[okfn-help] CKAN + register of open gov data in Canada?

Mon Dec 21 10:57:08 GMT 2009

Dear David,

Look forward to a spec document David! Just to add, it would be great
to keep this as simple and concise as possible. Also, feel free to use
the OKF wiki, e.g. at:

  http://wiki.okfn.org/ckan/canada

Re: datasets, I wonder if you could share this with my colleagues
Rufus and David (both in carbon copy). Also what kind of syntax is
this in? Perhaps the next step here would be to migrate into something
like Google Docs, and discuss how to update the fields, whether to add
new fields - before we try and add to the system...

What do you think?

Best wishes,

Jonathan

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 4:24 PM, David Eaves <david at eaves.ca> wrote:
> Hi Jonathan - thank you for adding me to the list. I haven't had a chance to
> put together a basic spec document yet, but hope to tackle it tomorrow/this
> weekend. (Had a piece get published today that sidetracked me).
>
> Will definitely get it ready.
>
> I think I sent you an invite to the wiki at social text that has the data
> sets I've been able to find so far.
> https://www.socialtext.net/cdndatamap/index.cgi?canadian_data_map
>
> Does it work for you? Can you access it?
>
> cheers,
> dave
>
>
>
> On 09-12-17 3:47 PM, Jonathan Gray wrote:
>
> Hi David,
>
> Welcome to our okfn-help list! :-)
>
> Just a quick note to get discussion started about using CKAN for a
> registry of open government data in Canada.
>
> Have you had a chance to put together a basic spec document for what
> you're after yet?
>
> One of the things I remembered you were interested in was some way of
> score-keeping between different ministries using various
> 'ministry-[ministryname]' tags. A list of these kinds of desirable
> features would be really interesting to see!
>
> Also shall we get stuck into preparing the datasets you've got for bulk
> import?
>
>

-- 
Jonathan Gray

Community Coordinator
The Open Knowledge Foundation
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