All good poing. To 2) I can say that currently data.gov.in will not have state and local data. But an NDSAP type bill is going to be taken up in the states. If they adapted then I assume equivalent portals will be created at the state level.
I am going to forward this mail to data.gov.in. See if they will respond directly. Nisha On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Vaishnavi Jayakumar < jayakumar.vaishn...@gmail.com> wrote: > *1. If this is an open government platform should spreadsheets not be > shared in ODS / ODF format? Using proprietary software would be a passive > acceptance of the rampant software piracy in India!* > > Please see latest NDSAP document of Jan 2013 (also includes the policy) as > accessed from here > http://data.gov.in/system/files/NDSAP_Implementation_Guidelines-2.0.pdf > > > 3.2 Data Formats >> NDSAP recommends that data has to be published in >> open format. It should be >> machine readable. Though there are many formats suitable to >> different category of >> data. Based on current analysis of data formats >> prevalent in Government it is >> proposed that data should be published in any of the >> following formats: >> ? CSV (Comma separated Values) >> ? XLS, XLSX ( spread sheet- Excel) >> ? XML (Extensive Markup Language) >> ? RDF (Resources Description Framework) >> ? KML (Keyhole Markup Language used for Maps) >> ? GML (Geography Markup Language) >> ? RSS/ATOM (Fast changing data e.g. hourly/daily) >> Tim Berners-Lee had classified data into single star to five >> star categories based on >> formats for data. Please refer to Annexure II. > > > *2. Would anyone have an idea whether / when state government / local > body data will be available at data.gov.in? And whether any departments > have published their list of negative datasets?* > > 2.8 Negative List – Non-sharable data as declared >> by the departments/ organizations > > 2.9 Restricted Data –Data which are accessible only through a >> prescribed process of registration and authorization by respective >> departments / organizations. > > 2.10 Sensitive Data– Sensitive data as defined in >> various Acts and rules of the Government of India. > > 2.11 Sharable Data – Those data not covered under the scope of >> negative list and non-sensitive in nature > > > -- > For more details about this list > http://datameet.org/discussions/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "datameet" group. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > -- Nisha Thompson Mobile: 962-061-2245 -- For more details about this list http://datameet.org/discussions/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.
