[ckan-discuss] Canadian data-sharing hub: BuzzData

Tue May 3 16:53:15 BST 2011

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> Hello all,
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> Below is a brief summary of BuzzData, a soon-to-launch data-sharing
> platform being developed in Toronto, Canada. BuzzData's CTO Pete Forde has
> recently begun discussing with Rufus Pollock the common ground between CKAN
> and BuzzData and how they might work together in the future.
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> While BuzzData cannot make the OKFN Open Data Catalogue Interoperability
> Workshops this week, we hope that the summary below might spark a few
> discussion points within the OKFN/CKAN group that will find their way back
> to us.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Momoko (BuzzData community builder)
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> BUZZDATA, THE SOCIAL DATA HUB:
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> BuzzData is a data-sharing hub that emphasizes user visibility and
> interaction. While several data websites have launched over the last year
> (DataMarket, Timetric, Infochimps), many of them tend to focus largely on a
> “broadcast” model of data distribution — in that they compile the data and
> then offer it to their subscribers, generally a one-way street.
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> The BuzzData team has been greatly influenced by the success and philosophy
> of Github, and has been building their platform’s infrastructure similarly,
> with a community-first angle that predisposes users to connect with each
> other and collaborate *through* data, rather than simply connecting to
> data alone.
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> BuzzData allows users to build a visible profile that shows their activity,
> connections and data. Users will also be able to search for topics and
> people, in addition to datasets. Every dataset published in BuzzData is
> accompanied with a summary page, links page, and questions/discussion page
> such that data is released with *context*, rather than standing alone.
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> A key feature of BuzzData is the ability to watch activity related to given
> data, as well as changes to a dataset. Should a given dataset, topic or
> person interest you, you will be able to tag it such that you’ll be notified
> when something new has occurred in association with it. Further, like
> Github, BuzzData allows for version control — users can clone data, edit it,
> and merge it, while the original source and revision history of the data is
> always accessible.
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> BuzzData aims to launch its beta in mid-June — if you are interested in
> trying BuzzData and giving feedback on how best to improve it, please see
> www.buzzdata.com and add your name to the invite list. We welcome
> especially the insight of those who are passionate about data
> democratization.
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>

Momoko Price
Online Editor
BuzzData.com
momoko at buzzdata.com
Twitter: @buzzdata
c: (647) 504-7059
o: (416) 977-0269
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