[okfn-be] Desired feedback on datasets

Wed Feb 22 10:32:17 UTC 2012

Hi,

It was Tue Feb 21 at 03:53PM when Miel Vander Sande wrote:
>    Related to my latest research topic on Open Government Data
>    publishing I am putting together a small survey on the desired
>    feedback of Open Data sets. For governments, the return on
>    releasing data is incredibly valuable. This can be split up into
>    two parts:
> 
>    1. Data usage (where?, by who?, how?, for what?, in which
>    form?,...)
>    2. Crowd sourced elaboration (validation, correction, addition,...)

Are you sure governments like crowd sources elaborations?

>    My questions:
> 
>    A. Does anybody know some more or concrete examples of desired
>    feedback by governments?

Usage statistics. When I was talking with FODecon I proposed them that
it would be better to license the KBO data to 100.000 people for € 6,
instead of the 6 parties for € 100.000. They didn't like the idea
because of the additional administration etc... But also because they
weren't convinced they would reach a greater audience this way. 

So the reach of their data might have good value.

>    B. Does anybody know examples of statistical analysis governments
>    would like to perform on this feedback?
> 
>    C. Concerning crowd sourced elaboration, what do governments (would
>    like to) do with this feedback? What would be the concrete result?
> 
>    Any comment is of course welcome, in particular from the government
>    point of view!

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Bart Van Loon

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