[ok-scotland] Open Knowledge Discussion Forum

Sun Sep 27 17:52:43 UTC 2015

Hi everyone,

This is just to let you all know about the relatively new Open Knowledge Discussion Forum at https://discuss.okfn.org <https://discuss.okfn.org/>

There is an increasing amount of interesting material being posted and discussed on the Forum, so it's well worth exploring. It’s also a promising alternative to to endless emails! You will need to set up an account to login to the Forum. 

If there is enough interest, we could look into setting up a Scotland-specific topic area on the Forum — let me know.

I’m appending a digest to give you a flavour of the discussion topics.

Regards

Ewan

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A brief summary of Open Knowledge Forums <https://discuss.okfn.org/> since your last visit on 09-20-2015
Popular posts

Custom licenses in Argentina <https://discuss.okfn.org/t/custom-licenses-in-argentina/1149> 
 Open Data Index <https://discuss.okfn.org/c/open-data-index>
Hi, in Argentina we have at least 3 cases of licenses that are free but not validated against Open Definition.

Any Alternative to Meetup.com for Local Groups? <https://discuss.okfn.org/t/any-alternative-to-meetup-com-for-local-groups/1186> 
 Events and Meetups <https://discuss.okfn.org/c/network-and-community/events-and-meetups>
Meetup removed the Meetup Everywhere service we used to use.

Right now we recommend people use http://attending.io/ <http://attending.io/> for running meetup style events.

Remembering Michael Bauer <https://discuss.okfn.org/t/remembering-michael-bauer/1166> 
 Network and Community <https://discuss.okfn.org/c/network-and-community>
We are deeply saddened to hear that our colleague and community member Michael Bauer has unexpectedly passed away.

Deadline for submission is extended - now until the 28th of September! <https://discuss.okfn.org/t/deadline-for-submission-is-extended-now-until-the-28th-of-september/1264> 
 Global Open Data Index 2015 <https://discuss.okfn.org/c/open-data-index/global-open-data-index-2015>
Hello all,

We got lots of requests to extend the Index submissions time. If you missed our tweet about it, just to let you know you can submit until the 28th of September.

Open Government Data - where to next? <https://discuss.okfn.org/t/open-government-data-where-to-next/1156> 
 Australia <https://discuss.okfn.org/c/local-groups/okau>
In a recent discussion with David Read within the CKAN dev email list I put down some thoughts in relation to something I say quite often. For those who don't know what CKAN is, it is the open source project that is used to support open data portals such as data.gov.au and many others in Australia and around the world. Anyhoo, I made comments about how I recognise machines as the primary users for CKAN, custodians the secondary and end users are tertiary.

Popular topics

Open Knowledge Branded Presentation Templates <https://discuss.okfn.org/t/open-knowledge-branded-presentation-templates/1193> 2  Meta <https://discuss.okfn.org/c/meta>
Open Knowledge Meetup - Paris - 24 September 2015 <https://discuss.okfn.org/t/open-knowledge-meetup-paris-24-september-2015/1285> 4  Events and Meetups <https://discuss.okfn.org/c/network-and-community/events-and-meetups>
Governments submission of data to the Global Open Data Index? <https://discuss.okfn.org/t/governments-submission-of-data-to-the-global-open-data-index/1154> 4  Global Open Data Index 2015 <https://discuss.okfn.org/c/open-data-index/global-open-data-index-2015>
A phrasebook for refugees <https://discuss.okfn.org/t/a-phrasebook-for-refugees/1155> 1  Open Health <https://discuss.okfn.org/c/working-groups/open-health>
Is there a model for frictionless science? <https://discuss.okfn.org/t/is-there-a-model-for-frictionless-science/1203> 1  Open Science <https://discuss.okfn.org/c/working-groups/open-science>
Can we add Afghanistan to the Index? <https://discuss.okfn.org/t/can-we-add-afghanistan-to-the-index/1177> 2  Global Open Data Index 2015 <https://discuss.okfn.org/c/open-data-index/global-open-data-index-2015>
Clinical Trials scraping <https://discuss.okfn.org/t/clinical-trials-scraping/1294> 3  Open Trials <https://discuss.okfn.org/c/projects/open-trials>
User feedback for the CKAN project <https://discuss.okfn.org/t/user-feedback-for-the-ckan-project/1204> 5  CKAN <https://discuss.okfn.org/c/projects/ckan>
Why Syria is not on Open Data Index countries list? <https://discuss.okfn.org/t/why-syria-is-not-on-open-data-index-countries-list/1150> 2  Global Open Data Index 2015 <https://discuss.okfn.org/c/open-data-index/global-open-data-index-2015>
OpenSpending Community - Introductions <https://discuss.okfn.org/t/openspending-community-introductions/1145> 2  OpenSpending <https://discuss.okfn.org/c/openspending>
Open Data Assessments <https://discuss.okfn.org/t/open-data-assessments/1120> 3  Policy and Research <https://discuss.okfn.org/c/policy-research>
National Statistics and yearly population census minimum criteria <https://discuss.okfn.org/t/national-statistics-and-yearly-population-census-minimum-criteria/1313> 3  Global Open Data Index 2015 <https://discuss.okfn.org/c/open-data-index/global-open-data-index-2015>
Publicly available if login required? <https://discuss.okfn.org/t/publicly-available-if-login-required/1308> 6  Open Data Index <https://discuss.okfn.org/c/open-data-index>
Multiple URIs in the field of "URL of data online" in the census <https://discuss.okfn.org/t/multiple-uris-in-the-field-of-url-of-data-online-in-the-census/1143> 3  Open Data Index <https://discuss.okfn.org/c/open-data-index>
Water Quality dataset <https://discuss.okfn.org/t/water-quality-dataset/1137> 5  Global Open Data Index 2015 <https://discuss.okfn.org/c/open-data-index/global-open-data-index-2015>
More new topics:

Global Open Data Index 2015 7  <https://discuss.okfn.org/c/open-data-index/global-open-data-index-2015>Meta 4  <https://discuss.okfn.org/c/meta>Australia 4  <https://discuss.okfn.org/c/local-groups/okau>Open Knowledge Labs 4  <https://discuss.okfn.org/c/open-knowledge-labs>Brasil 3  <https://discuss.okfn.org/c/local-groups/okbr>Local Groups 3  <https://discuss.okfn.org/c/local-groups>TimeMapper 3 <https://discuss.okfn.org/c/open-knowledge-labs/timemapper>Events and Meetups 2  <https://discuss.okfn.org/c/network-and-community/events-and-meetups>Australia Index 1  <https://discuss.okfn.org/c/open-data-index/australia-index>Local Open Data Index 1 <https://discuss.okfn.org/c/open-data-index/local-open-data-index>
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