[open-government] Call for researchers for the 3rd edition of the Open Data Barometer

Thu Jun 4 20:52:55 UTC 2015

Dear Yuwei,

Let me try to explain better myself. Of course we are interested in open
data research in Taiwan and elsewhere in the world. Unfortunately,
resources are never infinite and always a factor to limit the number of
countries we could analyse at the Barometer.

I think I have already explained our criteria for countries sampling. We
just try to cover as much as possible with the available resources,
extending on the top of the countries from previous editions and always
keeping a fair balance between the different world regions as well. Note
also that, despite current global open data momentum, there were not so
much active open data countries three years ago when we started with the
initial list of countries. We take also seriously into account the feedback
and demand from the global community and thus we have indeed been already
incorporating in every new edition different countries where that demand
was clear, as it is know in the case of Taiwan. Still, the problem is that
at this stage the scope for this year is already complete and, although we
keep considering your request, Taiwan was out of our initial planning and
likely not possible to be incorporated for this edition.

In the meanwhile, this new edition we will keep deepening and broadening
the ODB, improving the methodology and increasing the countries coverage as
we always did. Nevertheless, we know that we may be still leaving behind
some countries where open data has already presence as it could be in the
case of Taiwan. Hopefully they will be also part of the Barometer soon.

Thank you for your feedback and suggestions.
All the best,
 CI.

On 3 June 2015 at 10:47, Yuwei Lin <yuwei.lin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Carlos,
>
> I appreciate that you have limited resources and tight timelines. However,
> a credible research project should have a solid and coherent methodology
> for sampling and analysis; otherwise, you'll just be cherry picking
> examples and this can be riskily political.
>
> As said, there are a diverse range of exciting open data activities and
> policy development in Taiwan. Many Taiwanese are involved in national as
> well as international open data projects. I don't think a truly global Open
> Data Barometer can be considered as complete without the inclusion of
> Taiwan.
>
> Perhaps for now you can illustrate your methodology for sampling and why
> you think the already selected countries are representative?
>
> Cheers.
>
> Best wishes,
> Yuwei
>
> On 2 June 2015 at 21:41, Carlos Iglesias <carlos.iglesias.moro at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Dongpo,
>>
>> First of all, thank you for your feedback and interest on the Open Data
>> Barometer.
>>
>> In an ideal case, the Barometer might be covering all existing countries
>> but, unfortunately, and as in any other project, the available resources
>> and timelines impose also some limitations with respect to world
>> coverage. For every new edition of the Barometer we try to cover as much as
>> possible, keeping a fair balance between the different world regions as
>> well. This new edition we continue to keep increasing the countries
>> coverage, nevertheless we know that we may still leaving behind some
>> countries where open data has already some presence as it could be the case
>> of Taiwan.
>>
>> Unfortunately, the list of countries for this edition is already
>> complete, although our expectations are to keep improving the Barometer and
>> continue to deep and broad it. In any case, we will try to analyse and
>> discuss this specific case, but we are also somehow limited by the
>> available support and resources as every year.
>>
>> We are really grateful for your suggestion and hope also we all could be
>> seeing much more countries, including Taiwan, being finally included in the
>> Barometer.
>>
>> All best wishes,
>>  CI.
>> --
>>
>> Carlos Iglesias
>> Open Data Senior Researcher
>> Asturias, Spain
>> skype: carlos.iglesias.skype
>> mobile: +34 687 917 759
>> twitter: @carlosiglesias
>>
>> World Wide Web Foundation | 1110 Vermont Ave NW, Suite 500, Washington
>> DC, 20005, USA | www.webfoundation.org | Twitter: @webfoundation
>>
>>
>> On 2 June 2015 at 15:56, Dongpo Deng <dongpo.deng at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Carlos and all,
>>>
>>> Open Data movement is prevailing in Taiwan. In the past years, there
>>> were not only many civic tech activities but also academic and scientific
>>> conferences for open (government) data such as g0v summit [1] and open data
>>> workshop [2]. Unfortunately, Taiwan is not in the list of countries for
>>> call-for-researchers of ODB. Is it possible that Taiwan can be included in
>>> the list for 3rd ODB?
>>>
>>> [1]http://summit.g0v.tw/en-US/index.html
>>> [2]odw.tw
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 6:07 PM Carlos Iglesias <
>>> carlos.iglesias.moro at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The World Wide Web Foundation has issued a call for researchers to
>>>> participate in the 3rd edition of the Open Data Barometer (ODB).
>>>>
>>>> The details of the call are available at
>>>> http://webfoundation.org/2015/05/call-for-researchers-open-data-barometer/
>>>>
>>>> Researchers can apply by filling in a short application form available
>>>> at http://goo.gl/forms/64fwcPFHRw
>>>>
>>>> For any questions on the call, please write to
>>>> project-odb at webfoundation.org
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>  CI.
>>>>
>>>>
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