[@OKFNau] Community Data Wrangling - Food Data Analysis Project

Mon Jun 23 07:34:34 UTC 2014

Hi Rosie,

 > Who do you see as the potential end users of sites based on this data?

Facts regarding food, nutrition and diets are rampant on the Internet. 
The information created by this project would feed reliable data based 
on open methodology for anyone interested in the data analysed to use.

 > Do you know if similar sites already exist?

Some sites exist that purport to provide high quality information that 
neglect to state their sources or the methodology used to analyze the 
data. This project will endevour to collate the actual data sources used 
and document the methodology used and publish the outcome in easily 
digested forms for general consumption.

The GitHub repository already has some Australian data and I am 
collating some international datasets to complement this data. All are 
open data that have no constraints on creation and distribution of 
derivatives.

The methodology will be published as part of set projects or events. 
Initially I indent to use pandas+iPython to document how the data is 
analyzed. These is free to anyone to view, contribute and/or create 
derivatives with (assuming they meet the CC-BY-SA licencing terms).

As part of a project or event, people will be utilized to post process 
data, tables, graphs and present the information in digestible forms -- 
e.g. a twitter post, Google+ post or an infographic on youtube. I am not 
sure but I expect that these 'final presentations' may be fixed -- that 
is to say released under a CC-BY-ND licence, but this will need to be 
thought through a bit more with anyone else joining the project or event.

I hope that this answers your questions? If not, post further queries 
and I will endevour to answer your concerns.

On 23/06/14 13:16, Rosie Williams wrote:
> Hi Simon,
>
> Who do you see as the potential end users of sites based on this data?
>
> Do you know if similar sites already exist?
>
> Rosie Williams BA (Sociology)
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> Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 00:35:21 +1000
> From: simoncropper at fossworkflowguides.com
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> Subject: [@OKFNau] Community Data Wrangling - Food Data Analysis Project
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> Hello Everyone,
>
> Sorry if you are on both lists and receive this post twice.
>
> As mentioned in my introduction last week I have created a repository
> focused on the analysis of food data with the objective of using the
> data as fodder for a range of community data wrangling projects and events.
>
> You can find it on GitHub here...
> https://github.com/SimonChristopherCropper/Food_Data_Analysis
>
> I am currently compiling the initial datasets and supporting documentation.
>
> Anyone interested in helping at this initial stage are welcome to
> connect via my newly created forum...
> http://www.fossworkflowguides.com/Community/
>
> It is hoped to use this forum to coordinate activities among members as
> various tasks are attempted. Register on the forum to become a member.
> The user help is reasonably good with MyBB so you should not have too
> many problems. If you do contact me privately.
>
> If anyone in the School of Data would like to promote the startup, I
> would be happy to correspond via email, if you need more than is
> currently available on *GitHub* or the *Community Data Wrangling Forum*.
>
> As stated, this is a work in progress and more information will be
> posted via the forum about various tasks, projects and events. Specific
> projects and events will be announced on these two lists.
>
> --
> Cheers Simon
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