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Berners-Lee Calls For Government Data Transparency

Posted by samzenpus on from the data-for-the-people dept.

eldavojohn writes "Two months ago, Tim Berners-Lee unveiled a UK Government data project with the goal to make government data more useful for everyone. Today he is calling on the rest of the world's governments to become more transparent with their nonsensitive data. After only a few months, his project boasts around forty applications for using government data (screenshot example here). The BBC article notes the interesting uses of public data in India and Brazil that are disappointingly lacking in other countries — even the United States. Hopefully the US's data.gov will evolve to hosting apps instead of just data."

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  1. A private public service project in Portugal by Sr.+Zezinho · · Score: 3, Interesting

    An interesting project coming from a private foundation, instead of the government, is Pordata, a database of statistical data about Portugal:

    http://www.pordata.pt/

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  2. No, the Government should not host "apps". by Animats · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "data.gov" should not host "apps". Just release the raw data, and let others analyze it.

    If the Government provides "apps", they will be limited in annoying ways and won't be integrated with data from other sources.

  3. TED Talk by jduhls · · Score: 3, Informative

    Here's his TED Talk on the subject.