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City Hall Gets Naked: David Eaves and Vancouver's Open Source Era (part one)
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| David Eaves: Open Data involves getting
| collected data online. The data portal, for
| me, is a place where we centralize information
| so that people can find it. Data can involve
| surveys of anything. These surveys could range
| from how many homeless people there are to the
| geographical location of infrastructure in the
| city.
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| This data can also involve the data that the
| city generates, such as budgets and agendas. I
| want to enable anyone to track whatâs going
| on.
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http://www.vancouverobserver.com/blogs/comfortvschange/2009/11/21/city-hall-gets-naked-david-eaves-and-vancouvers-open-source-era
Recent:
Developers spin City of Vancouverâs open data into maps and VanTrash
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| Developers are already putting the City of
| Vancouverâs new open-data catalogue to good
| use.
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| [...]
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| More local open-data projects are listed on the
| Vancouver Open Data Wiki. Thereâs no doubt
| these are just the tip of the iceberg, as more
| projects will sprout up as time goes by and as
| more data is released.
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http://www.straight.com/article-258582/developers-spin-city-vancouvers-open-data-maps-and-vantrash
Vancouver councillor proposes open IT standards
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| Vancouver's city hall recently passed a motion encouraging the selection of
| open data, standards and source code in future information technology (IT)
| procurement.
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http://www.gpmag.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=334
Advocates say open-source software is better
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| Advocates for open-source software are urging governments to embrace the
| concept, which they argue will save money, offer more flexibility and create
| better computer programs by encouraging collaboration.
|
| Open-source programs - which allow anyone to change or modify them - have
| been gaining popularity in recent years, from free consumer software such as
| the Firefox web browser to Internet servers and other complex applications.
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http://technology.canoe.ca/2009/06/17/9832971-cp.html
Vancouver enters the age of the open city
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| BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City of Vancouver endorses the principles of:
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| * Open and Accessible Data - the City of Vancouver will freely share with
| citizens, businesses and other jurisdictions the greatest amount of data
| possible while respecting privacy and security concerns;
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| * Open Standards - the City of Vancouver will move as quickly as possible to
| adopt prevailing open standards for data, documents, maps, and other formats
| of media;
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| * Open Source Software - the City of Vancouver, when replacing existing
| software or considering new applications, will place open source software on
| an equal footing with commercial systems during procurement cycles; and
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http://eaves.ca/2009/05/14/vancouver-enters-the-age-of-the-open-city/
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