[open-development] Access to development data - IATI initiative

Fri Feb 26 08:06:33 UTC 2010

Hello everybody
I am involved in access to and use of aid information in the context of the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) and I am wondering if the open knowledge foundation is somehow linked to IATI or should be linked to IATI. IATI is a donor led process currently working on standards about which information on development to publish, which formats to use and how to promote the use of data by civil society. Apart from that, there is AidData, a project by Development Gateway and two universities in the US to establish a database on development projects. I don't know how these different initatives could go together, but I am sure there is potential for collaboration.
Best wishes
Claudia Schwegmann
www.openaid.de

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> Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:01:32 -0500
> From: Joe Pringle <jpringle at forumone.com>
> Subject: [open-development] Data catalogue from Sunlight Labs -
> 	possible	platform for intl aid data registry?
> To: Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>, 	open-development
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> Hi Everyone -
> 
> I was in a meeting yesterday with the folks at Sunlight Labs, which is a
> driving force behind the open data movement in the US, and they are
> releasing a National Data Catalogue (http://nationaldatacatalog.com/ -
> note it is still in beta) to provide a more robust alternative to
> Data.gov.  Their goal is to open up the data submission beyond just US gov
> agencies, build communities around data, make it more user friendly, AND
> perhaps most important, make it a platform that third parties and
> developers can more easily build apps on and convert data among different
> formats.
> 
> The reason this is interesting is they are sharing the source code, and
> are interested in other groups leveraging it for similar efforts.  It is
> built on the Ruby on Rails platform, and presumably we could modify it to
> support an international registry of international development datasets
> (e.g. change the metadata schema, interface, etc).
> 
> I know there might already be efforts on this underway, but this is a
> $500k platform from one of the most capable open source development shops
> I am aware of working on this issue.
> 
> Would there be any interest in a conversation with these guys about if/how
> we might be able to build on this?
> 
> If so let me know and I can help facilitate.
> 
> Joe
> 
> 
> --------------------------------------
> Joe Pringle
> Forum One Communications
> 703-894-4330
> www.forumone.com
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:52:54 +0100
> From: Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>
> Subject: Re: [open-development] Data catalogue from Sunlight Labs -
> 	possible	platform for intl aid data registry?
> To: Joe Pringle <jpringle at forumone.com>
> Cc: open-development <open-development at lists.okfn.org>
> Message-ID:
> 	<54ca21751002240752t4b315d27m8cf5a982c1d01684 at mail.gmail.com>
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> 
> We have been speaking with Sunlight about compatibility with CKAN, the
> Open Knowledge Foundation's fully open source registry of open data
> that used in data.gov.uk. We are currently working on rolling it out
> for data catalogues in several other countries around the world -
> including France, Germany, Canada, and Norway.
> 
> CKAN has been in active development for around 4+ years and currently
> offers an array of features (some quite sophisticated) for finding and
> working with open data. These include:
> 
>   * Free/Open-Source software, written in Python
>   * Domain Model: Data and content "packages" with a standard set of
> core metadata and support for adding unlimited arbitrary additional
> metadata
>     * All package data is automatically versioned in a wiki-like manner
>     * Tagging of packages
>     * Groups for controlled categorization of packages
>     * Ratings
>     * Unlimited associated package resources ('download urls') with
> additional metadata (format, description etc)
>   * Web user interface (WUI)
>     * Package adding, editing, listing etc
>     * Wiki features such as "Recent Changes", edit histories, purging
> of changes etc
>     * User management and user home pages
>   * API: full JSON-based API (with python client)
>     * RDF version also available
>     * CKAN is easy to use as your "catalogue" backend
>   * Search: Full searchability (including full-text support) via API and WUI
>   * Access control: fine-grained access control for packages and group
>   * Additional interfaces:
>     * Excel importer (upload dataset/package information direct from a
> spreadsheet)
>     * Fully featured command line client (datapkg)
> 
> Further details are at:
> 
>   http://knowledgeforge.net/ckan/trac
>   http://ckan.net/
> 
> We are currently working on federation between different instances.
