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This blog is now archived
This blog is no longer being updated. If you're interested in how we're using performance analysis and data science in government, read about it on the cross-government data blog.
New data.gov.uk harvesting
data.gov.uk is announcing the launch of new 'harvesters' to help public bodies add their datasets to data.gov.uk in bulk. In particular this helps Local Authorities who are publishing data to their local websites to also automatically list those datasets on …
ODUG Response to Consultation on the UK implementation of the EU Directive on the re-use of public sector information
The Open Data User Group (ODUG) is pleased to have the opportunity to comment on the UK Government’s proposed implementation of the amended EU Directive on the re-use of Public Sector Information (PSI) (Directive 2013/37/EU), a consultation from The National …
Transparency Team on Tour: How Open Data in Leeds is transforming the city's future
Local open data has enormous potential. This has been the message from people in many different parts of government and beyond for some time. But in this period of ongoing austerity, where local government is facing significant budget cuts, how and …
NII Workshop 3 - Ontologies
The third workshop looked at what type of classification or categorisation should be behind the NII. This classification would apply to both the list and the framework, as well as changing while playing a part in modifying the current thematic …
NII Workshop 2 - Criteria and Conditions
The second workshop in the series dealt with the criteria to be applied when deciding if a data product must be in the NII and what conditions should adhere to that data once there. The most common view was …
ODUG Membership Refresh
The Open Data User Group (ODUG) is about to kick-off for its third year with a refreshed membership. It’s important to me that I review the membership each year for a number of reasons. For example: being an ODUG member …
Reminder of EU Call for INSPIRE Facilitators – Closes 19/09/14
Although you may have missed the call for thematic clusters facilitators that the Joint Research Centre (JRC) published over the holidays there is still time to register an interest (but note the deadline for applying is the 19th September 2014). …
Realising Early Benefits: How local authorities in England are implementing INSPIRE and reaping the benefits
Like some central government departments that published their data to fulfil the requirements of the INSPIRE directive, local authorities in England are expected to do the same. If we learned anything from the central government departments that implemented INSPIRE earlier …
Revisiting the National Information Infrastructure - Workshop 1 [definition and scope]
Last year, in response to the two pronged approach to the publication of open data suggested in the Shakespeare review, the UK government launched a proposition to create a National Information Infrastructure (NII); containing the data held by Government which …
OpenDataCommunities re-launched with a new look and new features
OpenDataCommunities is all about helping you, the user, get the DCLG data you want, how you want, when you want. So over the last couple of months we’ve been working hard with our contractors Swirrl to redesign the site and …
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