http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/open-source-open-data-project-listings-and-resources-Discussion-on-Gosling-tp1507.html
The following is a conversation that took place on the Gosling list between Jenn and Glenn. I thought it to be relevant here as well, and asked for their permission to post here and they both agreed. Please note the Disclaimer from Glenn here:
The content is rich in resources, and what struck me is the diversity of groups who are thinking about access to data but in very different ways.
2. open source / open data project listings and resources
3. Re: open source / open data project listings and resources
4. query re: 24062-080278/A (Michael Richardson)
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Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:46:58 -0500
From: Glen Newton - NRC/CNRC CISTI/ICIST Research
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I've pulled some of my relevant personal blog postings on this topic.
I'll take this discussion off-list unless there are any more on-list
questions.
-Glen
Australian innovation report recommends Open Access to research
outputs, Creative Commons for government documents, open standards for
publishing
http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2008/09/australian-innovation-report-recommends.html
"Big Data" Nature special issue
http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2008/09/big-data-nature-special-issue.html
"Benefits of Data Sharing for Academic Health Centers"
http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2008/09/benefits-of-data-sharing-for-academic.html
Research Data Archiving = Volumes of data? Conference...
http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2008/09/research-data-archiving-volumes-of-data.html
Open Access / Data release discussion at Genome Canada Conference
http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2008/08/open-access-data-release-discussion-at.html
"Creative Commons / FLOSS-style licensing too restrictive for scientific data"
http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2008/07/creative-commons-floss-style-licensing.html
Data Freedom paper
http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2008/07/data-freedom-paper.html
Sharing Data, Information and Knowledge
http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2008/07/sharing-data-information-and-knowledge.html
Scientific and Statistical Database Management
http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2008/07/scientific-and-statistical-database.html
CIHR Health Summit: "Data Data Everywhere: Access and Accountability"
http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2008/07/cihr-health-summit-data-data-everywhere.html
"Wikipedia for Data"
http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2008/04/wikipedia-for-data.html
"Libraries in the Converging Worlds of Open Data, E-Research, and Web 2.0"
http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2008/04/libraries-in-converging-worlds-of-open.html
Extremely Large Databases
http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2008/03/extremely-large-databases.html
Data-publication linkage report
http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2008/01/data-publication-linkage-report_17.html
AAAS Meeting: "Managing and Preserving Scientific Data: Emerging Perspectives on a Global Basis"
http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2008/01/aaas-meeting-managing-and-preserving.html
Proposed Standard for Citing Quantitative Research Data
http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2008/01/citing-quantitative-research-data.html
CSIRO research program takes data leadership
http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2007/11/csiro-research-program-takes-data.html
New JISC Data Sharing Documents
http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2007/10/new-jisc-data-sharing-documents-as-part.html
Open Data for Global Science
http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2007/09/open-data-for-global-science-codata.html
New Zealand Science and Open Access
http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2007/09/new-zealand-science-and-open-access-in.html
Australia Talks about Research Data Archiving
http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2007/08/australia-talks-about-research-data.html
Stewardship of digital research data: a framework of principles and guidelines
http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2007/06/stewardship-of-digital-research-data.html
Geist: Open Data and Open Access
http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2007/05/geist-open-data-and-open-access-in.html
Data Archiving of Publicly Funded Research in Canada
http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2007/08/data-archiving-of-publicly-funded.html
Data Curation Report
http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/2007/07/data-curation-report-liz-lyon-ukoln-and.html
From: Glen Newton - NRC/CNRC CISTI/ICIST Research <
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Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:11:49 -0500
For question #2 "looking for articles explaining how to publish
data in order to ensure best re-use in an open environment.", there is
a national committee called CODATA[1,5] which involves itself with open
data issues. I have been an observer on the committee since 1999.
>CODATA Objectives
> * The improvement of the quality and accessibility of data, as
> well as the methods by which data are acquired, managed, analysed
> and evaluated, with a particular emphasis on developing countries
> * The facilitation of international cooperation among those collecting, organizing and using data
> * The promotion of an increased awareness in the scientific and
technical community of the importance of these activities
> * The consideration of data access and intellectual property issues
Statistics Canada and NRCan (I believe) have the most data published,
with NRCan seeming to take a more open data approach (StatsCan data is
still costly).
But I see this (question #2) more as an open data question than a
government question. Using open standards like XML and RDF should be
obvious, open data licensing[2,3] has been well developed, and the
whole linked data[4] movement is relevant as well. Certainly on the
science side of things, the open data concept is well understood[7].
Organizations like the Alliance for Taxpayer Access[8] in the
U.S. advocate for broader access, and the Open Data Foundation[9] are
oriented around opening-up mostly national statistical data for the
social sciences.
Note that - while XML is an open standard - specific document
implementations of it - like the MS Office XML format - can
de facto be proprietary and closed. So care must still be taken when
deciding on a particular XML DTD or schema to use.
Tutorials on metadata creation and maintenance - fundamental to any
modern open data release - can be found online. Some good examples:
Workshop on Metadata Standards and Best Practices[10,11,12,13,14],
Scientific Data and Workflow Management[15], Introduction to Metadata[16].
Related: I am on a national committee called Research Data Canada[17]
which is addressing research data issues in Canada, and I have also
participated in the NRC's National Consultation on Access to
Scientific Research Data (NCASRD)[6], which dealt specifically with
publicly funded research data.
I would be willing to be a resource for the person in question.
Thanks,
-Glen
[1]
http://www.codata.org/canada/about.shtml
[2]
http://www.okfn.org/wiki/OpenDataLicensing
[3]
http://events.linkeddata.org/ldow2008/papers/08-miller-styles-open-data-commons.pdf
[4]
http://www4.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/bizer/pub/LinkedDataTutorial/
[5]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_data#Organisations_promoting_Open_Data
[6]
http://data-donnees.gc.ca/eng/ncasrd/index.html
[7]
http://sciencecommons.org/about/towards
[8]
http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/
[9]
http://www.opendatafoundation.org
[10]
http://www.opendatafoundation.org/papers/IZA_200711_session1_Leveraging_Metadata.ppt
[11]
http://www.opendatafoundation.org/papers/IZA_200711_session2_specifications_and_initiatives.ppt
[12]
http://www.opendatafoundation.org/papers/IZA_200711_session3_metadata_in_RDC.ppt
[13]
http://www.opendatafoundation.org/papers/IZA_200711_session4_Data_Documentation_Initiative.ppt
[14]
http://www.opendatafoundation.org/papers/IZA_200711_session5_IHSN_Microdata_Management_Toolkit.ppt
[15]
http://daks.ucdavis.edu/~ludaesch/Paper/edbt06.html
[16]
http://marinemetadata.org/files/mmi/IntroductionToMetadata.pdf from
http://marinemetadata.org/community/teams/workshops/oceans08training
[17]
http://data-donnees.gc.ca/eng/index.html
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From: Jennifer Bell <
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Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:25:57 -0500
Hi,
I recently got an email someone who was starting a project within the
Canadian federal govt. who was looking for 1) recommendations for
using an open source base to implement a business intelligence
application, and 2) looking for articles explaining how to publish
data in order to ensure best re-use in an open environment.
In answer to 1) I recommended GOSLING, and forwarded Joseph's recent
email on his work for iteration.
In answer to 2), I'm asking on the OpenGovernment google group
(
http://groups.google.com/group/open-government), to see what they
say. Does anyone have any made-in-Canada answers?
Also, is there a Canadian equivalent of this site?
http://www.usa.gov/webcontent/
http://www.usa.gov/webcontent/usability/accessibility/access_to_data.shtml
Jennifer
Tracey P. Lauriault