[open-government] Contribute to the Open Data Census

Laura James laura.james at okfn.org
Tue Oct 8 09:01:43 UTC 2013


Ole,

We have a ticket open for this:
https://github.com/okfn/opendatacensus/issues/172  If we remove the
orange/amber, do we still have an issue with the red and green?  would be
good to have the views of more colour blind viewers...

Best regards,

Laura


On 8 October 2013 09:23, <Ole.Wintermann at bertelsmann-stiftung.de> wrote:

>  Hi,
>
>  I am colorblind too. Its always very sad to watch at graphics that can´t
> be interpreted because of the problematic choice of colors. There are a
> multiple platforms that provide colorblind RGB schemes. Its just a small
> step for the designer but a huge step for colrblind people.
>
>  Would be really great if that can taken into account!
>
>  All the best
>
>  Ole Wintermann
>  ------------------------------
> *Von:* open-government-bounces at lists.okfn.org [
> open-government-bounces at lists.okfn.org]" im Auftrag von "James McKinney [
> james at opennorth.ca]
> *Gesendet:* Freitag, 4. Oktober 2013 19:53
> *An:* Christian Villum
> *Cc:* Open Government WG List; Open Knowledge Foundation discussion list
> *Betreff:* Re: [open-government] Contribute to the Open Data Census
>
>  Hi Christian,
>
>  I'm colorblind (I still see lots of colors, though!) and it's impossible
> for me to distinguish the green from what I'm guessing is orange at the URL
> below, for example. Can you change the orange to another color? Blue would
> be great at any lightness/saturation.
>
>  http://2013.census.okfn.org/country/overview/Canada/
>
>  Thanks,
>
>  James
>
>
>  On 2013-10-04, at 10:38 AM, Christian Villum wrote:
>
>  Dear all,
>
>  A few days ago we've launched a brand new and improved submission system
> for the Open Data Census; the citizen sourced assessment tool for open
> government data.
>
>  We are therefore inviting the public to help submit datasets to map
> government data in their country - or suggest updates to existing entries:
>
>  http://2013.census.okfn.org/contribute/
>
>  Anyone can submit, and if you're furthermore interested in helping
> review submissions, then get in touch with us on the Open Data Census
> discussion list [1] or write to us on census at okfn.org.
>
>  -Christian
>
>  [1] http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/open-data-census
>
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