A city close to me is thinking about adopting the City of Vancouver
resolution on open data. Do you see anything missing in this list? Can it be improved? At a glance I see interoperability missing. Anything else? Your ideas and thoughts will be used as info for the city officials. Cheers t ************************** (via http://data.vancouver.ca/index.htm) 2. Open Data, Open Standards and Open Source MOVED by Councillor Reimer SECONDED by Councillor Meggs WHEREAS the City of Vancouver is committed to bringing the community into City Hall by engaging citizens, and soliciting their ideas, input and creative energy; WHEREAS municipalities across Canada have an opportunity to dramatically lower their costs by collectively sharing and supporting software they use and create; WHEREAS the total value of public data is maximized when provided for free or where necessary only a minimal cost of distribution; WHEREAS when data is shared freely, citizens are enabled to use and re-purpose it to help create a more economically vibrant and environmentally sustainable city; WHEREAS Vancouver needs to look for opportunities for creating economic activity and partnership with the creative tech sector; WHEREAS the adoption of open standards improves transparency, access to city information by citizens and businesses and improved coordination and efficiencies across municipal boundaries and with federal and provincial partners; WHEREAS the Integrated Cadastral Information Society (ICIS) is a not-for-profit society created as a partnership between local government, provincial government and major utility companies in British Columbia to share and integrate spatial data to which 88% of BC local governments are members but Vancouver is not; WHEREAS digital innovation can enhance citizen communications, support the brand of the city as creative and innovative, improve service delivery, support citizens to self- organize and solve their own problems, and create a stronger sense of civic engagement, community, and pride; WHEREAS the City of Vancouver has incredible resources of data and information, and has recently been recognized as the Best City Archive of the World. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City of Vancouver endorses the principles of: • Open and Accessible Data - the City of Vancouver will freely share with citizens, businesses and other jurisdictions the greatest amount of data possible while respecting privacy and security concerns; • Open Standards - the City of Vancouver will move as quickly as possible to adopt prevailing open standards for data, documents, maps, and other formats of media; • Open Source Software - the City of Vancouver, when replacing existing software or considering new applications, will place open source software on an equal footing with commercial systems during procurement cycles; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT in pursuit of open data the City of Vancouver will: • Identify immediate opportunities to distribute more of its data; • Index, publish and syndicate its data to the internet using prevailing open standards, interfaces and formats; • Develop appropriate agreements to share its data with the Integrated Cadastral Information Society (ICIS) and encourage the ICIS to in turn share its data with the public at large; • Develop a plan to digitize and freely distribute suitable archival data to the public; • Ensure that data supplied to the City by third parties (developers, contractors, consultants) are unlicensed, in a prevailing open standard format, and not copyrighted except if otherwise prevented by legal considerations; • License any software applications developed by the City of Vancouver such that they may be used by other municipalities, businesses, and the public without restriction. BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED THAT the City Manager be tasked with developing an action plan for implementation of the above. Referred ***** -- Tracey P. Lauriault 613-234-2805 https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault |
"WHEREAS when data is shared freely, citizens [ADD: " and private
industry"] are enabled to use and re-purpose it to help create a more economically vibrant and environmentally sustainable city;" -Glen Newton http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/ 2009/11/14 Tracey P. Lauriault <[hidden email]>: > A city close to me is thinking about adopting the City of Vancouver > resolution on open data. Do you see anything missing in this list? > Can it be improved? > > At a glance I see interoperability missing. Anything else? Your > ideas and thoughts will be used as info for the city officials. > > Cheers > t > ************************** > (via http://data.vancouver.ca/index.htm) > > 2. Open Data, Open Standards and Open Source > MOVED by Councillor Reimer > SECONDED by Councillor Meggs > WHEREAS the City of Vancouver is committed to bringing the > community into City Hall > by engaging citizens, and soliciting their ideas, input and > creative energy; > > WHEREAS municipalities across Canada have an opportunity to > dramatically lower their > costs by collectively sharing and supporting software they use and create; > > WHEREAS the total value of public data is maximized when > provided for free or where > necessary only a minimal cost of distribution; > > WHEREAS when data is shared freely, citizens are enabled to use > and re-purpose it to > help create a more economically vibrant and environmentally > sustainable city; > > WHEREAS Vancouver needs to look for opportunities for creating > economic activity and > partnership with the creative tech sector; > > WHEREAS the adoption of open standards improves transparency, > access to city > information by citizens and businesses and improved coordination > and efficiencies > across municipal boundaries and with federal and provincial partners; > > WHEREAS the Integrated Cadastral Information Society (ICIS) is a > not-for-profit society > created as a partnership between local government, provincial > government and major > utility companies in