Comments on: A portal for European government data: PublicData.eu plans http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/01/12/a-portal-for-european-government-data-publicdata-eu-plans/ A conversation. Mon, 21 May 2012 12:30:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Oil Is Still King | Living History http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/01/12/a-portal-for-european-government-data-publicdata-eu-plans/#comment-365362 Oil Is Still King | Living History Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:55:43 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=12415#comment-365362 [...] Iran ‘definitely’ closing Strait of Hormuz over EU oil embargoLobbying for War by Philip Giraldi -- Antiwar.comTroubles of the Middle East – Warmongering!A portal for European government data: PublicData.eu plans [...] [...] Iran ‘definitely’ closing Strait of Hormuz over EU oil embargoLobbying for War by Philip Giraldi — Antiwar.comTroubles of the Middle East – Warmongering!A portal for European government data: PublicData.eu plans [...]

]]> By: Carmen Kong http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/01/12/a-portal-for-european-government-data-publicdata-eu-plans/#comment-17709 Carmen Kong Sat, 15 Jan 2011 02:41:11 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=12415#comment-17709 I feel that soon enough, a storm of data Vs privacy issue will certain surface. And with different attitudes in the EU, I can foresee a problem despite some advantages. Look at the case when the German government tries to ban Google Analytics and even fine companies who use it, in the name of privacy protection. It's hard to embrace all these data, when you know, at the back of your head that, it might be illegal. I feel that soon enough, a storm of data Vs privacy issue will certain surface. And with different attitudes in the EU, I can foresee a problem despite some advantages. Look at the case when the German government tries to ban Google Analytics and even fine companies who use it, in the name of privacy protection. It’s hard to embrace all these data, when you know, at the back of your head that, it might be illegal.

]]> By: Challenges of Analyzing a dataset (with R) « DECISION STATS http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/01/12/a-portal-for-european-government-data-publicdata-eu-plans/#comment-17708 Challenges of Analyzing a dataset (with R) « DECISION STATS Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:48:37 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=12415#comment-17708 [...] A portal for European government data: PublicData.eu plans (onlinejournalismblog.com) [...] [...] A portal for European government data: PublicData.eu plans (onlinejournalismblog.com) [...]

]]> By: Francesca Di Massimo http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/01/12/a-portal-for-european-government-data-publicdata-eu-plans/#comment-17707 Francesca Di Massimo Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:37:42 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=12415#comment-17707 I think thare are many synergic initiatives going on on Open data to overcome barriers on data reuse. this is what you will find on the mentioned website on the barriers that this intiative wants to overcome. 1. Prevalence of open data that is published to application-specific, non-reusable formats that also lack terminology and data consistency. 2. Cost of provisioning and delivery. Data is most often stored on servers within public bodies, not readily available for external, scalable access. 3. Open data frameworks should be publicly available for developers in all developing languages, together with tools, sample code and documentation to make it easier to re-use the data. 4. More focus required on publishing open data to the Cloud to improve cost- efficiency, to enable re-use features and give non-discriminatory availability for developers and ISVs. 5. Data classification and potential reuse should be solved by government agencies actively engaging with ISVs. And here is the technical part of the story, this toolkit makes it easy for developers to reuse data whatever programming language they use.(a dutch dataset example) http://dev.govdata.eu/DataBrowser/nlOpenData/Basisscholen#param=NOFILTER--DataView--Results I think thare are many synergic initiatives going on on Open data to overcome barriers on data reuse.

this is what you will find on the mentioned website on the barriers that this intiative wants to overcome.
1. Prevalence of open data that is published to application-specific, non-reusable formats that also lack terminology and data consistency.

2. Cost of provisioning and delivery. Data is most often stored on servers within public bodies, not readily available for external, scalable access.

3. Open data frameworks should be publicly available for developers in all developing languages, together with tools, sample code and documentation to make it easier to re-use the data.

4. More focus required on publishing open data to the Cloud to improve cost- efficiency, to enable re-use features and give non-discriminatory availability for developers and ISVs.

5. Data classification and potential reuse should be solved by government agencies actively engaging with ISVs.

And here is the technical part of the story, this toolkit makes it easy for developers to reuse data whatever programming language they use.(a dutch dataset example)
http://dev.govdata.eu/DataBrowser/nlOpenData/Basisscholen#param=NOFILTER–DataView–Results

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