Re: The case for context in defining Open Data

Posted by Heather Morrison-2 on Feb 26, 2013; 7:43pm
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/The-case-for-context-in-defining-Open-Data-tp5474p5481.html

On 2013-02-26, at 11:17 AM, James McKinney wrote:

The OKF definition covers a set of desirable qualities that we want to see in government-published data, and strikes a balance between what we want and what we are likely to get.

Comment / questions:

1.  Please define "we".

2. Can you explain precisely how the OKF definition "strikes a balance between what we want and what we are likely to get" in the context of the Weenusk First Nations' concerns?

From Ted Strauss' blogpost:

"In northern Ontario, the provincial government recently conducted an aerial geological survey and was on track to publish the results publicly online (source). The mining industry was more than ready to review this free data collected at tax-payers expense. But the Weenusk First Nation, whose land was unknowingly part of the survey, did not see openness in the same light. “To us, freedom doesn’t have staked claims,” Weenusk Chief Edmund Hunter said".

Te Strauss' case for context can be found here:
http://blog.trudat.co/the-case-for-context/

best,

Heather Morrison
The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics
http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com



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