[open-data-manual] Division of content between Data Patterns and Open Data Manual

Mon Aug 8 08:19:53 UTC 2011

Hello,

I do agree with the proposal as I think that the two distinct audiences
should be approached differently. Once from a point of view where there is
no knowledge of open data beforehand and once from the point of view where
the basics are already known.

Regards,
Sven

On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Friedrich Lindenberg <
friedrich.lindenberg at okfn.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I think it makes a lot of sense separating these two along the lines
> that you have proposed. We must of course link over from the one to
> the other, but I think the target audiences are just too different and
> if each half doesn't care about 50% of the content, why stuff it
> together?
>
> - Friedrich
>
> On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>
> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Friedrich recently proposed idea of a Data Patterns book/manual to
> > complement the Open Data Manual:
> >
> > <
> http://blog.okfn.org/2011/08/04/datapatterns-org-lets-collect-some-tricks-for-data-wrangling/
> >
> >
> > Idea is that Data Patterns would focus more on practical 'data
> > wrangling' while Open Data Manual would be more focused on a basic
> > intro and policy / process aspects. Some more possible differences are
> > summarized below.
> >
> > Question: does this seem like a good idea or should we have everything
> > in one big manual?
> >
> > This has immediate practical relevance as some of the items in
> > http://wiki.okfn.org/Open_Data_Manual#Sections_that_need_authors would
> > seem to be more suited to Data Patterns (e.g. "Generating information
> > from data") -- though there is no reason that general contributions to
> > both could not be organized through a single central process with a
> > particular contribution being allocated to DP or ODM once written.
> >
> > Rufus
> >
> > Differences between ODM (Open Data Manual) and DP (Data Patterns)
> >
> > Target Audience:
> >  * ODM: people new to open data and esp open gov data area. Focus
> > more on policy and process of doing open data
> >  * DP: Data Wranglers
> >
> > Translation:
> >  * ODM: Yes
> >  * DP: No
> >
> > Contributions:
> >  * ODM: from anyone but with a structured process (non-technical process)
> >  * DP: just fork the repo and add a chapter (more technically oriented)
> >
>
>
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