For formats, I agree that being too prescriptive can be a problem as standards evolve. However, some simple recommendations could go a long way:
* Don't use PDFs * Use something open and common (e.g. csv over excel) * Do your best to describe your data Maybe just asking for well-used web standards would be a plus. -Z -- Zach Beauvais | @zbeauvais (http://twitter.com/zbeauvais) [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) http://zachbeauvais.com On Wednesday, 10 October 2012 at 18:46, Mr. Puneet Kishor wrote: > > On Oct 10, 2012, at 7:47 AM, Luis Villa <[email protected] > (mailto:[email protected])> wrote: > > > Isn't the correct answer "specifying any particular formats or > > specifications is a recipe for having an obsolete bill within years or > > months"? > > > > > > Not necessarily. As I noted on the Quora page, formats come and go, and there > is no doubt better and more suitable formats will be invented in the future. > More important than specifying the format is to insist that whatever format > is used, it should be free, open and well documented, and if it requires any > tools to use it optimally, the tools should also be free, open and well > documented. > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 7:42 AM, Zach Beauvais <[email protected] > > (mailto:[email protected])> wrote: > > > Quora sent me this question [1], which I think is of interest to the OKFN: > > > > > > If you were making a bill about open data for a local government, what > > > sort > > > of specifications and formats would you include in the bill? > > > > > > And it's starting out with a few interesting answers in situ. > > > > > > This subject might be a good post/paper for people to pass on to civil > > > servants/local representatives with a step by step guide to transparency? > > > > > > Best, > > > -Z > > > > > > [1]: > > > http://www.quora.com/Open-Data/If-you-were-making-a-bill-about-open-data-for-a-local-government-what-sort-of-specifications-and-formats-would-you-include-in-the-bill > > > > > > --- > > > Zach Beauvais | @zbeauvais > > > [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > > > zachbeauvais.com (http://zachbeauvais.com) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > okfn-discuss mailing list > > > [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > > > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > okfn-discuss mailing list > > [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > okfn-discuss mailing list > [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss > >
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