Re: Need your input - city open data resolution

Posted by Tracey P. Lauriault on
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/Need-your-input-city-open-data-resolution-tp1853p1859.html

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
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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
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Tracey P. Lauriault
613-234-2805
https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault

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Tracey P. Lauriault
613-234-2805
https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault