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

Fri Dec 25 01:29:18 GMT 2009

Hi Jonathan,

Huge apologies for taking longer than I would have liked to get this 
banged out.

I've created a fairly detailed spec document here 
<http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ARp4XHAbw5YsZGRoanh4ZnNfNjJmNmJkaDVjYg&hl=en>:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ARp4XHAbw5YsZGRoanh4ZnNfNjJmNmJkaDVjYg&hl=en

If there is another place this group edits/reviews documents I'm happy 
to move it over to that platform...

This is way more than you were interested in, but once I started I 
thought it would be wise to just get it all down on paper. I actually 
think this includes some interesting/helpful tweaks for CKAN.

Tomorrow (right now for you actually is Christmas, but may be we can 
chat between Christmas and new year at some point? Would love your (or 
anyone on the lists' reaction to this).

Hope this is helpful - certainly is nice to have my own thoughts on this 
down somewhere.

Look forward to checking in either way.

Best,
Dave
C: 778-227-4235
www.eaves.ca

On 09-12-21 2:57 AM, Jonathan Gray wrote:
> 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?
>>
>>
>>      
>
>
>    
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