[open-government] open-government Digest, Vol 25, Issue 30
Ari Hershowitz
aih at tabulaw.com
Thu Mar 29 20:01:46 UTC 2012
I'm inspired by the posts by Daniel and others on collaborative authoring
around Open Government, and think this group may be interested:
Grant Vergottini and I are organizing an international (un)-hackathon, to
add metadata to legislation around the world using a simple browser-based
tool. We are targeting May 19 and would like to have local events and
participants in many countries. The plan for each local event is:
1. An Ignite talk on the importance of structured data for open government.
2. Selecting a few pieces of legislation to mark up using a developing
international XML standard for legislation.
3. Marking up the legislation with the goal of having all countries'
constitutions in XML, and perhaps also selected open government laws.
*Please let me or Grant know if you are interested in organizing a local
event. *
Best,
Ari
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> 1. Help improving OGD on wikipedia (Daniel Dietrich)
> 2. Re: [euopendata] Help improving OGD on wikipedia (Ivan Begtin)
> 3. OKFest - Call for Proposals (Daniel Dietrich)
> 4. Re: OKFest - Call for Proposals (JOSEFSSON Erik)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:40:13 +0200
> From: Daniel Dietrich <daniel.dietrich at okfn.org>
> Subject: [open-government] Help improving OGD on wikipedia
> To: Open Government WG List <open-government at lists.okfn.org>
> Cc: EU Open Data Working Group <euopendata at lists.okfn.org>
> Message-ID: <DB1F765C-A181-422A-97B8-8A6540A62C3A at okfn.org>
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> Dear all,
>
> I just noticed again, that both the articles
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_government
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_data
>
> are far from being excellent or at least comprehensive.
>
> I suggest we start a task force to change this.
>
> I have booted this pad:
>
> http://opengovernmentdata.okfnpad.org/wiki
>
> Any volunteers?
>
> Best
> Daniel
>
> --
> Daniel Dietrich
> Open Government Data WG Coordinator
> OKF Germany Chairman
> ePSI platform Editor
>
> Open Knowledge Foundation
> Promoting Open Knowledge in a Digital Age
> www.okfn.org - www.okfn.de
>
> www.ddie.me
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>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:50:01 +0400
> From: Ivan Begtin <ibegtin at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [open-government] [euopendata] Help improving OGD on
> wikipedia
> To: Daniel Dietrich <daniel.dietrich at okfn.org>
> Cc: Open Government WG List <open-government at lists.okfn.org>
> Message-ID:
> <CAP8ZO2dpxt5x6=g6dTqaKrqEi64vjo6QhzY7GRu=g8ow4NOOmg at mail.gmail.com
> >
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>
> Hi Daniel!
>
> I volunteer and I think that we need to define key topics that need to be
> improved or added.
>
> For example, I've started collecting description of Open Government from
> official documents - http://ivan.begtin.name/2012/02/28/opengovernmentis/
> and one more interesting document is UK offical whitepaper "Open
> Government" published 1993
> http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm22/2290/2290.pdf
>
> I think that since there is no strict definition of Open Government, we
> need to use many definitions from different sources.
>
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Ivan Begtin
>
>
> 2012/3/29 Daniel Dietrich <daniel.dietrich at okfn.org>
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I just noticed again, that both the articles
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_government
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_data
> >
> > are far from being excellent or at least comprehensive.
> >
> > I suggest we start a task force to change this.
> >
> > I have booted this pad:
> >
> > http://opengovernmentdata.okfnpad.org/wiki
> >
> > Any volunteers?