British Columbia to share and integrate > spatial data to which 88% > of BC local governments are members but Vancouver is not; > > WHEREAS digital innovation can enhance citizen communications, > support the brand of > the city as creative and innovative, improve service delivery, > support citizens to self- > organize and solve their own problems, and create a stronger > sense of civic > engagement, community, and pride; > > WHEREAS the City of Vancouver has incredible resources of data > and information, and > has recently been recognized as the Best City Archive of the World. > > THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City of Vancouver endorses the > principles of: > > • Open and Accessible Data - the City of Vancouver will > freely share with > citizens, businesses and other jurisdictions the > greatest amount of data > possible while respecting privacy and security concerns; > > • Open Standards - the City of Vancouver will move as > quickly as possible to > adopt prevailing open standards for data, documents, > maps, and other formats > of media; > > • Open Source Software - the City of Vancouver, when > replacing existing > software or considering new applications, will place > open source software on > an equal footing with commercial systems during > procurement cycles; and > > BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT in pursuit of open data the City of > Vancouver will: > > • Identify immediate opportunities to distribute more of its data; > > • Index, publish and syndicate its data to the internet > using prevailing open > standards, interfaces and formats; > > • Develop appropriate agreements to share its data with > the Integrated Cadastral > Information Society (ICIS) and encourage the ICIS to in > turn share its data with > the public at large; > > • Develop a plan to digitize and freely distribute > suitable archival data to the > public; > > • Ensure that data supplied to the City by third parties > (developers, contractors, > consultants) are unlicensed, in a prevailing open > standard format, and not > copyrighted except if otherwise prevented by legal > considerations; > > • License any software applications developed by the City > of Vancouver such that > they may be used by other municipalities, businesses, > and the public without > restriction. > > BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED THAT the City Manager be tasked with > developing an action > plan for implementation of the above. > > Referred > ***** > > > > -- > Tracey P. Lauriault > 613-234-2805 > https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault > _______________________________________________ > CivicAccess-discuss mailing list > [hidden email] > http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss > -- - |
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> At a glance I see interoperability missing. Anything else? Your > ideas and thoughts will be used as info for the city officials. In what way are you thinking of interoperability that isn't covered by open standards? It may be that what you are thinking of is already covered, or we could help with specific language if you are thinking of something missing. -- Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://www.flora.ca/> Please help us tell the Canadian Parliament to protect our property rights as owners of Information Technology. Sign the petition! http://www.digital-copyright.ca/petition/ict/ "The government, lobbied by legacy copyright holders and hardware manufacturers, can pry my camcorder, computer, home theatre, or portable media player from my cold dead hands!" |
Overall, do you think the language of the Vancouver resolution covers
all the angles? Is there anything missing? On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Russell McOrmond <[hidden email]> wrote: > Tracey P. Lauriault wrote: >> At a glance I see interoperability missing. Anything else? Your >> ideas and thoughts will be used as info for the city officials. > > In what way are you thinking of interoperability that isn't covered by > open standards? It may be that what you are thinking of is already > covered, or we could help with specific language if you are thinking of > something missing. > > -- > Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://www.flora.ca/> > Please help us tell the Canadian Parliament to protect our property > rights as owners of Information Technology. Sign the petition! > http://www.digital-copyright.ca/petition/ict/ > > "The government, lobbied by legacy copyright holders and hardware > manufacturers, can pry my camcorder, computer, home theatre, or > portable media player from my cold dead hands!" > _______________________________________________ > CivicAccess-discuss mailing list > [hidden email] > http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss > -- Tracey P. Lauriault 613-234-2805 https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault |
Tracey P. Lauriault wrote:
> Overall, do you think the language of the Vancouver resolution covers > all the angles? Is there anything missing? To me it works at the political level. The devil is always in the details, but those details are things that staff and not the politicians tend to deal in. Remember: There are people who think that DRM locked files and/or patent encumbered (without RF licensing) file formats can be "open standards". That's a level of detail you don't want to try to get into with municipal politicians -- at least until they try being open generally and bump into these details. -- Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://www.flora.ca/> Please help us tell the Canadian Parliament to protect our property rights as owners of Information Technology. Sign the petition! http://www.digital-copyright.ca/petition/ict/ "The government, lobbied by legacy copyright holders and hardware manufacturers, can pry my camcorder, computer, home theatre, or portable media player from my cold dead hands!" |
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Thanks all! I got some good responses and sent them to the City.
