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

Wed Jun 22 18:46:02 BST 2011

Amazing. What do others think?

Re: one list to rule them all - Yes! For what its worth we're really
trying to get *everyone* on board for this. ;-)

Off the record: I've just emailed the UN, Cabinet Office, Sunlight,
Civic Commons, data.gov.uk, data.gov.au and loads of other people.
Still going through my address book - and will probably end up
contacting all national initiatives with an interest in knowing what
is going on in their country (e.g. at local/regional level) and
abroad.

The more people are on board, the more expertise we can harness, the
more pairs of eyes/hands, etc - the easier this list gets to maintain.

J.

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 7:38 PM, Ton Zijlstra <ton.zijlstra at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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/
>>
>> --
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>>
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