Open Data - Canada vs. The UK
Brian Kelcey on Open Data in Vancouver, Winnipeg and across the pond.
“During Winnipeg’s recent Mayoral election, incumbent Mayor Sam Katz fended off even the most basic calls for more open government with absurd claims, arguing that no government anywhere would release contracts or other commercial records. My reply wasn’t to point to a civic example - although there are plently to choose from. Instead, I pointed to the UK, where, the Coalition Government’s transparency agenda is easily the most sweeping Open Data transformation on earth right now.”
Related:
- MyPeg - Measuring the well-being of our community. (Built on OpenStructs. RDF data provided as XML and JSON.)
- Google Refine 2.0 - The first Google/Metaweb tool. I wonder what they have planned for Freebase?