On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Tracey P. Lauriault <[hidden email]> wrote: A city close to me is thinking about adopting the City of Vancouver -- Tracey P. Lauriault 613-234-2805 https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault |
Hi all,
Has anybody did the work of translating this resolution into french? On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Tracey P. Lauriault <[hidden email]> wrote: > Thanks all! I got some good responses and sent them to the City. > > On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Tracey P. Lauriault <[hidden email]> > wrote: >> >> A city close to me is thinking about adopting the City of Vancouver >> resolution on open data. Do you see anything missing in this list? >> Can it be improved? >> >> At a glance I see interoperability missing. Anything else? Your >> ideas and thoughts will be used as info for the city officials. >> >> Cheers >> t >> ************************** >> (via http://data.vancouver.ca/index.htm) >> >> 2. Open Data, Open Standards and Open Source >> MOVED by Councillor Reimer >> SECONDED by Councillor Meggs >> WHEREAS the City of Vancouver is committed to bringing the >> community into City Hall >> by engaging citizens, and soliciting their ideas, input and >> creative energy; >> >> WHEREAS municipalities across Canada have an opportunity to >> dramatically lower their >> costs by collectively sharing and supporting software they use and >> create; >> >> WHEREAS the total value of public data is maximized when >> provided for free or where >> necessary only a minimal cost of distribution; >> >> WHEREAS when data is shared freely, citizens are enabled to use >> and re-purpose it to >> help create a more economically vibrant and environmentally >> sustainable city; >> >> WHEREAS Vancouver needs to look for opportunities for creating >> economic activity and >> partnership with the creative tech sector; >> >> WHEREAS the adoption of open standards improves transparency, >> access to city >> information by citizens and businesses and improved coordination >> and efficiencies >> across municipal boundaries and with federal and provincial partners; >> >> WHEREAS the Integrated Cadastral Information Society (ICIS) is a >> not-for-profit society >> created as a partnership between local government, provincial >> government and major >> utility companies in British Columbia to share and integrate >> spatial data to which 88% >> of BC local governments are members but Vancouver is not; >> >> WHEREAS digital innovation can enhance citizen communications, >> support the brand of >> the city as creative and innovative, improve service delivery, >> support citizens to self- >> organize and solve their own problems, and create a stronger >> sense of civic >> engagement, community, and pride; >> >> WHEREAS the City of Vancouver has incredible resources of data >> and information, and >> has recently been recognized as the Best City Archive of the World. >> >> THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City of Vancouver endorses the >> principles of: >> >> • Open and Accessible Data - the City of Vancouver will >> freely share with >> citizens, businesses and other jurisdictions the >> greatest amount of data >> possible while respecting privacy and security concerns; >> >> • Open Standards - the City of Vancouver will move as >> quickly as possible to >> adopt prevailing open standards for data, documents, >> maps, and other formats >> of media; >> >> • Open Source Software - the City of Vancouver, when >> replacing existing >> software or considering new applications, will place >> open source software on >> an equal footing with commercial systems during >> procurement cycles; and >> >> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT in pursuit of open data the City of >> Vancouver will: >> >> • Identify immediate opportunities to distribute more of its >> data; >> >> • Index, publish and syndicate its data to the internet >> using prevailing open >> standards, interfaces and formats; >> >> • Develop appropriate agreements to share its data with >> the Integrated Cadastral >> Information Society (ICIS) and encourage the ICIS to in >> turn share its data with >> the public at large; >> >> • Develop a plan to digitize and freely distribute >> suitable archival data to the >> public; >> >> • Ensure that data supplied to the City by third parties >> (developers, contractors, >> consultants) are unlicensed, in a prevailing open >> standard format, and not >> copyrighted except if otherwise prevented by legal >> considerations; >> >> • License any software applications developed by the City >> of Vancouver such that >> they may be used by other municipalities, businesses, >> and the public without >> restriction. >> >> BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED THAT the City Manager be tasked with >> developing an action >> plan for implementation of the above. >> >> Referred >> ***** >> >> >> >> -- >> Tracey P. Lauriault >> 613-234-2805 >> https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault > > > > -- > Tracey P. Lauriault > 613-234-2805 > https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault > > _______________________________________________ > CivicAccess-discuss mailing list > [hidden email] > http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss > -- Yannick Brosseau www.projetmontreal.org Consultant en logiciel libre yannickbrosseau.com |
not that I know of! It would be great to give it a go - I can review if you wish to start!
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:20 PM, Yannick Brosseau <[hidden email]> wrote: Hi all, -- Tracey P. Lauriault 613-234-2805 https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault |
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