[Open-data-census] making open data consumable

Thu Mar 13 12:49:39 UTC 2014

Hi Nilanjan,

Thanks for reaching out.

As Tracey correctly points out this list is focused entirely on discussions
around the Open Data Census. I'd suggest you instead get in touch with the
following communities:

OpenSpending:

http://openspending.org/
http://community.openspending.org/about/contact/

Open Knowledge Foundation Labs:

 http://okfnlabs.org/
http://okfnlabs.org/contact/

-Christian

On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 10:15 AM, Tracey P. Lauriault <tlauriau at gmail.com>wrote:

> There might be a better list for you to share your wares, as far as I
> know, this one is about the census and not about what you shared.  Perhaps
> go fishing in the OKFN groups and find the right one.
>
> Cheers
> t
>
> ps- my inbox is crazy and I try to stay focussed on the material i receive.
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 12:30 AM, nilanjan bhattacharya <
> nilanjanb at live.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> I don't follow this group closely, however I am interested in the idea of
>> open data.
>>
>> I think open data should move beyond excel/pdf/spreadsheets.  I think
>> technology (visualization/analytics) has progressed a lot in the last few
>> years.  To take advantage of the technology, the data should be represented
>> in a digitally consumable form.  I think you can convert excel/pdf to json
>> with little effort (some effort is required).  The returns on that are many
>> fold.
>>
>> I wrote a blog post on how I converted the Singapore 2014 budget to JSON
>> files - http://revelutions.com/?p=461
>>
>> If you'd like to see how the data is used take a look at another blog
>> post http://revelutions.com/?p=454  In this post I have created a
>> visualization using the data.  Note this works better on a laptop/desktop,
>> since I have tooltips which show the values.
>>
>> The key concept in converting to JSON is preserving the heirarchy in the
>> data.  See this sample : http://revelutions.com/budgets/moh.json
>>
>> - Nilanjan
>>
>>
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