[open-government] typology of (government) datasets

Sat Sep 3 12:57:48 UTC 2011

Hello Paul,

Can you say a bit more about what sort of typologies you were thinking of?

If you're trying to describe the thematic scope of different datasets, two
resources that could be useful:

DCAT
The DCat Data Catalogue Vocabulary is being developed to provide a way of
describing data catalogues - particularly government data catalogues - and
includes properties for geographical, temporal and thematic coverage, as
well as (somewhat underspecified at present) properties for accuracy and
so-forth.

There's quite a bit of DCat data already around. A search on Sindice throws
up the following which you can explore: http://bit.ly/oauR5G

COFOG
If you're looking more at thematic typologies of what datasets are *about *then
the UN Classifications of the Functions of Government (COFOG) typology could
be useful for international comparison. There should be mappings from many
national vocabularies onto COFOG available.

http://unstats.un.org/unsd/cr/registry/regcst.asp?Cl=4

If you're looking at the impacts of datasets then some of Josh's suggestions
for possible classification structures are a good starting point. Is there
one approach from those you are particularly interested in?

All the best

Tim

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2011/9/2 Paul Hermans <paul at proxml.be>

>   Hi,
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> Has someone already been working on a typology for datasets used and
> produced in government settings?
> If yes, any pointer is highly appreciated.
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> Regards,
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> Paul
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