[okfn-za] Stress testing the system

Tue Aug 13 21:06:22 UTC 2013

Hi Robert

Have you had a look on the StatsSA website for machine readable data?
It's somewhat hidden and their interface is not fantastic, but have a
look for SuperWeb. You can slice and dice data as you like and then
download it in csv.

Adi

On 13 August 2013 13:22, Robert Elliott <robert at graphflow.com> wrote:
> 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
>>
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>> Adi Eyal
>> Data Specialist
>> phone: +27 78 014 2469
>> skype: adieyalcas
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Adi Eyal
Data Specialist
phone: +27 78 014 2469
skype: adieyalcas
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