Opengovt.org.nz is an open, independent catalogue of Government and Local Body datasets
http://opengovt.org.nz/cat/about/This is a really interesting initiative. The search function is not great, but it remains an attractive looking, grassroots initiative, methodology and a place to discover, load and download datasets distributed by the community that are either hosted elsewhere or made directly accessible. No Metadata though
:( this is where things get tricky, most grassroots initiatives miss that trust component. Datasets, like books, need attribution, and to conduct a reliable analysis with data, datasets need dates, authors, collection methodologies and so on, otherwise they cannot authoritatively be used.
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Tracey P. Lauriault
613-234-2805
https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault
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