[Open-data-census] 2014 Global Open Data Index for Ireland is complete

Tue Nov 25 17:36:55 UTC 2014

Dear Tracey,

My name is Mashael Khayyat. I am currently doing a full time PhD at Trinity 
College Dublin. My area of interest is the use of open government data by 
different communities in Dublin.

The objectives of my research are to establish what OGD websites are 
currently available in Dublin and to understand how different citizen 
communities are using these data.  By studying this I hope to obtain deep 
insights into how citizens from different backgrounds and with different 
interests/agendas exploit the phenomenon of open data and how such 
developments contribute to their communities and to the wider public good. 
This research will also examine what motivate people to engage in such 
activities and the barriers that they face when dealing with OGD websites.

I am contacting you because I would like to request an interview.  The 
interview should only take about 1 hour and all information gathered will 
be secured and remain confidential. 

If you are willing to be interviewed to participate in this study, please 
contact me by return via email khayyatm at tcd.ie or feel free to call me on 
0899680435. 

Kind Regards 

Mashael Khayyat 

On Wednesday, November 19, 2014 1:15:41 AM UTC, Tracey P. Lauriault wrote:
>
> Greetings all;
>
> For the moment, providing all the others are complete, Ireland is ranked 
> at #27, with 540 points.  See here - 
> http://global.census.okfn.org/place/ie
>
> Much work needs to be done on licencing, machine readability, bulk 
> downloading, and the cost of the data.  
>
> Last year Ireland ranked 24th with 460 points.  The ranking is relative to 
> other countries and we will have to wait until the final tally is in to 
> assess how to compare.
>
> Why did we do better by 80 points?  Well we were more sure this time on 
> some variables, I think we were a little less knowledgeable last year about 
> bulk downloads, and we were unsure about licences, and so on.  Again, we 
> will have to sit and compare more carefully to explain the differences once 
> the final for 2014 is complete overall.
>
> *Can the OKF clarify* if Ireland is penalized in the ranking due to its 
> lack of a postal code system.  For example, since we do not have one it is 
> a 0%, how does that affect us overall in the points? Should our points be 
> averaged out of 9 indicators instead of 10? 
>
> There were many submissions provided, and many comments and all of these 
> were taken into account and responses were qualified.
>
> This index is useful in terms of evaluating the qualities of the data but 
> not necessarily data quality.  Also, some concepts could use some 
> refinements, for example, national map, national statistics, and the 
> concept of bulk download, for example one cannot feasibly bulk download the 
> entire national statistics database, or all the national maps.  
>
> Please let me know if there are any outstanding issues on this file.
>
> I will also review the Canadian ranking, currently my co-editor is James 
> McKinney from Open North.  He has accepted the submissions by I promised to 
> take a little peak.
>
> Cheerio
> Tracey
>
> -- 
> Tracey P. Lauriault
> http://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/progcity/contributors/tracey-p-lauriault/ 
> https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault
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