[CivicAccess-discuss] Open Data Information

[Tracey P. Lauriault]

I prepared the following for something else (municipal open data) MOD
project under discussion and thought it would be a nice brief for here too!

*Suggested license - Creative Commons Attribution:*

   - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ca/
   - *Governments that use Creative Commons Licenses:*
      - http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Government_use_of_CC_licenses

*Federal Government Unrestricted User License:*

   - http://www.geobase.ca/geobase/en/licence.jsp
   - Templates for this license and a few other models are available here -
   http://www.geoconnections.org/publications/Best_practices_guide/Guide_to_Best_Practices_Summer_2008_Final_EN.pdf
   - You can read the *executive summary* here -
   http://www.geoconnections.org/publications/Best_practices_guide/Executive_Summary_EN_V2_2008.htm

*Municipal Open Data Projects Canada:*

   - City of Vancouver - https://www.socialtext.net/vandata/index.cgi
   - City of Nanaimo - http://www.nanaimo.ca/datafeeds/
   - City of Toronto - http://www.toronto.ca/open/catalogue.htm
   - City of Edmonton -
   http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/city_organization/city-of-edmonton-open-data-initiative.aspx
   - City of Calgary -
   http://blog.mastermaq.ca/2009/07/21/calgary-takes-first-steps-toward-becoming-an-open-city/
   - City of Ottawa - Coming soon

*Federal Government Open Data Projects:*

   - *Geogratis* - http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/geogratis/en/index.html
   - *GeoBase* - http://www.geobase.ca/geobase/en/index.html
   - *GeoConnections Discovery Portal* -
   http://www.geoconnections.org/en/index.html - (go to what are you looking
   for in orange box on left) *NOTE:* Do go and look for data and read the
   full documentation of whatever data you find to give you an idea of what
   good metadata are.  This is a catalogue that a city can register their data
   sets to.
   - *Canadian Institute for Health Research* - Policy on Access to Research
   Outputs - http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/34846.html
   - *International Polar Year Canada Data Policy* -
   http://www.ipy-api.gc.ca/pg_IPYAPI_055-eng.html
   - *Data Liberation Initiative* -
   http://www.statcan.gc.ca/dli-ild/dli-idd-eng.htm - *NOTE:* data
   restricted to Canadian universities and colleges only, but it was a first
   start at getting statcan data into the hands of Canadian academics and
   students.

*International Open Data Projects:*

   -
      - US Open Government Initiative - http://www.whitehouse.gov/Open
      - Washington DC - http://data.octo.dc.gov/
      - New York City -
      http://www.nyc.gov/html/datamine/html/home/home.shtml
      - San Francisco - http://www.datasf.org/
      - Government of Australia - http://data.australia.gov.au/
      - Government of New Zealand -
      http://blog.e.govt.nz/index.php/2009/08/27/draft-open-access-and-licensing-framework-released/and
      http://www.e.govt.nz/policy/information-data/nzgoalframework.html
      - UK Ordinance Survey -
      http://www.communities.gov.uk/news/corporate/1385429


*Media about open data:*

   - NYTimes - *Local Governments Offer Data to Software Tinkerers* -
   http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/technology/internet/07cities.html (This
   article contains great links to innovative projects using open data)
   - CBC - *City of Vancouver embraces open data, standards and source* -
   http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/22/tech-vancouver-open-source-standards-software-city.html
   - CBC - YouTube City of Toronto David Miller -
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGM9G8ibRPk
   - Prediction #2: Government Data Transparency will open new
   private/public sector opportunities in New York in 2010* - *
   http://www.businessinsider.com/barack-obama-and-michael-bloomberg-will-transform-public-policy-on-technology-2009-12?utm_source=Triggermail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=SAI%20Select%2C%20Thursday%2C%2012%2F24%2F09

*Innovations stemming from Open Data Projects:*

   - City Transit Applications - Put down the bus schedule, pick up your
   phone - http://www.twincities.com/ci_14108478?nclick_check=1
   - NY City Big Apps competition - http://www.nycbigapps.com/
   - UK Guardian Data Blog - http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog
   - BC Budget Visualizations – DIY Transparency & Local Government -
   http://blog.blprnt.com/blog/blprnt/bc-budget-visualizations
   - Australia Government 2.0 Task Force *mashup contest *-
   http://mashupaustralia.org/
   - Fix my Street Canada - http://www.fixmystreet.ca/
   - When designers get data - Visualizar'09 - Public Data, Data in Public:
   Projects Overview

   http://infosthetics.com/archives/2009/12/the_third_edition_of_visualizar.html
   - Data Visualization Activism: Showing the Trends in Global Temperature

   http://infosthetics.com/archives/2009/12/data_visualization_activism_showing_trends_in_global_temperature.html

*Open Knowledge Foundation Comparison of Municipal Open Data
Projects*(dated oct. 29) :

   -
   http://blog.okfn.org/2009/10/27/open-data-on-cities-an-international-round-up/

*Open data lists:*

   - CivicAccess -
http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss- see the
archive threads for a list
   - Datalibre.ca (Blog) - http://datalibre.ca/
   - Visible Government (Blog) - http://visiblegovernment.ca



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