Comments on: Towards the principles of open government data http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/12/09/towards-the-principles-of-open-government-data/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DXO Intranet » Blog Archive » Ethan Zuckerman: Towards the principles of open government data http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/12/09/towards-the-principles-of-open-government-data/comment-page-1/#comment-2658327 DXO Intranet » Blog Archive » Ethan Zuckerman: Towards the principles of open government data Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:29:50 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/12/09/towards-the-principles-of-open-government-data/#comment-2658327 [...] mention in the blog of an amazing guy. …My heart’s in Accra » Towards the principles of open government data I got a sense for the importance of the task talking with Dan O’Neil, who is “people person” [...] [...] mention in the blog of an amazing guy. …My heart’s in Accra » Towards the principles of open government data I got a sense for the importance of the task talking with Dan O’Neil, who is “people person” [...]

]]> By: Your ideas on the future of Australian governance | pod of c http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/12/09/towards-the-principles-of-open-government-data/comment-page-1/#comment-2099445 Your ideas on the future of Australian governance | pod of c Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:45:48 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/12/09/towards-the-principles-of-open-government-data/#comment-2099445 [...] http://www.osdm.gov.au/Events/182.aspx for the current state of government data publishing in Oz, http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/12/09/towards-the-principles-of-open-government-data/ for a draft set of principles for open access government, and [...] [...] http://www.osdm.gov.au/Events/182.aspx for the current state of government data publishing in Oz, http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/12/09/towards-the-principles-of-open-government-data/ for a draft set of principles for open access government, and [...]

]]> By: Blogroll » "Machine-Readable Government" from 1987 to 2008 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/12/09/towards-the-principles-of-open-government-data/comment-page-1/#comment-1218444 Blogroll » "Machine-Readable Government" from 1987 to 2008 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:51:06 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/12/09/towards-the-principles-of-open-government-data/#comment-1218444 [...] Ethan Zuckerman: Towards the principles of open government data [...] [...] Ethan Zuckerman: Towards the principles of open government data [...]

]]> By: BlogBuffer 28DEC07 « VibeWise http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/12/09/towards-the-principles-of-open-government-data/comment-page-1/#comment-736821 BlogBuffer 28DEC07 « VibeWise Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:48:45 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/12/09/towards-the-principles-of-open-government-data/#comment-736821 [...] “Towards the principles of open government data Filed under: Geekery)” (tweeted to me by Gervis) The goal of this weekend’s Open Government Principles workshop at O’Reilly and Associates was to draft a set of principles to define what constitutes open government data. The people drafting these principles were, for the most part, activists who believe that widespread sharing and creative presentation of government data can create a better-informed citizenry. In other words, they’re data junkies - the perfect folks to create a demanding list of what geeks, journalists and the citizens they serve need to access government data as easily as possible.” [...] [...] “Towards the principles of open government data Filed under: Geekery)” (tweeted to me by Gervis) The goal of this weekend’s Open Government Principles workshop at O’Reilly and Associates was to draft a set of principles to define what constitutes open government data. The people drafting these principles were, for the most part, activists who believe that widespread sharing and creative presentation of government data can create a better-informed citizenry. In other words, they’re data junkies – the perfect folks to create a demanding list of what geeks, journalists and the citizens they serve need to access government data as easily as possible.” [...]

]]> By: Michael Saunby http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/12/09/towards-the-principles-of-open-government-data/comment-page-1/#comment-695509 Michael Saunby Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:04:16 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/12/09/towards-the-principles-of-open-government-data/#comment-695509 Once this gets going, and I believe it will, another principle will be required - * discoverable It's easy to take for granted the capacity of search engines to find content, but when the content is vast tables of data finding the stuff that's important can be hard. As for the non-datageeks, I don't believe they need worry, the datageeks will build and share the tools you need. If your need is worthy enough. Once this gets going, and I believe it will, another principle will be required -

* discoverable

It’s easy to take for granted the capacity of search engines to find content, but when the content is vast tables of data finding the stuff that’s important can be hard.

As for the non-datageeks, I don’t believe they need worry, the datageeks will build and share the tools you need. If your need is worthy enough.

]]> By: quixote http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/12/09/towards-the-principles-of-open-government-data/comment-page-1/#comment-692781 quixote Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:33:49 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/12/09/towards-the-principles-of-open-government-data/#comment-692781 M-yes. But most people are not data geeks. Maximum granularity is good, but without (very brief!) summaries, graphs, and maps most people won't be able to do a thing with the data. Unless the government also undertakes to provide that layer, as unbiased as possible and with links to criticisms or other interpretations, all it really accomplishes is provide a data source either for commercial outfits or for interested parties. Then the poor non-datageek will need a course of advanced study just to figure out how to find any usable information in the welter of web sites ... kind of like the situation we have now. M-yes. But most people are not data geeks. Maximum granularity is good, but without (very brief!) summaries, graphs, and maps most people won’t be able to do a thing with the data. Unless the government also undertakes to provide that layer, as unbiased as possible and with links to criticisms or other interpretations, all it really accomplishes is provide a data source either for commercial outfits or for interested parties.

Then the poor non-datageek will need a course of advanced study just to figure out how to find any usable information in the welter of web sites … kind of like the situation we have now.

]]> By: ICTconsequences » Blog Archive » Open Government Policy http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/12/09/towards-the-principles-of-open-government-data/comment-page-1/#comment-692185 ICTconsequences » Blog Archive » Open Government Policy Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:36:41 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/12/09/towards-the-principles-of-open-government-data/#comment-692185 [...] Towards the principles of open government data [...] [...] Towards the principles of open government data [...]

]]> By: datalibre.ca · Principles for Open Data http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/12/09/towards-the-principles-of-open-government-data/comment-page-1/#comment-691572 datalibre.ca · Principles for Open Data Mon, 10 Dec 2007 04:08:28 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/12/09/towards-the-principles-of-open-government-data/#comment-691572 [...] Open Data Principles.  These were developed at an O’Reilly and Associates workshop.  Ethan Zuckerman provides some excellent background on his blog and a Open Data WiKi is accepting comments and of [...] [...] Open Data Principles.  These were developed at an O’Reilly and Associates workshop.  Ethan Zuckerman provides some excellent background on his blog and a Open Data WiKi is accepting comments and of [...]

]]> By: covariance.info » Late breaking news http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/12/09/towards-the-principles-of-open-government-data/comment-page-1/#comment-691333 covariance.info » Late breaking news Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:59:20 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/12/09/towards-the-principles-of-open-government-data/#comment-691333 [...] Towards the principles of open government data [...] [...] Towards the principles of open government data [...]

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