[epsi-coord] Trailblazers

[Ton Zijlstra]

On Thursday, March 8, 2012, Tom Kronenburg <Tom.Kronenburg at zenc.nl> wrote:
> I have registered them...
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> But, there is hardly any evidence online of any accomplishments... :)
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> To be honest, I think they have not yet achieved much!
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> Op 07-03-12 22:31 schreef Hans Graux <hans.graux at timelex.eu>:
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>>I think that would be OK, yes. One small question: Marc pointed out to me
>>that the people behind Rotterdam Open Data (www.rotterdamopendata.org)
>>would also like to present their initiative at the conference, and they
>>might make a good candidate as well (especially since it's a 'home match'
>>for them). However, they don't seem to be on our shortlist. Have they not
>>registered as a trailblazer candidate? Just thought I'd doublecheck with
>>you first.
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>>Hans
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>>-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>>Van: epsi-coord-bounces at lists.okfn.org
>>[mailto:epsi-coord-bounces at lists.okfn.org] Namens Daniel Dietrich
>>Verzonden: woensdag 7 maart 2012 21:01
>>Aan: epsi-coord at lists.okfn.org
>>Onderwerp: Re: [epsi-coord] Trailblazers
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>>Thanks Hans, I agree and am happy to change the categories, but "societal
>>impact, economic impact and innovation" is difficult. Do you think it
>>might be a problem with the EC if we changed to simple PSI categories? I
>>also don't insist having Infor.am we could drop or change to
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>>Znasichdani, corporate data, public procurement: http://znasichdani.sk/
>>[SK]
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>>So the revised list would look:
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>>1. Sejmometr, parliamentary data: http://sejmometr.pl/ [PL]
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>>Technically and visually very well elaborated website that makes data from
>>the polish parliament available. Awarded for category: "parliamentary
>>data"
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>>2. Znasichdani, corporate data, public procurement: http://znasichdani.sk/
>>[SK]
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>>Project allows for Search for persons and companies that do business with
>>the state.
>>Awarded for category: "procurement data"
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>>3. Open Cultuur Data, cultural heritage data:
>>http://www.opencultuurdata.nl/ [NL]
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>>Project that opens up cultural heritage data and encourages development of
>>valuable cultural applications. Awarded for category: "cultural heritage
>>data"
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>>4. TrafikLab, transport data: http://trafiklab.se/ [SE]
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>>Single point of entry for developers interested in traffic-related data
>>such as public transit, parking and road accidents. Data is available over
>>variety of transport-related open API's. Awarded for category: "traffic
>>data"
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>>On 07.03.2012, at 18:31, Hans Graux wrote:
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>>> Hi Daniel,
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>>> That looks like a good list to me. From my side, I don't think it's a
>>big
>>> problem to have 4 categories instead of 3, although I would then prefer
>>to
>>> re-label them. If we base them around certain sectors/types of PSI
>>(which
>>> is now the case with candidate 3 and 4: culture and mobility), the
>>> Commission might ask why we chose those instead of e.g. budget data,
>>GIS,
>>> etc.
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>>> Initially, we suggested the categories societal impact, economic impact
>>> and innovation, so that there was no link to specific sectors. Mixing
>>that
>>> with your list, we could maybe have something like:
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>>> * Sejmometr for Transparency and democracy
>>> * Infogr.am for Innovative re-use tools (there is a weakness there that
>>> Infogr.am is not specifically designed for PSI, if I'm not mistaken, but
>>> if we can give some PSI use examples then that should be OK)
>>> * Open Cultuur Data for Unlocking heritage
>>> * TraficLab as High economic potential
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>>> The last two categories might be a bit weak (especially 'Unlocking
>>> heritage', which is not really different from culture...), but it still
>>> seems better to have sector-agnostic categories. I don't suppose you
>>know
>>> whether the Open Cultuur Data or TrafikLab cases have any specific
>>> interesting economic data behind it? That would be even easier...
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>>> Hans
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