[okfn-discuss] Alpha ODI Open Data Certificates: comments please!

Mon Apr 8 00:37:20 UTC 2013

Hi, Jeni-
Without going into the details of your materials right now, I just
want to say that this is a very interesting approach and worth pushing
forward with. Thanks for putting it together.

Luis

On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Jeni Tennison <jeni at theodi.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Some of you will already be aware that at ODI we're working on a tool for giving people "Open Data Certificates", designed to help publishers understand what good open data looks like, including covering
>
>   * legal issues (licensing, ownership and privacy)
>   * practical issues (findability, accuracy, quality and guarantees)
>   * technical issues (locations, formats and trust)
>   * social issues (documentation, support and services)
>
> There's a "vision" here:
>
>   https://github.com/theodi/open-data-certificate/wiki/Vision
>
> an alpha version of the questionnaire on line at:
>
>   http://theodi.github.io/open-data-certificate/certificate.html
>
> and some more explanatory text here:
>
>   http://theodi.github.io/open-data-certificate/
>
> The point of the alpha version is to get input on whether the questions are the right ones and whether the pilot/standard/exemplar is pitched correctly. There's a bunch of stuff that *isn't* done, in particular to do with UX & back-end support. We'll be putting that in place over the next couple of months.
>
> I'm really interested in any comments that this group have. The github project is here:
>
>   https://github.com/theodi/open-data-certificate
>
> If you can add issues through github, or even do pull requests, that would be great, but of course we can also discuss on this mailing list.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeni
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