[open-data-day] Publish and tag your data to our HackFest 2011 Community Page

Fri Dec 2 14:30:05 GMT 2011

Hi,

Just to clarify, does all data contributed to Buzzdata (like comments, listings of datasets) stay open as well? How one can export this data?

Cheers!
~ elf Pavlik ~

Excerpts from momoko price's message of 2011-12-01 20:12:02 +0000:
> Hello fellow Open Data Hackathon Day participants!
> 
> Hope you're getting excited for Saturday. We've gotten Toronto organized;
> should be fun.
> 
> I wanted to reach out to the community to let them know about two new
> initiatives we're trying this year:
> 
> 1) *On BuzzData we've created a HackFest 2011-specific Community
> Page<http://buzzdata.com/topics/hackfest-2011-odhd>,
> with which users can tag datasets they use during the event.* We hope this
> works well for helping funnel as many international ODHD efforts — both
> city- and individual- — to one bustling place that also happens to get
> fantastic SEO traction. It'll be like a real-time feed (with data!) that
> you can contribute to, follow and discuss in real-time.
> 
> Publishing datasets on BuzzData and starting your own local HackFest City
> data account is super-easy. You can see how to do it
> here<http://buzzdata.com/faq/getting-started/upload-publish-a-dataset-publicly-or-privately>.
> Because it now accepts any file type under 500MB and allows versions and
> annotating changes<http://buzzdata.com/faq/getting-started/add-new-versions-and-record-changes-to-a-dataset>,
> BuzzData would be really useful for collaborative "data liberation" efforts
> — ie: soliciting help to get a data source in a difficult format (say a
> govt pdf) into a better one.
> 
> *2) We would really like to encourage participating cities to start
> HackFest 2011 accounts and collect/publish their cities' open-data
> efforts*so that it's easy for media and non-hackers to find the fruits
> of our
> labour and discuss it, both during and after the event.
> 
> Here's what a starter demo account we created for our hometown of Toronto
> looks like <http://buzzdata.com/toronto-odhd> — I myself will be compiling
> the day's efforts for T.O. and hope other cities will too!
> 
> The general convention I used is:
> 
> *Username:* <mycity>-odhd
> *Name:* HackDay 2011 - <mycity>
> *Description: * <My city's> data hub and resultant projects from
> International Open Data Hack Day 2011 #odhd #YYZ
> *Topic tags:* Cities, HackFest 2011
> 
> Hope this helps get people organized! Hosting and publishing your data &
> projects should be the last thing on your plate. Less time on event
> logistics, more time on brainstorming and problem-solving :)
> 
> And if you'd like to open a HackFest account for your city but need a bit
> of help getting oriented, by all means feel free to bug me directly at
> momoko at buzzdata.com.
> 
> Have fun this Saturday, all!
> 
> 
> Momoko (buzzdata communications director)