In my previous post I argued that a combination of ‘chance’ and open data can lead to good stuff happening. I supplied a few examples, and also mentioned ‘engineering serendipity’, where ‘chance’ is given a bit of a boost. In …
The European Commission has put out a call inviting metadata experts who directly or indirectly work on data portals hosting spatial data to participate in a new Working Group to develop the GeoDCAT-AP specification. GeoDCAT-AP will make it easier to …
When we set out on a journey towards greater transparency, our focus was squarely on getting data out of government and into the hands of citizens. We worked with central government departments to support commitments set out in their Open …
Hot on the heels of our Lambeth visit, the Transparency Team headed south-west to Devon. We were eager to see the impact of Devon’s anointment to the ODI Node Network and what open data means for a rural county. The …
In November, the Transparency Team continued its tour across the UK with a visit to Cambridgeshire. Cambridgeshire Insight and district councils were recently awarded £122,000 from the Cabinet Office’s Release of Data Fund and they are using it to get …
The context Health organisations generate vast amounts of data, some of which can provide both health professionals and the general public with insights that can inform their choices. The great majority of this data is very useful at an aggregate …
This article outlines some new open, re-usable LinkedData datasets hosted from OpenDataCommunities and a basic application for you to explore services provided by Local Authorities. I’ll start with a caveat and a “thank you”. The caveat: the datasets are our first attempt at developing …
Here in the UK we love to talk about the weather; it’s in our nature. But whilst we humans can deal with the ambiguity of everyday conversations, machines and software agents just don’t stand a chance. We might say that …
The Open Data User Group is an independent advisory group to government, championing the needs of open data users. It highlights public sector data with real potential to bring social and economic benefit and works with the Government to promote its release as open data.
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