[open-government] API for brainstorming and example

Tue Aug 17 13:43:19 UTC 2010

Simon: ch.ckan.net isn't set up yet, but hopefully will be soon. We
can then make a nice front end at any URL you like, e.g. using Drupal
for customisation. CKAN is open-source software which powers
data.gov.uk and being used to set up more than a dozen data catalogues
around the world.

If you're interested in Swiss data catalogue (or if anyone else wants
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On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Simon Perdrisat <perdrisat at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> So apparently they are no standard API for a brainstorming application.
>
> I got in touch with developer of ideatorrent a month ago. Sadly, this
> application need a rebuild from scratch. For the moment, it is not in the
> "Drupal way" and not flexible. BTW, I think we can almost do the same
> without the ideatorrent module but with other more generic solution. They
> are also a new version 6.x-2.0.x-dev at
> http://drupal.org/project/ideatorrent but it need work.
>
> I can help for that and also to create a clone of data.gov (this is really
> easy) or better but harder http://www.socrata.com. Anyway, I think the data
> server and the fancy visualization service should be completely separate
> project.
>
> I receive a mail from Claire Gallon but she didn't send to the list :/. She
> create a catalog of "needed data" and she try now to get it for France. I
> can push that on google doc and tranlsate it.
>
> I can't access to ch.ckan.net :(. For my point of view having one main
> domain for the "swiss open gov" (like openadmin.ch) would be more easy to
> promote.
>
>
> Regards
>
> Simon
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 12:41, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:
>>
>> Simon: we are currently in the process of setting up
>> incubator.okfn.org. We've looked into lots of different solutions like
>> IdeaTorrent. For more info see:
>>
>>  http://knowledgeforge.net/okfn/tasks/ticket/141
>>
>> Any interest in helping to set this up? ;-)
>>
>> Also FYI, we're currently talking to various folks about setting a
>> Swiss data catalogue (at ch.ckan.net). We already have
>> French/German/Italian translations we can use for the interface, but
>> don't yet have Rumantsch! ;-)
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>> 2010/8/16 Simon Perdrisat <perdrisat at gmail.com>:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I just subscribe to the list so "hello everybody".
>> >
>> > I'm interested to know more about exciting API and tools for
>> > brainstorming
>> > in an open gov way. I find some API like http://open311.org/ but nothing
>> > for
>> > brainstorming. They are also some open source tools like
>> > http://www.ideatorrent.org but still is not an API.
>> >
>> > I live in Switzerland and we can wait for centuries before the gov open
>> > any
>> > data. I'm affrayed if I create a data platform like data.gov nobody was
>> > interested because it's empty...
>> >
>> > But a brainstorming platform is a tools and can be first used by really
>> > small village and political group too. And so we start create a kind of
>> > data. I hop also other peoples intersted by the subject  in the country
>> > start to work together to push the open gov concept.
>> >
>> > regards
>> >
>> > Simon
>> >
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