[okfn-za] Open Data Evaluation of Government Departments

Thu Sep 11 18:27:45 UTC 2014

THanks Gabriella

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>    - Are there data systems inter-operable with the systems of other
>    relevant data providing departments?
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What does inter-operability mean in this context? Could you provide an
example?

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>    -
>    - Is there sufficient metadata already collated to assist in
>    organising and searching through their data?
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>
Good point - even StatsSA fails here on occasion.

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>    -
>    - Do they have a system/policy for opening data by a variety of actors?
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>
Could you elaborate?

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>    -
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> *From: *"Raymond Joseph" <rayjoe at iafrica.com>
> *To: *odadi at googlegroups.com, okfn-za at lists.okfn.org
> *Sent: *Thursday, September 11, 2014 4:57:19 PM
> *Subject: *RE: Open Data Evaluation of Government Departments
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> 1) What are the usage/copyright conditions, especially can it be freely
> used for commercial purposes?
> 2) Is it available in machine readable format?
> 3) Is there a contact person I can easily contact with details?
> 4) Is it accessible is it, especially can I download it from your website?
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> Bestest, Ray J
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> What are the top 4 questions that you would like answered when evaluating
> whether a government department is Open Data ready?
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> Thoughts anyone?
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> Adi
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