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You're missing Waterloo, North Vancouver, BC, Canada from here http://datacatalogs.org/group/canada. Vancouver is misspelled.
I recommend adding a column for mailing list, as it's the principal method of communication for many groups. When I have time, I'll add the info I have. Data Dot Gc is not a citizen group.
andrewjdyck
Great idea on the mailing list column.
I'd also like to see columns for lat/lon and some measure(s) of membership or activity. These may be a bit tougher but I have a heatmap in my mind that I'd like to work at. :)
I added number of mailing list members. Lat/lon is easy with google maps (right click, "What's here?"). I'll leave that to someone else :)
I maintain a list at http://datacatalogs.org/group/canada, which was built for this specific purpose. I recommend we contribute to that list instead.
I like the list at datacatalogs because you are maintaining it and it integrates well with the international data scene. But I didn't find the interface there super useful. e.g. how do I download the dataset to combine with other data? There must be a way, but Buzzdata does have the advantage in that these type of things, especially collaboration, are quite easy. Further thoughts?
I have no clear use case for merging, so I don't mind datacatalogs. For me, it's mostly to keep track of what's out there. This data is quite static, so collaboration isn't a strict requirement. But yes, if you need those things then Buzzdata is better.
Hi James. Momoko Price suggested that I add you as a collaborator on the two Canadian open-data datasets I've been working on. Feel free to add to them if you notice any missing info. Thanks!
http://data.illinois.gov/ http://www.datakc.org/ http://www.floridahasarighttoknow.com/
http://donnees.ville.montreal.qc.ca/ http://fredericton.icreate2.esolutionsgroup.ca/cityfredericton/en/citygovernment/DataMain.asp
Statistics offices and ministries in almost all cases do not offer open data. They just offer data, period. They should go in their own dataset, I think. Also, more care has to be taken with respect to these offices. Some URLs are wrong, e.g. this is not the Honduras Statistics Office http://www.ine-hn.org/ (I've corrected it in an upcoming version).
azad2002
Ah, that was the old Honduras address, they changed it in the past few months... Anyways, can you explain to me what the difference is? Every government and government agency without question has data that is public and data that is not public. Further many developing countries have limited capabilities of creating and even releasing data. On the INE site for example, not much data is listed, but if you poke around you can get access to their entire Census and Household surveys, is that open data or not?
Public data is not open data. Only data with an "open" license (PDDL, OGL, CC0, CCby, etc.) is open data. Without a proper license, there is no guarantee that the provider won't revoke access or file suit for unlicensed use, modification, distribution, etc. Hence, it is very important to data users that the data be covered by an open license.
Most int'l statistics bureaus don't even mention a license. This doesn't mean that the data is open, either. In places like Canada, for example, by default government data is Crown copyright, and without a license you are putting yourself at risk of having your project shut down or having to go to court.
In cases where statistics bureaus do have licenses, they are not open, e.g. Canada's http://www.statcan.gc.ca/reference/copyright-droit-auteur-eng.htm You may not reproduce its free information for commercial use, and it's unclear whether or not you can modify it.
Ok. Suddenly the IATI initiative stuff makes a bunch more sense. Thanks.
Holy crap, James, thank you so much for all the changes :) I'm actually really excited by how this kind of cleanup may forge a new level of standard data-etiquette for the future.
OpenParliament is an app, not a data source, or even an aggregator, really. It pulls its data from Library of Parliament.
Noted. Gonna omit ...
Also, datagov.it is like Montreal Ouvert - an open data initiative, but not a data hub.
Replacing with http://www.spaghettiopendata.org/, which is also unofficial, but has data
Yep, I also just noticed that OpenDataBC is independent of the new B.C. Open Data catalogue ... Thanks for scrutinizing closely, many of these were added wholesale from previous, unverified lists floating around the internetz ... Time to get serious about accuracy!
spaghettiopendata? Heh ...
Removing http://www.gov20.de/ which organizes open data camps, but no data.
Yeah, I added the BC data portal in the version I'm working on.
Perfect, thanks!
lame. Lemme test something ...
Hm, it worked for me. Did it stall? if it did, refreshing the page should do the trick!
Cool, works now. It had given me an error before. Going to finish my updates now.
Wow, those are smart changes, appreciate it. Seriously.
Oh i just realized I have to add Morocco, too. Updating ... once again :P
Also, note that being a collaborator means you can edit/update the summary and topics, too, if you like ..
Impossible to read with super-wide columns. Had to download.
Totally. Had the same problem.
chadskelton
Yeah -- you can't control which image Buzzdata pulls from the page. They say they're working on fixing that. :)
Missing QC City and Regina http://datacatalogs.org/group/canada