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Data.gov.uk using Drupal
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| Web founder Sir Tim Berners-Lee and
| Professor Nigel Shadbolt unveiled
| Data.gov.uk today. The new website offers
| public sector data, ranging from traffic
| statistics to crime figures, for private or
| commercial use. It is designed to be similar
| to the Obama administration's data.gov
| project, run by Vivek Kundra, Chief
| Information Officer in the US.
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http://buytaert.net/data-gov-uk-using-drupal
Data.Gov.UK
http://data.gov.uk/
Open Source, Open Standards and ReâUse: Government Action Plan
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/government_it/open_source.aspx
Licensing and data.gov.uk launch
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| We have drafted a simple and enabling set of
| terms and conditions for the site which
| means that the data available through
| data.gov.uk will be re-usable both
| commercially and non-commercially. These
| terms and conditions have been aligned so
| that they are interoperable with any
| Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Licence.
| The terms and conditions are also machine
| readable meaning that the licence is
| presented and coded in such a way that
| applications and programs can access and
| understand the terms and conditions too.
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http://perspectives.opsi.gov.uk/2010/01/licensing-and-datagovuk-launch.html
Data.gov.uk goes public - and its using CKAN!
http://blog.okfn.org/2010/01/21/datagovuk-goes-public-and-its-using-ckan/
UK's free data website 'is a world showcase'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/datablog/2010/jan/21/government-free-data-website-launch
Guardian Launches Search Engine for Government Data
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| The Guardian quotes developer Ben Fry on the
| future of searching government data: "This
| is only going one way: there is no trend
| towards less data."
|
| Following an era when the quantity of data
| available online increased in orders of
| magnitude, thanks largely to easy publishing
| tools for end-users like blogging and social
| networks, many people expect the next era of
| development online to focus on strategic
| moves to make the most valuable data
| available in standardized formats that
| facilitate innovation by 3rd parties
| independent of the original sources of the
| data.
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http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/guardian_launches_search_engine_for_government_dat.php
UK government rebuffs cries for free postcode database
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| Number 10 has responded negatively to a
| petition signed by over 2,000 people that
| asked the government to convince the Royal
| Mail to offer a free postcode database to
| non-profit and community websites.
|
| Sadly, a day is a long time on the internet,
| and following yesterday's data.gov.uk love-
| in, Prime Minister Gordon Brown today
| returned to appeasing commercial interests.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/22/number_10_paf_database_petition/
Making it real: People and Books and Web and Science at ScienceOnline2010
http://scienceblogs.com/clock/2010/01/making_it_real_people_and_book.php
Recent:
Drupal thrives in Taiwan
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| After a while I discovered that there was even
| a Drupal Taiwan website. So I got in touch
| with the site admin and head organizer,
| Charles Chuang, and he let me know there would
| be a meetup in late December. The gathering
| would be at a local cafe in central Taipei and
| the topic would be new features, discuss
| strategy, and socialize to make new friends
| with like-minded souls.
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http://asia.cnet.com/blogs/the-neon-rush/post.htm?id=63015618&scid=rvhm_ms
Obama Team Challenges Web Developers
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| Having rebuilt Whitehouse.gov on the open
| source Drupal platform, President Obama's
| new media team is calling on the open
| source community for new ideas and
| technology.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/info-management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=221900361
Should the White House Contribute to the Open Source Community?
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| While this measure may not be an immediate
| cost-saver (5 different companies are
| involved in re-building and maintaining the
| White House web site), long-term costs
| should fall as government agencies are able
| to borrow from the greater Drupal community
| while incrementally improving on the
| websites code. But the question remains,
| will the Obama White House share some of the
| contributions itâs making to open source?
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http://appfrica.net/blog/2009/10/28/should-the-white-house-contribute-to-the-open-source-community/
Whitehouse.gov could be a springboard for Open Source for America
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| Like many of you, I awoke Monday to read
| that whitehouse.gov was now running on open
| source products, including Drupal, Red Hat
| Linux, Apache web server, MySQL, and Apache
| Solr.
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http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source/whitehousegov-could-be-springboard-open-source-america-726
White House web site goes open source
http://ibtimes.com.au/articles/20091029/white-house-web-site-goes-open-source.htm
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