[open-government] Measuring open data success in local govt

Thu Dec 12 08:38:07 UTC 2013

Hi Thimo,

WF recently released the Open Data Barometer, please see: http://opendatabarometer.org

Although we only researched national governments, the methodology might give you a good starting point and should be also applicable to local governments with a few tweaks. I has a multidimensional approach, as you'll see.

Josema.

ps: on a more personal note, yes, please, avoid counting datasets, it's pretty useless.
http://blog.josema.net/2013/07/18/counting-datasets-is-bad/

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El 10/12/2013, a las 19:00, Thimo Thoeye <thimothoeye at gmail.com> escribió:
> Dear all,
> 
> Since this is my first post to this list I would like to introduce myself, my name is Thimo Thoeye. I'm a software engineer and open data enthusiast currently working for local government (City of Ghent, Belgium)
> 
> The city of Ghent has an open data programme (see http://data.gent.be), characterized by community interaction. We are looking to expand it and I have been asked to devise a quantitative performance indicator to monitor our progress.
> 
> I don't want to fall in the 'number of datasets' trap and maintain focus on the impact on transparency and life in the city. I realize this isn't too straightforward so I would be very grateful if you can point me to any prior work (being) done on this subject
> 
> Kind regards,
> Thimo
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