I can certainly help with transport and urban development related
standards.

On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 1:33 AM, Nisha Thompson <[email protected]> wrote:

> I think we can start with general interoperability and open standards.
> Then work with each sector.
>
> When I was at Arghyam there was this discussion on water data.  So we
> could create a space with themed open data camps and meet ups that start
> this conversation.
>
> Nisha
> On Jun 8, 2014 3:54 PM, "srinivas kodali" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Agreed, but any such policy should also cover the data standards to
>> follow. We would need different people experienced in each sector to make
>> one.
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 12:34 AM, Nisha Thompson <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Srini
>>>
>>> That's true but getting the portals and the agreement that working on
>>> data standards is the most important step.
>>> The NIC experience with data.gov.in is a good place to learn from.
>>>
>>> Can we build out our recommendations to NDSAP? The states are starting
>>> to consider their own equivalent polices it will be good if we had a
>>> document to contribute.
>>>
>>> Nisha
>>> On Jun 8, 2014 9:28 AM, "srinivas kodali" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Nisha,
>>>>
>>>> Even we get the portals, it will be difficult to the get the data out
>>>> of these agencies across different cities. It will be hard convincing each
>>>> agency and most agencies won`t even store the data structurally.
>>>>
>>>> We need more changes in the NDSAP, also there are new ISO standards
>>>> which are under development for city related data
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=62436
>>>>
>>>> Getting data standards implemented across agencies is the challenging
>>>> part.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Srinivas
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Nisha Thompson <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Awesome I was just going to bring you into this conversation.
>>>>>
>>>>> Who is a good contact to start with?
>>>>> On Jun 6, 2014 10:02 PM, "Sridhar Pabbisetty" <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear nisha,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I will be happy to come along and if you need institutional backing,
>>>>>> I can get iimb and bpac to also formally request the same as we are
>>>>>> internally working on these issues.
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>>>>>> Subject: [datameet] Digest for [email protected] - 4 updates
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>   Today's topic summary
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Group: http://groups.google.com/group/datameet/topics
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    - Data portals for cities through data.gov.in?
>>>>>>    
>>>>>> <#1467d142aa088dc2_1467d0c3c0becab6_1467cde494c16070_1467baa7c0837176_14674bb664c62bb9_146740fcc6d07689_group_thread_0>
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>>>>>>   Data portals for cities through data.gov.in?
>>>>>> <http://groups.google.com/group/datameet/t/bd49bf8334ea633c>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    srinivas kodali <[email protected]> Jun 06 06:22PM +0530
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    Our Open data policy makes it mandatory for ministries to
>>>>>>    categorize their
>>>>>>    department datasets into open-data or restricted and release them
>>>>>>    publicly.
>>>>>>    But the same is not true with city/municipal agencies. Most
>>>>>>    important
>>>>>>    datasets like public transport, financial spendings, pollution
>>>>>>    levels,
>>>>>>    water usage fall under state/municipal agencies.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    These are important datasets which need to be made public. Making
>>>>>>    local
>>>>>>    agencies release datasets through data.gov.in would bring data
>>>>>>    standards
>>>>>>    locally and also improve community participation. Think of it,
>>>>>>    bangalore.data.gov.in would be an interesting page to have.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    Pointing out the equivalent open-access pages across the world.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    Beijing - http://www.bjdata.gov.cn/
>>>>>>    Seattle - https://data.seattle.gov/browse
>>>>>>    Chicago - https://data.cityofchicago.org/
>>>>>>    Baltimore - data.baltimorecity.gov
>>>>>>    Honolulu - data.honolulu.gov
>>>>>>    Colorado - data.opencolorado.org
>>>>>>    Lexington - data.lexingtonky.gov
>>>>>>    Somerville - data.somervillema.gov
>>>>>>    Palo Alto - paloalto.opendata.junar.com
>>>>>>    Louisville - portal.louisvilleky.gov
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    why not have similar ones for india, there is enough data around.
>>>>>>    Delhi has
>>>>>>    real-time pollution level monitored, real-time locations of
>>>>>>    buses, water
>>>>>>    usage data is available from water boards.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    What do we need for this to happen?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    Regards,
>>>>>>    Srinivas Kodali
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    Nisha Thompson <[email protected]> Jun 06 12:05PM -0400
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    Srinivas,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    I agree we should have one! Can we get a few other people in teh
>>>>>>    Bangalore
>>>>>>    group together and start lobbying the NIC and bangalore to create
>>>>>>    one?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    STarting with meetings and letters with Bangalore stakeholders?
>>>>>>    THen see
>>>>>>    about who is interested in starting the conversation in other
>>>>>>    cities.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    Chennai might be movign toward a portal but I'm nto sure, I don't
>>>>>>    see why
>>>>>>    Bangalore can't have one or Delhi or Mumbai or PUne.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    Nisha
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 8:52 AM, srinivas kodali <
>>>>>>    [email protected]>
>>>>>>    wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    --
>>>>>>    Nisha Thompson
>>>>>>    DataMeet.org
>>>>>>    [email protected]
>>>>>>    skype: nishaqt
>>>>>>    mobile: 962-061-2245
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    srinivas kodali <[email protected]> Jun 06 11:09PM +0530
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    Nisha,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    You mentioned something about chennai is moving towards a portal,
>>>>>>    can u
>>>>>>    elaborate on that?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    Srinivas
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    Nisha Thompson <[email protected]> Jun 06 02:15PM -0400
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    Data.gov.in mentioned a meeting with Tamil Nadu a while ago. I
>>>>>>    will try to
>>>>>>    follow up with them and see if there is a follow meeting, maybe
>>>>>>    DataMeeters
>>>>>>    in Chennai can attend.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    Nisha
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 1:39 PM, srinivas kodali <
>>>>>>    [email protected]>
>>>>>>    wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    --
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>>>>>>    Mobile: 962-061-2245
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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