[open-sustainability] Open Data Census

[Townsend J.H.]

See below the global open data census. Think would be a useful early step for Open Sustainability to define the subset of these available open data resources of particular value to sustainability. Open data is of limited use if the people who could use it aren't aware it's available.

Cheers
Jack


> Hi All,
> 
> Just wanted to let folks know that a big post today has gone up today about the Open Data Census and work on it so far:
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> <http://blog.okfn.org/2013/02/20/open-data-census-tracking-the-state-of-open-data-around-the-world/>
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> It includes an update on all the contribution so far from members of the working group, some plans for what we do next including work on the Census this Saturday at Open Data Day (<http://okfn.org/events/open-data-day-2013/census>).
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> Regards,
> 
> Rufus
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> ## Intro to the Post
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> <http://blog.okfn.org/2013/02/20/open-data-census-tracking-the-state-of-open-data-around-the-world/>
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> Recent years have seen a huge expansion in open data activity around the world. This is very welcome, but at the same time it is now increasingly difficult to assess if, and where, progress is being made.
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> To address this, we started the [Open Data Census][census] in order to track the state of open data globally. The results so far, covering more than 35 countries and 200 datasets, are now available online at <http://census.okfn.org/>. We'll be building this up even more during Open Data Day this weekend.
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> This post explains why we started the census and why this matters now.
> This includes the importance of quality (not just quantity) of data, the state of the census so far, and some immediate next steps - such as expanding the census to the city level and developing an "open data index" to give a single measure of open data progress.