Open Government Data At both days of the Open Government Data Camp 2010 there will be WORK SESSIONS on different topics. For details please see and add your ideas to this document:
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Each WORK SESSION will have a pad for collaborative online documentation. Please note that this is not a More details to follow.
LEGAL OPENNESS
Open government data: what are the legal issues? How can we make data legally open?
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TECHNICAL OPENNESS
How can we make data technically open? What do we mean by raw data? Best practices and horror stories?
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DATA CATALOGUES
How can we set up a data catalogue? What have we learnt from experience?
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PROMOTING REUSE
We’ve opened up some data, now what? Competitions, events and prototypes.
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CLEANING UP DATA
How can we get nice structured data from messy unstructured sources?
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ACCESS TO INFORMATION + OPEN GOVERNMENT DATA
How can Access to Information and Open Government Data advocates work together more effectively?
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LINKED OPEN DATA
Why use Linked Data to publish open government data?
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SOCIAL UTILITY
How we make open data socially useful?
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OPEN DATA ADVOCACY
How can I run a successful open government data campaign?
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BEYOND THE PROTOTYPE
How can we turn prototypes into fully fledged applications? Who will pay for them?
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MEASURING THE IMPACT OF OPEN DATA
There have been a lot of posts on the open government data mailing list recently about evidence on the impact of open data; this session would give researchers, policy makers and others the chance to discuss existing measurement of open data impacts – and to explore shared agendas for tracking impact in future
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EMPOWERING NON-TECHNICAL USERS AND RE-USERS OF DATA
A lot of the focus so far of the camp looks to be on technical and legal aspects of openning government data. This session would explore different patterns of data use: from community activism, to use of data inside and between levels of government – and would explore what support non-technical end-users need (in terms of skills; capacity building and tools-chains/technical infrastructures) to make the most of open government data.
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OPEN GOVERNANCE DATA – DATA FROM THE GRASS-ROOTS UP
Linked to this blog post – exploring how the creation of data of relevance of citizens and states is happening through open data approaches – and what implications this has for how open government/governance data infrastructures should be developed, and for what capacity building programmes of action may be required.
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OPEN DATA FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The World Bank has opened their data and launched an apps for development contest . At the same time, several (N)GOs are opening data as well, for instance in the context of IATI. This session wants to bring together users, developers and data managers, to develop innovative applications demonstrating ways to make open data work for international development.
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OPEN DATA IN LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
Our intention is to present the work carried out by the Web Foundation and CTIC CT to Assess Potential of Creating Open Government Data Initiatives in Low and Middle Income Countries and to create discussion around some topics such as: * Are low and middle income countries ready for an OGD initiative * What is needed? * How much of what we know from existing initiatives in other countries is applicable?
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