> There is also Drupal integration to support straightforward re-theming
> and front end customisation. We're also working with Semantic
> Web/Linking Open Data community to improve support for semantic web
> technologies.
> 
> For recent meeting we held to discuss different catalogue projects
> around the world, see:
> 
>   http://blog.okfn.org/2010/02/09/interested-in-making-an-open-data-catalogue-virtual-meeting-on-11th-february-2010/
> 
> I think our big questions for development community would be:
> 
>   * What metadata does the registry need to include?
>   * How can we build community of people around this (part of this
> we're particularly thinking about in relation to Aid Information
> Challenge)
>   * What front end/user features would people like to see?
> 
> We've started a international development group at:
> 
>   http://ckan.net/group/international-development
> 
> If anyone's interested in contributing to any of this we'd *love* to
> hear from you!
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> 
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Joe Pringle <jpringle at forumone.com> wrote:
> > Hi Everyone -
> >
> > I was in a meeting yesterday with the folks at Sunlight Labs, which is a
> > driving force behind the open data movement in the US, and they are
> > releasing a National Data Catalogue (http://nationaldatacatalog.com/ -
> > note it is still in beta) to provide a more robust alternative to
> > Data.gov. ?Their goal is to open up the data submission beyond just US gov
> > agencies, build communities around data, make it more user friendly, AND
> > perhaps most important, make it a platform that third parties and
> > developers can more easily build apps on and convert data among different
> > formats.
> >
> > The reason this is interesting is they are sharing the source code, and
> > are interested in other groups leveraging it for similar efforts. ?It is
> > built on the Ruby on Rails platform, and presumably we could modify it to
> > support an international registry of international development datasets
> > (e.g. change the metadata schema, interface, etc).
> >
> > I know there might already be efforts on this underway, but this is a
> > $500k platform from one of the most capable open source development shops
> > I am aware of working on this issue.
> >
> > Would there be any interest in a conversation with these guys about if/how
> > we might be able to build on this?
> >
> > If so let me know and I can help facilitate.
> >
> > Joe
> >
> >
> > --------------------------------------
> > Joe Pringle
> > Forum One Communications
> > 703-894-4330
> > www.forumone.com
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jonathan Gray
> 
> Community Coordinator
> The Open Knowledge Foundation
> http://blog.okfn.org
> 
> http://twitter.com/jwyg
> http://identi.ca/jwyg
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:34:20 -0500
> From: Joe Pringle <jpringle at forumone.com>
> Subject: Re: [open-development] Data catalogue from Sunlight Labs -
> 	possible	platform for intl aid data registry?
> To: Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>
> Cc: open-development <open-development at lists.okfn.org>
> Message-ID: <001101cab599$2000d670$60028350$@com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> 
> Great stuff Jonathan -
> 
> Obviously, I am a little bit out of the loop on what has been happening on
> this front :). Either way, on a related topic we also happen to be doing a
> totally separate project right now focused on developing a data catalogue,
> and as part of that are mapping out a metadata schema.  Based on this, we
> could probably contribute to your question below about what metadata a
> catalogue of data sets should include, and might have some ideas about the
> user interface as well; which will be important as these repositories
> scale to include thousands of data sets.
> 
> Joe
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: okfn.jonathan.gray at googlemail.com
> [mailto:okfn.jonathan.gray at googlemail.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Gray
> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 10:53 AM
> To: Joe Pringle
> Cc: open-development; simon at devinit.org; Cormac Nolan; Rufus Pollock
> Subject: Re: Data catalogue from Sunlight Labs - possible platform for
> intl aid data registry?
> 
> We have been speaking with Sunlight about compatibility with CKAN, the
> Open Knowledge Foundation's fully open source registry of open data
> that used in data.gov.uk. We are currently working on rolling it out
> for data catalogues in several other countries around the world -
> including France, Germany, Canada, and Norway.
> 
> CKAN has been in active development for around 4+ years and currently
> offers an array of features (some quite sophisticated) for finding and
> working with open data. These include:
> 
>   * Free/Open-Source software, written in Python
>   * Domain Model: Data and content "packages" with a standard set of
> core metadata and support for adding unlimited arbitrary additional
> metadata
>     * All package data is automatically versioned in a wiki-like manner
>     * Tagging of packages
>     * Groups for controlled categorization of packages
>     * Ratings
>     * Unlimited associated package resources ('download urls') with
> additional metadata (format, description etc)
>   * Web user interface (WUI)
>     * Package adding, editing, listing etc
>     * Wiki features such as "Recent Changes", edit histories, purging
> of changes etc
>     * User management and user home pages
>   * API: full JSON-based API (with python client)
>     * RDF version also available
>     * CKAN is easy to use as your "catalogue" backend
>   * Search: Full searchability (including full-text support) via API and
> WUI
>   * Access control: fine-grained access control for packages and group
>   * Additional interfaces:
>     * Excel importer (upload dataset/package information direct from a
> spreadsheet)
>     * Fully featured command line client (datapkg)
> 
> Further details are at:
> 
>   http://knowledgeforge.net/ckan/trac
>   http://ckan.net/
> 
> We are currently working on federation between different instances.
> There is also Drupal integration to support straightforward re-theming
> and front end customisation. We're also working with Semantic
> Web/Linking Open Data community to improve support for semantic web
> technologies.
> 
> For recent meeting we held to discuss different catalogue projects
> around the world, see:
> 
> 
> http://blog.okfn.org/2010/02/09/interested-in-making-an-open-data-catalogu
> e-virtual-meeting-on-11th-february-2010/
> 
> I think our big questions for development community would be:
> 
>   * What metadata does the registry need to include?
>   * How can we build community of people around this (part of this
> we're particularly thinking about in relation to Aid Information
> Challenge)
>   * What front end/user features would people like to see?
> 
> We've started a international development group at:
> 
>   http://ckan.net/group/international-development
> 
> If anyone's interested in contributing to any of this we'd *love* to
> hear from you!
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> 
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Joe Pringle <jpringle at forumone.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi Everyone -
> >
> > I was in a meeting yesterday with the folks at Sunlight Labs, which is a
> > driving force behind the open data movement in the US, and they are
> > releasing a National Data Catalogue (http://nationaldatacatalog.com/ -
> > note it is still in beta) to provide a more robust alternative to
> > Data.gov. ?Their goal is to open up the data submission beyond just US
> gov
> > agencies, build communities around data, make it more user friendly, AND
> > perhaps most important, make it a platform that third parties and
> > developers can more easily build apps on and convert data among
> different
> > formats.
> >
> > The reason this is interesting is they are sharing the source code, and
> > are interested in other groups leveraging it for similar efforts. ?It is
> > built on the Ruby on Rails platform, and presumably we could modify it
> to
> > support an international registry of international development datasets
> > (e.g. change the metadata schema, interface, etc).
> >
> > I know there might already be efforts on this underway, but this is a
> > $500k platform from one of the most capable open source development
> shops
> > I am aware of working on this issue.
> >
> > Would there be any interest in a conversation with these guys about
> if/how
> > we might be able to build on this?
> >
> > If so let me know and I can help facilitate.
> >
> > Joe
> >
> >
> > --------------------------------------
> > Joe Pringle
> > Forum One Communications
> > 703-894-4330
> > www.forumone.com
> >
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Jonathan Gray
> 
> Community Coordinator
> The Open Knowledge Foundation
> http://blog.okfn.org
> 
> http://twitter.com/jwyg
> http://identi.ca/jwyg
> 
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