[okfn-help] data.gov.uk / data4nr.net

Fri Nov 27 21:37:33 GMT 2009

Dear Graham,

Just to follow up this thread - I don't think we handle the listing of
data from data4nr, but perhaps others on this list will be able to
advise you about how best to publish to federate material into CKAN.
E.g. you may be able to update via CKAN API.

Re: CSV/XML - I think publishing in several formats is good, as long
as they are machine readable! ;-)

Out of interested did you work on the OCSI DataViz project?

Best wishes,

Jonathan

On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Graham Lally <Graham.Lally at ocsi.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi Jonathan,
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> Thought I’d get in touch about the data.gov.uk site – I think we met briefly
> back at the Gov BarCamp back in January, and I believe we here at OCSI have
> been in touch with Rufus and CKAN via Richard Stirling, about obtaining the
> data in data4nr.net (which we run on behalf of CLG).
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> First off, love what’s going on with data.gov.uk – site looks great, and
> fantastic to see so much discussion going on around it. Definitely what we
> need for UK data right now.
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> Second, really pleased to see that a lot of the data comes from/points to
> data4nr.net – very gratifying to see this being picked up an used. I have a
> couple of questions on this, but apologies if you’re not the right person to
> ask them to – let me know if I’d be better off asking someone else.
>
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> In short:
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> ·         I’d be curious to know how many of the datasets on data.gov.uk are
> sourced from data4nr – or otherwise how they’re being merged with other
> sources, which ones are being dropped (if any), etc.
>
> ·         We release updates to the data4nr site every 2 or 3 weeks – are
> you planning to automatically include these updates in the data.gov.uk list?
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> ·         Going forwards, are there any ways we could make this process
> easier for you, or perhaps anything missing from how we’re making the data
> available? I’d also be interested to know if you found the CSV or the XML
> format more useful.
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> Again, apologies if you’re not the right person to ask about these things.
> I’m sure there are many more questions which will come out of this, but
> keeping it simple for now...
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> Kind regards,
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> Graham
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> DataViz - improving public sector data visualisation - has launched:
> http://www.improving-visualisation.org/
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> More at the OCSI blog: http://www.ocsi.co.uk/news/section/news/
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> ________________________________
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> Graham Lally
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> Oxford Consultants for Social Inclusion (OCSI)
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> 15-17 Middle Street, Brighton, BN1 1AL
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> email: graham.lally at ocsi.co.uk
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> tel: +44 1273 201 345
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> web: www.ocsi.co.uk
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