> >
> > Best
> > Daniel
> >
> > --
> > Daniel Dietrich
> > Open Government Data WG Coordinator
> > OKF Germany Chairman
> > ePSI platform Editor
> >
> > Open Knowledge Foundation
> > Promoting Open Knowledge in a Digital Age
> > www.okfn.org - www.okfn.de
> >
> > www.ddie.me
> > twitter.com/ddie
> > +49 176 327 685 30
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > euopendata mailing list
> > euopendata at lists.okfn.org
> > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/euopendata
> >
>
>
>
> --
>
> Best Regards,
> Ivan Begtin
>
> email: ibegtin at gmail.com
> twitter: ibegtin <http://twitter.com/ibegtin>
> facebook: facebook.com/ibegtin
> personal website: ivan.begtin.name
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> Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:37:51 +0200
> From: Daniel Dietrich <daniel.dietrich at okfn.org>
> Subject: [open-government] OKFest - Call for Proposals
> To: Open Government WG List <open-government at lists.okfn.org>
> Cc: Pieter Colpaert <pieter.colpaert at gmail.com>, EU Open Data
> Working
> Group <euopendata at lists.okfn.org>
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> Hi all,
>
> As many of you may have spotted, the Call for Proposals for OKFest was
> officially launched today! See blog post here:
>
>
> http://blog.okfn.org/2012/03/28/okfestival-call-for-proposals-released-with-a-twist/
>
> In short this year you can not only submit sessions but also thematic
> streams. The deadline for proposed streams is 20th April. You can see the
> format our proposal will need to take here:
>
>
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGY5bTNkT05wd2ZkUS1EZktJVFE4UGc6MQ
>
> As discussed before here and there its most likely that there will be
> several streams surrounding Open Government Data - (surprise: It's the
> OGDCamp :)
>
> There has been a very good proposal form Tim Davis for an academic stream
> on Open Government Data
>
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kF-K9B5IwmBHx62PsqS2VHM1wZ5jJKfIArakgi4bsT4/edit
>
> There have also be ideas to have stream on Open Transport Data and one on
> Parliamentary Informatics (e.g. Open Parliamentary data and open
> legislation, etc)
>
> I suggest to start a pad or GDoc on both open transport and parliamentary
> informatics. Also I think it would be good if we would have a volunteer for
> each to help coordination a bit. Maybe Pieter for open transport and
> Benjamin for parliamentary informatics? Anyone?
>
> I have included the formal text for the Call for Proposals below this
> email.
>
> All best
> Daniel
>
>
> --
>
>
> OPEN KNOWLEDGE FESTIVAL - CALL FOR PROPOSALS*
>
> First Round Deadline: April 20th 2012
> Second Round Deadline: June 1st 2012
>
> *OPEN KNOWLEDGE FESTIVAL*
>
> We are delighted to announce that this year?s Open Government Data Camp
> and Open Knowledge Conference are joining to form a week-long celebration:
> the *Open Knowledge Festival*!
>
> This pioneering event will include an action-packed week of lectures,
> seminars, workshops, hackathons, coding jams, and interactive sessions that
> will bring together individuals and organizations from a wide variety of
> backgrounds to exchange ideas, make things and meet new people. OKFest will
> also highlight the diversity of Finland?s open knowledge communities to a
> new international audience, with a specific effort to encourage the
> participation of representatives from Nordic nations.
>
> Join us in Helsinki, Finland on 17-22 of September 2012 for a week of open
> knowledge and global inspiration.
>
> *THEME: OPEN KNOWLEDGE IN ACTION*
>
> The 2012 theme of OKFestival is *Open Knowledge in Action*. We will focus
> on the /value/that can be generated by opening up knowledge, the ecosystems
> of organisations that benefit from and participate in sharing, and the
> impact that open knowledge can have in our societies. What kinds of new
> professions, ideas and community initiatives can emerge within our
> governments, markets, networks and neighbourhoods as a result of these
> engagements?
>
> The exploration of this theme will not only be visible in the festival?s
> content, but also in its implementation as the first global event of its
> kind. At OKFestival, we will experiment with new forms of collaboration,
> new workshop formats and new forms of participation. We?ll bring together
> civil society representatives, programmers, data wranglers, designers,
> students, members of government and local communities for a week of
> building new things and sharing great ideas.
>
> *CALL FOR PROPOSALS*
>
> We have *two submission deadlines*this Spring based on our venue capacity
> at the *Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture*in
> Helsinki. We suggest applying as soon as possible in order to ensure
> adequate venue space, support and funding for your proposals.
>
> First Round Deadline: April 20th 2012
> Second Round Deadline: June 1st 2012
>
> We are looking for proposals related to specific open knowledge and open
> data topics, but also new viewpoints and cross-cutting issues which may
> help us to understand how open knowledge is working in our society.
> Examples of such topics are the well-being of communities, civil society
> and citizen empowerment, democracy, entrepreneurship, smart cities,
> sustainability etc.
>
> More information at http://www.okfestival.org
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:53:09 +0200
> From: "JOSEFSSON Erik" <erik.josefsson at europarl.europa.eu>
> Subject: Re: [open-government] OKFest - Call for Proposals
> To: "Daniel Dietrich" <daniel.dietrich at okfn.org>
> Cc: Open Government WG List <open-government at lists.okfn.org>, EU Open
> Data Working Group <euopendata at lists.okfn.org>, Pieter Colpaert
> <pieter.colpaert at gmail.com>
> Message-ID:
> <
> BFB8C54A55E15345AD245DB3CCC0353805C8A825 at EMAILBRUSV21.ep.parl.union.eu>
>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"
>
> Can I come over and table some amendments in at4am to show you how it
> works?
