[euopendata] Getting started with CKAN in the Netherlands -- nl.ckan.net?

Thu Jun 17 10:18:22 UTC 2010

Hi Jonathan,

I'd be happy to help out, but am excruciatingly busy at the moment (at least until the end of the month). I understand James is able to arrange something?

Cheers,
Rinke

On 17 jun 2010, at 11:18, Jonathan Gray wrote:

> Dear Rinke, Christophe, Arthur,
> 
> I was just talking to Ton Zijlstra about the possibility of setting up
> a Dutch instance of CKAN, the open source data registry software used
> in data.gov.uk -- in the first instance at nl.ckan.net.
> 
> I wonder whether any of you know anyone who might be willing to help
> with the translation? I understand that this takes around 2 to 4
> hours.
> 
> Apparently in July a study will be published giving details of open
> (and not so open) datasets from the Dutch government. If we can get a
> hold of the material underlying this study in e.g. spreadsheets format
> (which Ton thinks we might be able to) and under an open license, then
> we can load this into the registry to get it started!
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Jonathan
> 
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> 
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