[euopendata] [psi-workers] [open-government] Rules + website for Open Data Challenge

Fri Apr 1 23:24:21 UTC 2011

Hi all,

Just a quick note to say that the rules have been revised based on
input from the list. Also based on feedback and the vote which we held
[1], it seems like the majority of people are in favour of having the
site just in English for now. While I agree that disseminating this in
multiple languages is a great idea (from the outset I've been
*strongly* in favour of having as many EU languages as possible, like
our energy.publicdata.eu application) - from my point of view the
issue is more how we process entries in multiple languages, especially
given the short time frame between the competition closing (4th June)
and winners being announced (16th June).

In any case - more on the competition very soon! If you'd like to be
kept in the loop before the launch, please enter your details here:
http://bit.ly/odc-preview

Very exciting to have the ball rolling on this! :-)

All the best,

Jonathan

[1] http://www.doodle.com/zqkqvixzq5ccvtv2

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Lorenzo Benussi
<lorenzo.benussi at gmail.com> wrote:
> I agree with Daniel: english should be enough (why only French and German and not Spanish and Italian too?).
> I am positive with submitting proposals in two languages with a copy in english because it is necessary for the reviewing process.
> my2cent
> ciao, lorenzo
>
> Il giorno 31/mar/2011, alle ore 10.01, Daniel Dietrich ha scritto:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I would like to disagree. I do not think it's really a good idea to start with more than english, because
>>
>> - it's not necessary
>> - people will ask why there is no Finnish and Romanian
>> - it will end up in more and more work
>>
>> A completely different question is to allow for (but not encourage to) submissions in all EU languages
>>
>> Finally I agree with others that we should ask how the commission thinks about this.
>>
>> my2cent
>> Daniel
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 28.03.2011, at 14:11, Paul Meller wrote:
>>
>>> I also replied via Doodle. I agree with Federico that the website, rules etc could be in English but the initial invites should be in at least the three core EU languages - English, French and German.
>>> Also I think entrants should be able to submit in these three languages. I know it means more work processing the submissions but if this is to be a pan-EUropean contest I think you can't avoid doing this. Perhaps we should check with the European Commission...
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Paul
>>>
>>>
>>> On 28 March 2011 11:33, Federico Morando <federico.morando at polito.it> wrote:
>>> On 03/26/2011 07:15 PM, Jonathan Gray wrote:
>>> What do people think? I've created a poll on "Should the Open Data
>>> Challenge website be in multiple languages?" here:
>>> I answered online, but I want to add that the call (i.e. the email that we send around) could probably be in multiple languages, while the website and the rules should be in English, imho; moreover, I would ask for submissions including English as one of the languages. In fact, doing otherwise would be nice, but it would require a lot of additional effort and this is probably excessive in the context of a project without any EU funding...
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Federico
>>>
>>>
>>>
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