[Okfn-ca] Community input to Canadian version of Local Open Data Census

[Jury Konga]

Hi folks,



I was happy to announce on Friday, at GO Open Data 2015 conference #GOOD15,
that we are launching an Open Knowledge Local Open Data Census in Canada.
This will allow current open data cities to compare their degree of openness
and consider what additional data sets they should consider making open. As
Canada has another level of government between local and federal, we are
also going to develop a census for the Provincial/Territorial level.
Discussions with the provinces have begun and we should have a parallel
conversation in the community. There is an Australian regional census and a
US state level version is currently under development. Some additional
background may be found here http://census.okfn.org/



The first task is to define the top twenty data sets - the OK UK version has
a set of default data sets and we need to come up with the made in Canada
version of this. Relevant datasets for an open data census could be viewed
from several perspectives:

* Transparency and Accountability;
* Demand driven; and
* Societal value.

Yes, I've chatted with Herb and the prior top 10/20 should obviously be a
consideration for this project.



As I've been told, there is no magic formula to define what datasets we
should be looking at. As such, I've started a Google Group that's open to
all to contribute their thoughts and suggestions
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/open-knowledge-canada----local-open-
data-census . As always, I'd love to hear from anyone who would like to
assist in moving this initiative forward.



Cheers



Jury Konga, Local Open Data Census Lead

Open Knowledge Canada



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Stouffville, Ontario. Canada

[James McKinney]

Great to hear this is moving forward! I’ve joined the Google Group.

Post by Jury Konga
Hi folks,
I was happy to announce on Friday, at GO Open Data 2015 conference #GOOD15, that we are launching an Open Knowledge Local Open Data Census in Canada. This will allow current open data cities to compare their degree of openness and consider what additional data sets they should consider making open. As Canada has another level of government between local and federal, we are also going to develop a census for the Provincial/Territorial level. Discussions with the provinces have begun and we should have a parallel conversation in the community. There is an Australian regional census and a US state level version is currently under development. Some additional background may be found here http://census.okfn.org/ <http://census.okfn.org/>
Transparency and Accountability;
Demand driven; and
Societal value.
Yes, I’ve chatted with Herb and the prior top 10/20 should obviously be a consideration for this project.
As I’ve been told, there is no magic formula to define what datasets we should be looking at. As such, I’ve started a Google Group that’s open to all to contribute their thoughts and suggestions https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/open-knowledge-canada----local-open-data-census <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/open-knowledge-canada----local-open-data-census> . As always, I’d love to hear from anyone who would like to assist in moving this initiative forward.
Cheers
Jury Konga, Local Open Data Census Lead
Open Knowledge Canada
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Cell [phone]
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[Jury Konga]

Thanks James – I look forward to you and your colleagues at Open North participating in this initiative.



Cheers Jury



From: James McKinney [mailto:***@opennorth.ca]
Sent: May-05-15 12:47 PM
To: civicaccess discuss
Cc: okfn-***@lists.okfn.org; Christian Villum; Jury Konga
Subject: Re: [CivicAccess-discuss] Community input to Canadian version of Local Open Data Census



Great to hear this is moving forward! I’ve joined the Google Group.



On May 4, 2015, at 10:58 AM, Jury Konga <***@sympatico.ca> wrote:



Hi folks,



I was happy to announce on Friday, at GO Open Data 2015 conference #GOOD15, that we are launching an Open Knowledge Local Open Data Census in Canada. This will allow current open data cities to compare their degree of openness and consider what additional data sets they should consider making open. As Canada has another level of government between local and federal, we are also going to develop a census for the Provincial/Territorial level. Discussions with the provinces have begun and we should have a parallel conversation in the community. There is an Australian regional census and a US state level version is currently under development. Some additional background may be found here <http://census.okfn.org/> http://census.okfn.org/



The first task is to define the top twenty data sets – the OK UK version has a set of default data sets and we need to come up with the made in Canada version of this. Relevant datasets for an open data census could be viewed from several perspectives:

* Transparency and Accountability;
* Demand driven; and
* Societal value.

Yes, I’ve chatted with Herb and the prior top 10/20 should obviously be a consideration for this project.



As I’ve been told, there is no magic formula to define what datasets we should be looking at. As such, I’ve started a Google Group that’s open to all to contribute their thoughts and suggestions <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/open-knowledge-canada----local-open-data-census> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/open-knowledge-canada----local-open-data-census . As always, I’d love to hear from anyone who would like to assist in moving this initiative forward.



Cheers



Jury Konga, Local Open Data Census Lead

Open Knowledge Canada



Tel [phone]

Cell [phone]

Twtr @jkonga

Skype jury.konga

<http://www.slideshare.net/jurykonga> www.slideshare.net/jurykonga



Stouffville, Ontario. Canada

[Pascal Robichaud]

Will the Data Quality aspect will be taken into account?

I'm refering here to the Quebec SEAO Data, on the public contrats.

One might say that the data is open. But, when we look more closely, there
is many problems that make the dataset more or less usefull....

Thus the *Data Quality Index* I've been working on:
https://sites.google.com/site/do101mtl/seao/iqd

As far as I'm concerned, any dataset that is released on a regular basis,
such as contrats, should have a quality index as a measure of the data
reliability.

