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Help Us Free London's Data
http://freelondonsdata.eventbrite.com/
Data.gov.uk Launched - and itâs Using CKAN
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| The UK Governmentâs public sector data site
| launched last week in a private beta â and itâs
| using CKAN as its backend for storing all its
| dataset info!
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http://blog.okfn.org/2009/10/08/datagovuk-launched-and-its-using-ckan/
Recent:
Show us the data now damnit! Excuses are running out.
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| A very interesting paper from Caroline Savage and Andrew Vickers was
| published in PLoS ONE last week detailing an empirical study of data
| sharing of PLoS journal authors. The results themselves, that one out
| ten corresponding authors provided data, are not
| particularly surprising, mirroring as they do previous studies, both
| formal [pdf] and informal (also from Vickers, I assume this is a
| different data set), of data sharing.
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http://blog.openwetware.org/scienceintheopen/2009/09/21/show-us-the-data-now-damnit-excuses-are-running-out/
Ideas sought for open government
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| A DIY guide to becoming an MP and a database of the connections between the
| powerful could soon be created online.
|
| The two ideas are among those being considered by MySociety - a charitable
| group that helps construct civic tools.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8194859.stm
Transparency against malpractic
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| As a result of my new enthusiasm to 'get out more' I found myself listening
| to a detailed and balanced 'non-advocacy' presentation from a respected OSS
| Watch staffer.
|
| He explained patiently how open source licencing worked and how it differed
| from proprietary licences. But what he did say whilst looking for an everyday
| resonance to make his points accessible to a non-geek audience, and which
| really sharpened every-one's attention, was that proprietary software was
| built on secret code whereas open source software had transparent code.
|
| Proprietary software IS composed of secret code. You can't read it, you don't
| know what it does (other than what you can see it do), you don't know how it
| does it and you can't change it.
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http://www.siriusit.co.uk/myblog/secret-code-and-the-damage-it-does-to-our-society.html
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