FYI, open data post on the Web foundation blog.
Scope
As I mentioned in my previous post, the technical
dimension is just one of several that should be
taken into account. In my view and, especially when
talking about Open Government Data, we must think
about up to six dimensions: political, legal,
organizational, technical, social and economic.
TimBL’s scale mainly targets the technical aspects.
A Proposal: Building a 5-Star Scale for ODIs
So what is needed to make an ODI a 5-star ODI has
yet to be stated (and proven!) I’m a firm believer
on acting across all dimensions. I’ve witnessed
failures in ODIs (and eGovernment projects) for not
doing so, having seen very short-term successes
becoming mid-term flops. Putting data online just
for the sake of doing it could result, in the not so
long term, in abandoned websites and lack of
supporting (and much needed) legislation
requirements.
Here’s a proposal: a 5-star scale ODI is one that
is 5-star on every single of the six dimensions.
http://www.webfoundation.org/2011/11/5-star-open-data-initiatives/--
Karl Dubost
Montréal, QC, Canada
http://www.la-grange.net/karl/
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