Re: Re: Britain finally signs up to making government data free for re-use!

Posted by Jennifer Bell on Jul 02, 2008; 1:15pm
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/Britain-finally-signs-up-to-making-government-data-free-for-re-use-tp1123p1126.html

Colour me unimpressed. "Make public sector information and content, including scientific data, and works of cultural heritage more widely accessible in digital format." Seems like pretty weak stuff.  'more widely available' could mean anything.  I prefer the open government data charter, here: http://wiki.opengovdata.org/index.php/OpenDataPrinciples By the way, I'm looking for people to help organize egovcamp-like events in  Ottawa and Toronto.  Please let me know if you're interested.  Also, I have a blog post up about a re-designed government services website I saw at Personal Democracy Forum in New York.  I think it looks hot, for a government web page: http://visiblegovernment.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=5&Itemid=29 Jennifer Bell visiblegovernment.ca --- On Tue, 7/1/08, Tracey P. Lauriault <[hidden email]> wrote: From: Tracey P. Lauriault <[hidden email]> Subject: [CivicAccess-discuss] Re: Britain finally signs up to making government data free for re-use! To: "civicaccess discuss" <[hidden email]> Received: Tuesday, July 1, 2008, 1:15 PM oops! Britain finally signs up to making government data free for re-use Michael Cross The Guardian, Thursday June 26, 2008 http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jun/26/freeourdata.politics?gusrc=rss&feed=technology On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Tracey P. Lauriault <[hidden email]> wrote: Check out the Guardian article!  Now all we need to do is get canada on board! -- Tracey P. Lauriault [hidden email] https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault -- Tracey P. Lauriault Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre Dept. of Geography and Environmental Studies Carleton University Ottawa (ON) Canada [hidden email] 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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