*Pascal Robichaud*
*Données ouvertes 101 Mtl*

Post by James McKinney
Great to hear this is moving forward! I’ve joined the Google Group.
Hi folks,
I was happy to announce on Friday, at GO Open Data 2015 conference
#GOOD15, that we are launching an Open Knowledge Local Open Data Census in
Canada. This will allow current open data cities to compare their degree
of openness and consider what additional data sets they should consider
making open. As Canada has another level of government between local and
federal, we are also going to develop a census for the
Provincial/Territorial level. Discussions with the provinces have begun
and we should have a parallel conversation in the community. There is an
Australian regional census and a US state level version is currently under
development. Some additional background may be found here
http://census.okfn.org/
The first task is to define the top twenty data sets – the OK UK version
has a set of default data sets and we need to come up with the made in
Canada version of this. Relevant datasets for an open data census could be
- Transparency and Accountability;
- Demand driven; and
- Societal value.
Yes, I’ve chatted with Herb and the prior top 10/20 should obviously be a
consideration for this project.
As I’ve been told, there is no magic formula to define what datasets we
should be looking at. As such, I’ve started a Google Group that’s open to
all to contribute their thoughts and suggestions
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/open-knowledge-canada----local-open-data-census
. As always, I’d love to hear from anyone who would like to assist in
moving this initiative forward.
Cheers
Jury Konga, Local Open Data Census Lead
Open Knowledge Canada
Tel [phone]
Cell [phone]
Skype jury.konga
www.slideshare.net/jurykonga
Stouffville, Ontario. Canada
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[Jury Konga]

Hi Pascal

This is a great question as we've had ongoing discussions within the community about data quality. "Quality" of open data together with industry specific thematic data quality is worthy of further discussion. I'm looking forward to this discussion as input to considerations for quality metrics in the census. Thanks for starting this discussion Pascal - would love to connect.

Cheers Jury

Jury Konga

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Post by Pascal Robichaud
Will the Data Quality aspect will be taken into account?
I'm refering here to the Quebec SEAO Data, on the public contrats.
One might say that the data is open. But, when we look more closely, there is many problems that make the dataset more or less usefull....
Thus the Data Quality Index I've been working on: https://sites.google.com/site/do101mtl/seao/iqd
As far as I'm concerned, any dataset that is released on a regular basis, such as contrats, should have a quality index as a measure of the data reliability.
Pascal Robichaud
Données ouvertes 101 Mtl

Post by James McKinney
Great to hear this is moving forward! I’ve joined the Google Group.

Post by Jury Konga
Hi folks,
I was happy to announce on Friday, at GO Open Data 2015 conference #GOOD15, that we are launching an Open Knowledge Local Open Data Census in Canada. This will allow current open data cities to compare their degree of openness and consider what additional data sets they should consider making open. As Canada has another level of government between local and federal, we are also going to develop a census for the Provincial/Territorial level. Discussions with the provinces have begun and we should have a parallel conversation in the community. There is an Australian regional census and a US state level version is currently under development. Some additional background may be found here http://census.okfn.org/
Transparency and Accountability;
Demand driven; and
Societal value.
Yes, I’ve chatted with Herb and the prior top 10/20 should obviously be a consideration for this project.
As I’ve been told, there is no magic formula to define what datasets we should be looking at. As such, I’ve started a Google Group that’s open to all to contribute their thoughts and suggestions https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/open-knowledge-canada----local-open-data-census . As always, I’d love to hear from anyone who would like to assist in moving this initiative forward.
Cheers
Jury Konga, Local Open Data Census Lead
Open Knowledge Canada
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Cell [phone]
Skype jury.konga
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Stouffville, Ontario. Canada
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[Jury Konga]

Hey Herb,

Awesome - thanks for the sentiment and look forward to having you participate in this initiative! Please join us in the Google group.

Cheers Jury

Jury Konga

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Hey Jury,
I think this is a great initiative and applaud you for taking it on.
If we can build on the Top Ten work that this group did last year as a starting point I think that would be great.
I have joined the group.
H

Post by Jury Konga
Hi folks,
I was happy to announce on Friday, at GO Open Data 2015 conference #GOOD15, that we are launching an Open Knowledge Local Open Data Census in Canada. This will allow current open data cities to compare their degree of openness and consider what additional data sets they should consider making open. As Canada has another level of government between local and federal, we are also going to develop a census for the Provincial/Territorial level. Discussions with the provinces have begun and we should have a parallel conversation in the community. There is an Australian regional census and a US state level version is currently under development. Some additional background may be found here http://census.okfn.org/
Transparency and Accountability;
Demand driven; and
Societal value.
Yes, I’ve chatted with Herb and the prior top 10/20 should obviously be a consideration for this project.
As I’ve been told, there is no magic formula to define what datasets we should be looking at. As such, I’ve started a Google Group that’s open to all to contribute their thoughts and suggestions https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/open-knowledge-canada----local-open-data-census . As always, I’d love to hear from anyone who would like to assist in moving this initiative forward.
Cheers
Jury Konga, Local Open Data Census Lead
Open Knowledge Canada
Tel [phone]
Cell [phone]
Skype jury.konga
www.slideshare.net/jurykonga
Stouffville, Ontario. Canada
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