Upcoming Open Data Event IODC16 Madrid. Global goals, local impact The 4th International Open Data Conference, IODC16 will take place in Madrid. October 6-7, 2016. It will be ‘designed not as a single statement on open data, but rather as a curated record of discussions and debates, providing a snapshot of key issues and setting … Continue reading Open Data: Global Goals, Local Impact
There are new or refurbished open data portals to be announced. opendata.swiss Switzerland just published opendata.swiss in a new look for a better presentation of data. See the press release. europeandataportal.eu The European Commission published some months ago the European Data Portal. europeandataportal.eu is much more than a collection of open data. It is an ecosystem … Continue reading Open Data Portals: News
Hans Rosling, co-founder and promoter of the Gapminder Foundation and of gapminder.org fights with statistics against myths (‘Our goal is to replace devastating myths with a fact-based worldview.’) and tries to counterbalance media focussing on war, conflicts and chaos. Here one more example (and this in a media interview…): ‘You can’t use media if you … Continue reading For a fact-based Worldview
Hans Rosling, co-founder and promoter of the Gapminder Foundation and of gapminder.org fights with statistics against myths (‘Our goal is to replace devastating myths with a fact-based worldview.’) and tries to counterbalance media focussing on war, conflicts and chaos. Here one more example (and this in a media interview…): ‘You can’t use media if you … Continue reading For a fact-based Worldview
Open Data is a much-debated topic and – since the Obama administration launched Data.gov on May 21, 2009 – an international competition, too. Nearly 400 Open-Data Portals emerged meanwhile. But very often there is more concern about the number of published data than about the content of these data. GODI This issue has been addressed by … Continue reading From Quantity to Quality
Open Data is a much-debated topic and – since the Obama administration launched Data.gov on May 21, 2009 – an international competition, too. Nearly 400 Open-Data Portals emerged meanwhile. But very often there is more concern about the number of published data than about the content of these data. GODI This issue has been addressed by … Continue reading From Quantity to Quality
In OECD’s brand new publication ‘Government at a Glance 2015’ we can find a new indicator: The OUR Index. It stands for ‘Open, Useful, Reusable Government Data’. ‘The new OECD OURdata Index reveals that many countries have made progress in making public data more available and accessible, but large variations remain, not least with respect to the quality … Continue reading Open, Useful, Reusable
In OECD’s brand new publication ‘Government at a Glance 2015’ we can find a new indicator: The OUR Index. It stands for ‘Open, Useful, Reusable Government Data’. ‘The new OECD OURdata Index reveals that many countries have made progress in making public data more available and accessible, but large variations remain, not least with respect to the quality … Continue reading Open, Useful, Reusable
What’s the problem? Which data are needed to solve it? Who gets an advantage of it? These few questions are valuable key for implementing the open data culture. Open data not as ‘l’art pour l’art’ but in a pragmatic approach, demonstrating that the ‘proof of the pudding is in the eating’. It seems to work … Continue reading The Cui-bono Approach to Open Data
What’s the problem? Which data are needed to solve it? Who gets an advantage of it? These few questions are valuable key for implementing the open data culture. Open data not as ‘l’art pour l’art’ but in a pragmatic approach, demonstrating that the ‘proof of the pudding is in the eating’. It seems to work … Continue reading The Cui-bono Approach to Open Data