>
> I tried at ccc, but my computer did not find the video signal.
>
> Here's the official video, but it's much more fun to see it live :-)
>
> http://vimeo.com/17598642
>
> //Erik
>
> On 03/29/12 21:37, Daniel Dietrich wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> As many of you may have spotted, the Call for Proposals for OKFest
> was officially launched today! See blog post here:
>
>
> http://blog.okfn.org/2012/03/28/okfestival-call-for-proposals-released-with-a-twist/
>
> In short this year you can not only submit sessions but also
> thematic streams. The deadline for proposed streams is 20th April. You can
> see the format our proposal will need to take here:
>
>
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGY5bTNkT05wd2ZkUS1EZktJVFE4UGc6MQ
>
> As discussed before here and there its most likely that there will
> be several streams surrounding Open Government Data - (surprise: It's the
> OGDCamp :)
>
> There has been a very good proposal form Tim Davis for an academic
> stream on Open Government Data
>
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kF-K9B5IwmBHx62PsqS2VHM1wZ5jJKfIArakgi4bsT4/edit
>
> There have also be ideas to have stream on Open Transport Data and
> one on Parliamentary Informatics (e.g. Open Parliamentary data and open
> legislation, etc)
>
> I suggest to start a pad or GDoc on both open transport and
> parliamentary informatics. Also I think it would be good if we would have a
> volunteer for each to help coordination a bit. Maybe Pieter for open
> transport and Benjamin for parliamentary informatics? Anyone?
>
> I have included the formal text for the Call for Proposals below
> this email.
>
> All best
> Daniel
>
>
> --
>
>
> OPEN KNOWLEDGE FESTIVAL - CALL FOR PROPOSALS*
>
> First Round Deadline: April 20th 2012
> Second Round Deadline: June 1st 2012
>
> *OPEN KNOWLEDGE FESTIVAL*
>
> We are delighted to announce that this year?s Open Government Data
> Camp and Open Knowledge Conference are joining to form a week-long
> celebration: the *Open Knowledge Festival*!
>
> This pioneering event will include an action-packed week of
> lectures, seminars, workshops, hackathons, coding jams, and interactive
> sessions that will bring together individuals and organizations from a wide
> variety of backgrounds to exchange ideas, make things and meet new people.
> OKFest will also highlight the diversity of Finland?s open knowledge
> communities to a new international audience, with a specific effort to
> encourage the participation of representatives from Nordic nations.
>
> Join us in Helsinki, Finland on 17-22 of September 2012 for a week
> of open knowledge and global inspiration.
>
> *THEME: OPEN KNOWLEDGE IN ACTION*
>
> The 2012 theme of OKFestival is *Open Knowledge in Action*. We will
> focus on the /value/that can be generated by opening up knowledge, the
> ecosystems of organisations that benefit from and participate in sharing,
> and the impact that open knowledge can have in our societies. What kinds of
> new professions, ideas and community initiatives can emerge within our
> governments, markets, networks and neighbourhoods as a result of these
> engagements?
>
> The exploration of this theme will not only be visible in the
> festival?s content, but also in its implementation as the first global
> event of its kind. At OKFestival, we will experiment with new forms of
> collaboration, new workshop formats and new forms of participation. We?ll
> bring together civil society representatives, programmers, data wranglers,
> designers, students, members of government and local communities for a week
> of building new things and sharing great ideas.
>
> *CALL FOR PROPOSALS*
>
> We have *two submission deadlines*this Spring based on our venue
> capacity at the *Aalto University School of Arts, Design and
> Architecture*in Helsinki. We suggest applying as soon as possible in order
> to ensure adequate venue space, support and funding for your proposals.
>
> First Round Deadline: April 20th 2012
> Second Round Deadline: June 1st 2012
>
> We are looking for proposals related to specific open knowledge and
> open data topics, but also new viewpoints and cross-cutting issues which
> may help us to understand how open knowledge is working in our society.
> Examples of such topics are the well-being of communities, civil society
> and citizen empowerment, democracy, entrepreneurship, smart cities,
> sustainability etc.
>
> More information at http://www.okfestival.org
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