[okfn-coord] CKAN and UK open government data

Tue Jul 14 18:30:40 UTC 2009

Just wanted to add a big HOORAY! :-)

This is *really* great news for CKAN, which I'm beginning to see as
the OKF's most important resouce!

Jonathan

On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Rufus Pollock<rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
> (As reported on okfn-discuss a month back) We hope to get CKAN used as
> part of the current effort to get UK effort to get open government
> data online.
>
> Even better, I chatted with John Sheridan and Richard Stirling at
> OpenTech about this and they suggested we should put in a request for
> funds based on this usage. At this first stage the funds would be used
> to develop CKAN to make sure it is really robust but in the longer
> term there would likely be some kind of service agreement.
>
> The suggested ask at this stage was around the 10k mark. As I am sure
> you will all agree this is quite exciting and is a major opportunity
> for us!
>
> Rufus
>
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Jonathan Gray

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