[epsi-coord] ePSIplatform as a partner for DataCatalogs.org?

Wed Jun 22 18:38:54 BST 2011

Hi all,

personally I think this is a useful idea. The trick of course always is to
be recognized as the one list to rule them all by the other stakeholders.
I for one, know that maintaining the list as it currently is in the
epsiplatform was/is a pain to maintain, and I'd rather contribute to a
shared list that pools many different efforts, and then in turn show that in
the platform.

So, I'm all for it.

best,
Ton
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On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 7:15 PM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm writing to ask whether ePSIplatform might consider being a partner
> for a new website called DataCatalogs.org? DataCatalogs.org aims to be
> *the* canonical list of open data catalogues from around the world -
> both from government and citizen driven sources.
>
> We've found that lots of people have been duplicating the work of
> maintaing lists of catalogs and we'd like to do something about it!
> Hence we're trying to bring key stakeholders from around the world
> together to collaborate on a single list. More background information
> is available here [1] and a demo is available here [2].
>
> In the first instance partnership will entail:
>
>   i. Having the ePSIplatform logo on the about page of the website
>   ii. Having a designated person who has an administrative account and
> could help to curate the list (this can be as much or as little
> commitment as we'd like)
>  iii. Helping to promote the site as the de facto place to list data
> catalogues for the open data community
>
> What do you think? I'd be grateful if you could let me know ASAP, as
> we are aiming to launch this project at our annual conference, OKCon
> 2011 (okcon.org) in Berlin on 30th June.
>
> In any case I hope you are all well!
>
> All the best,
>
> Jonathan
>
> [1] http://lod2.okfn.org/2011/06/07/next-steps-on-datacatalogs-org/
> [2] http://ec2-46-51-149-132.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com:8081/
>
> --
> Jonathan Gray
>
> Community Coordinator
> The Open Knowledge Foundation
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