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- Central aggregation (whether via web input or harvesting) is very useful.
Harvesting allows decentralisation of approval processes.
- Standardisation for vocabularies and/or tags (e.g. spending data always
has a consistent tag)
- Publish reports on how timely the data is to encourage speedy publication
/ registration on the central portal (e.g.
http://data.gov.uk/data/openspending-report/index)
- Ensure your portal has an API to all metadata fields (extra points if
you're compliant with DCIP http://spec.datacatalogs.org/)
- Run link checking reports and hide datasets that contain broken links
until updated to cut down on noise (& inform publishers on need to update).
Irina
On 25 February 2013 11:25, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
> There is some material here:
>
> http://opendatahandbook.org/en/how-to-open-up-data/make-it-discoverable.html
>
> But it could definitely be expanded!
>
> Rufus
>
> On 25 February 2013 10:51, Joris Pekel <joris.pekel at okfn.org> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > This weekend during the Open Data Day we worked in Amsterdam on the Open
> > Data Census. We looked for datasets both on a national and a city level.
> > One conclusion was that most of it is there, and it is open (besides
> > government spending which is not available at all...). However, it was
> very
> > hard to find the data. The Dutch national data portal data.overheid.nlwas
> > not a very big help to us.
> >
> > The main issue here seemed to be the randomness of the datasets that are
> > uploaded by civil servants. For example the budgeting of the centre
> district
> > of Amsterdam can be found (about 2010..) but not the other districts. The
> > data is old and links are sometimes dead. Tagging is not done well which
> > also makes finding data very hard. For example postal codes in the
> > Netherlands are part of a larger dataset called BAG (basisregistraties in
> > het geo-domein). This dataset is only to be found when you search for
> BAG,
> > and not when querying 'postcodes'.
> >
> > An other thing is that different groups use their own sites to publish
> data,
> > and not make use of the national one. This means that you have to search
> > about 10 different data portals to find out if the data is there, and can
> > still not be 100% sure.
> >
> > I was therefore wondering if there exists something like a 'basic guide
> how
> > to use a dataportal'. If there is not, I think a blogpost about this with
> > tips would do very well on the OKF main blog. What do people think? worth
> > doing?
> >
> > Thanks, and all the best,
> >
> > Joris
> >
> > --
> > Joris Pekel
> > Community Coordinator
> > Open Knowledge Foundation
> > http://okfn.org/
> > http://twitter.com/jpekel
> >
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<div dir=3D"ltr">+1 to data portal best practices guide. ASAP!<div><br></di=
v><div style>From my perspective the following a key:</div><div style>- Cen=
tral aggregation (whether via web=A0input=A0or harvesting) is very useful. =
Harvesting allows decentralisation of approval processes.</div>
<div style>- Standardisation for vocabularies and/or tags (e.g. spending da=
ta always has a consistent tag)</div><div style>- Publish reports on how ti=
mely the data is to encourage speedy publication / registration on the cent=
ral portal (e.g.=A0<a href=3D"http://data.gov.uk/data/openspending-report/i=
ndex">http://data.gov.uk/data/openspending-report/index</a>)</div>
<div style>- Ensure your portal has an API to all metadata fields (extra po=
ints if you're compliant with DCIP=A0<a href=3D"http://spec.datacatalog=
s.org/">http://spec.datacatalogs.org/</a>)</div><div style>- Run link check=
ing reports and hide datasets that contain broken links until updated to cu=
t down on noise (& inform publishers on need to update).</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Irina</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"=
><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 25 February 2013 11:25, Rufus Polloc=
k <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:rufus.pollock at okfn.org" target=3D=
"_blank">rufus.pollock at okfn.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">There is some material here:<br>
<a href=3D"http://opendatahandbook.org/en/how-to-open-up-data/make-it-disco=
verable.html" target=3D"_blank">http://opendatahandbook.org/en/how-to-open-=
up-data/make-it-discoverable.html</a><br>
<br>
But it could definitely be expanded!<br>
<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br>
Rufus<br>
</font></span><div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><br>
On 25 February 2013 10:51, Joris Pekel <<a href=3D"mailto:joris.pekel at ok=
fn.org">joris.pekel at okfn.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi all,<br>
><br>
> This weekend during the Open Data Day we worked in Amsterdam on the Op=
en<br>
> Data Census. We looked for datasets both on a national and a city leve=
l.<br>
> One conclusion was that most of it is there, and it is open (besides<b=
r>
> government spending which is not available at all...). However, it was=
very<br>
> hard to find the data. The Dutch national data portal <a href=3D"http:=
//data.overheid.nl" target=3D"_blank">data.overheid.nl</a> was<br>
> not a very big help to us.<br>
><br>
> The main issue here seemed to be the randomness of the datasets that a=
re<br>
> uploaded by civil servants. For example the budgeting of the centre di=
strict<br>
> of Amsterdam can be found (about 2010..) but not the other districts. =
The<br>
> data is old and links are sometimes dead. Tagging is not done well whi=
ch<br>
> also makes finding data very hard. For example postal codes in the<br>
> Netherlands are part of a larger dataset called BAG (basisregistraties=
in<br>
> het geo-domein). This dataset is only to be found when you search for =
BAG,<br>
> and not when querying 'postcodes'.<br>
><br>
> An other thing is that different groups use their own sites to publish=
data,<br>
> and not make use of the national one. This means that you have to sear=
ch<br>
> about 10 different data portals to find out if the data is there, and =
can<br>
> still not be 100% sure.<br>
><br>
> I was therefore wondering if there exists something like a 'basic =
guide how<br>
> to use a dataportal'. If there is not, I think a blogpost about th=
is with<br>
> tips would do very well on the OKF main blog. What do people think? wo=
rth<br>
> doing?<br>
><br>
> Thanks, and all the best,<br>
><br>
> Joris<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Joris Pekel<br>
> Community Coordinator<br>
> Open Knowledge Foundation<br>
> <a href=3D"http://okfn.org/" target=3D"_blank">http://okfn.org/</a><br=
>
> <a href=3D"http://twitter.com/jpekel" target=3D"_blank">http://twitter=
.com/jpekel</a><br>
><br>
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