[OKFN-AU] blog posts for humanity [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

Mon Dec 10 22:46:07 UTC 2012

+1. I would be really interested to read it, I work in a related area.

On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Tim De Sousa <Tim.DeSousa at oaic.gov.au>wrote:

>  I would suggest a blog post on the push for open research – both the
> National Health and Medical Research Council and the Australian Research
> Council have announced that future funding grants will be contingent on
> researchers making research datasets open and available for reuse.****
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> *From:* okfn-au-bounces at lists.okfn.org [mailto:
> okfn-au-bounces at lists.okfn.org] *On Behalf Of *Pia Waugh
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 11 December 2012 9:11 AM
> *To:* David F. Flanders
> *Cc:* Kat Braybrooke; Unname
> *Subject:* Re: [OKFN-AU] blog posts for humanity****
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> Oh, I don't think these are the top 10 necessarily, just something to
> start with :) I'm sure others have great examples too :) ****
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> On Dec 11, 2012 9:06 AM, "David F. Flanders" <david.flanders at ands.org.au>
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> A great start Pia - 9 in total, one more and we'll have a top ten...
> though would love it if we could all think of even more :)  /dff****
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> On 11 December 2012 05:29, Pia Waugh <pia.waugh at gmail.com> wrote:****
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> This sounds like a great idea Dave!****
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> I'll have a think, but off the top of my head here are a few:****
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> - Launch of righttoknow.org.au****
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> - 30th anniversary of FOI in Australia
> http://www.oaic.gov.au/news/events/2012_anniversary_main.html****
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> - launch of dataACT (first actual open data platform in Australia, though
> more may be launched before years end...)****
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> - launch of various HacksHackers communities around Australia****
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> - GovHack 2012 http://govhack.org/ and all the datasets that were
> published for that****
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> - "Experimental Environmental Linked-data published by the Bureau of
> Meteorology' http://lab.environment.data.gov.au/****
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> - NSW Government did real time bus competition - developers still have
> access and they are opening up the API properly soon
> http://www.spatialsource.com.au/2012/10/09/article/Real-time-bus-data-competition-NSW/ZCVREGNYVY.html
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> - launch of the crunch blog
> http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/blogs/the-crunch/welcome-to-the-crunch-data-journalism-blog-20120628-21525.html -
> and a good article on the topic generally is here
> http://www.smh.com.au/data-point/from-stolid-to-sexy-vive-la-data-revolution-20120915-25zir.html
> - launch of OKFNau ;)****
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> On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 5:33 PM, David F. Flanders <
> david.flanders at ands.org.au> wrote:****
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>  Wondering if anyone on list would like to co-author a post with me on
> what (if any) Open Knowledge efforts they have seen this past year - a kind
> of New Year's reflection piece aka a 'Top Ten Open Knowledge' moments of
> 2012 for Australia?****
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> In my mind this post is not really about the OK Foundation, but more about
> helping chart any 'Open Knowledge' that is occurring in Australia and
> (perhaps even more importantly) re-iterating those occurrences that have
> actually resulted in doing things in a better way.****
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> The type of thing I am thinking of:****
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> For me the Open Knowledge moment worldwide in 2012 was the UK Government
> finally agreeing that research (as paid by the UK taxpayer) should by
> default be open (there are some caveats, but it was a big acknowledgement
> of the Open Access movement none the less). ****
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> The question is: are there any moment in your mind for Australia that we
> could point to... moments like launching an FOI request website... moment
> such as opening up dataset not previously opened... moments of declaration
> or manifesto... or even more personal moments when two or more decided to
> get together and be activists for a more open Australia? ****
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> If not looking to write the post with me, any shared OK moments are also
> greatly appreciated.  ****
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> ~Flanders  ****
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