Just wanted to let folks know that I've put up a big post today about the Open Data Census work we've been doing:
<http://blog.okfn.org/2013/02/20/open-data-census-tracking-the-state-of-open-data-around-the-world/> It includes an update on all the contribution so far, some plans for what we do next including work on the Census this Saturday at Open Data Day (<http://okfn.org/events/open-data-day-2013/census>). Regards, Rufus ## Intro Recent years have seen a huge expansion in open data activity around the world. This is very welcome, but at the same time it is now increasingly difficult to assess if, and where, progress is being made. To address this, we started the [Open Data Census][census] in order to track the state of open data globally. The results so far, covering more than 35 countries and 200 datasets, are now available online at <http://census.okfn.org/>. We'll be building this up even more during Open Data Day this weekend. This post explains why we started the census and why this matters now. This includes the importance of quality (not just quantity) of data, the state of the census so far, and some immediate next steps - such as expanding the census to the city level and developing an “open data index” to give a single measure of open data progress. _______________________________________________ okfn-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-discuss
