[okfn-za] Stress testing the system

Tue Aug 13 11:22:12 UTC 2013

Hi Adi,

It would be great to get the province's 2011 census data... in a usable
format, so not PDF.

I think that data formatting may be a topic worth focussing in on, because
it isn't open if it is unusable.

Cheers,
Rob

On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Greg Kempe <gregkempe at gmail.com> wrote:

> Adi,
>
> That's great news, do you have any further details on it, who's putting it
> together, how far along it is etc?
>
> I would like to get access to the property valuations roll for the City.
> It's ostensibly available online (in bits and pieces) as well as in the
> paper archives, so it's already public data, but not readily accessible in
> bulk.
>
> Greg
>
> On 13 August 2013 at 9:50:09 AM, Adi Eyal (adi at burgercom.co.za) wrote:
>
> Hi All
>
> The Western Cape Government as well as the City of Cape Town are
> currently working on an open data policy. Yay!
>
> We've decide that rather than writing the (possibly out of touch with
> reality) policy, we will first start to stress the system but seeing
> where the flaws are. Then the policy will be written in an iterative
> fashion in order to focus on the most important areas.
>
> I'm playing Mr Mission Impossible but trying to get data from both
> institutions and writing up the case studies in order to poke holes in
> their existing policies and capacity to respond to requests.
>
> I'm soliciting suggestions from you for what data you would like to
> get from the City/Province if you could. I have some ideas but it
> would be great to get the community behind it.
>
> Thanks
> Adi
>
> --
> Adi Eyal
> Data Specialist
> phone: +27 78 014 2469
> skype: adieyalcas
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