The url's below are associated with some thoughts i posted related to
data quality, reliability and trust and Gabe (civicaccess) replied with
"In general, I'd like to see more mashup projects offer direct access to
their data/sources. If they're sending that data onto a (Google) map,
it's already in easily-sharable XML, so provided it's
freely-distributable, it's just an issue of education/motivation." And
a talk with Warren (civicaccess) about the community data websites he
his producing in Vancouver.
The following 3 initiatives seem to be getting at those issues not
entirely but getting at it. I found all of these while looking at the
program for IASSIST (International Association for Social Science
Information Services & Technology) conference coming up in Montreal May
14-16, 2007 - (
http://www.edrs.mcgill.ca/IASSIST2007/program.htm). If
anyone is going to this conference i would luv to touch base with them
to get some of the papers. I have them tagged w/civicaccess and coacid
on delicious.
I know one of the founders of this one and will try and go for coffee
with him in Ottawa.
* The *Open Data Foundation (ODaF)* is a non-profit organization
dedicated to the adoption of global metadata standards and the
development of open-source solutions promoting the use of
statistical data. We focus on improving data and metadata
accessibility and overall quality in support of research, policy
making, and transparency, in the fields of economics, finance,
healthcare, education, labor, social science, technology,
agriculture, development, and the environment. While we see this
information as being primarily statistical in nature, it is
understood that it can be drawn from a wide variety of sources and
therefore may include information not traditionally seen as such.
http://www.opendatafoundation.org/index.php * *National Infrastructure for Community Statistics* is to
facilitate access to community-level statistics and data sets from
multiple sources at all levels of geography across the country to
enable more effective, efficient public policy decision making in
support of community transformation. In doing so, NICS aims to
stimulate the development of local virtual data warehouses by
encouraging the linking and integration of numerous national,
regional, state, and local data exchanges that now exist or are
being developed, including those in the fields of criminal
justice, health, environment, environmental health, and geographic
information into a national network.
http://nicsweb.org/aboutus.htm +
http://www.brookings.edu/metro/umi/collaboratory/nics.htm * *National Neighbourhood Indicators Partnership* is a collaborative
effort by the Urban Institute and local partners to further the
development and use of neighborhood information systems in local
policymaking and community building.
http://www2.urban.org/nnip/publications.html
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