about doing it. We discuss technological >>> considerations >>> and end with sixteen guiding principles for best practices in open >>> government data.” >>> >>> Hopefully you find this useful/informative (as opposed to spam :-). >>> >>> [1] http://transparencycamp.org/ >>> [2] http://wiki.opengovdata.org/index.php/Best_Practices >>> >>> -- >>> - Josh Tauberer >>> - GovTrack.us >>> >>> http://razor.occams.info >>> >>> "Yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation! Yields >>> falsehood when preceded by its quotation!" Achilles to >>> Tortoise (in "Godel, Escher, Bach" by Douglas Hofstadter) >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > -- Jonathan Gray Community Coordinator The Open Knowledge Foundation http://www.okfn.org _______________________________________________ okfn-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.okfn.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss
