[open-government] Open government data brainstorm - input welcome

[Neil McEvoy]

Hey Tim

I agree that better 'how to' tools are needed, but not that many people
have been sold on the idea. I think the majority of people can't see the
Why part at all - It's a small hobbyist group writing fun apps for tram
timetables etc., so bar the hobby fun part for techies, there's no real
value to it....

I'm not saying don't yet move to the How part, rather just that the Why
part also needs continued work, to really help the movement progress.

An example of the type of business activity that can help support the
technology, check out this initial concept of the 'Open Data Value Model'
- As the name suggests a process to actually define a real business value
for open data.

http://open-government.net/2011/06/29/open-data-value-model-monetizing-the-margins/

Regards, Neil.




> I've been doing a little bit of thinking about ways the group's can
> continue
> to build the open government data movement. I increasingly feel that the
> discourse needs to move from "why" to "how". Many people have been sold on
> open data, but are finding themselves stuck on how to implement it. That
> pathway needs to be easier.
>
> I've drafted a set of notes at okfnpad.org[0].
>
> Have any members of this list participated in an open data competition? It
> would be great to interview  software developers and organisers of past
> open
> government data competitions. There is quite a bit of static content at
> opengovernmentdata.org, but only a small deal of human contact. Let's work
> to improve that.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Tim McNamara
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