[open-government] OGD in the IT system procurement cycle

Mon Oct 31 06:58:10 UTC 2011

On the legal front, I'd disagree. 99% of barriers have been legal and 
organizational to date... but as we enjoy greater success the technical 
barriers will become more significant. This is certainly true in 
Vancouver where there is a team that is quite dedicated to getting data 
open, the problem is all the legacy systems which makes it very 
difficult (or expensive) to do so.

As we go deeper into the stack on this issue, the barriers will shift, 
so getting open data written into procurement policy is critical.

On 11-10-30 6:31 AM, Antti Poikola wrote:
> Hi Gerhard,
>
> I would no be so pessimistic..
>
> On 30.10.2011 12:28, innovation institute wrote:
>> 1. never heard on any similar initiatives across Europe.
> Someone has to be first ;)
>
>> 2. 90 percent of OGD are historical government sources...
>
> Sure, old legacy systems are technically challenged, but new systems 
> are under development all the time.
>
>> 3. 99 percent of all obstacles relate to legal and organistional 
>> barriers ...
>
> Sure, legal-, organizational- and attitude problems are real obstacles 
> (I would count maybe 70% for those), but still the underlying 
> technical platforms may add additional barriers or on the positive 
> side make the opening decision easier.
>
> -Antti Poikola