Hi, Back when there was the open proposal for suggestions for "digital projects" the government could invest in I suggested the idea of running a "Uk Government SourceForge". The idea was for a "stable" where start-ups and volunteer development teams interested in using government data could be helped and sponsored by someone in the civil service who would have enough clout to get their targetted departments to give them the data they need. As well as providing all the usual community infrastructure found around such open source clusters.
Sadly it wasn't picked up. David Durant 2009/6/12 Owen Blacker <[email protected]> > Thanks; you beat me to posting that, having been pointed to it on Twitter > :o) > From which: > > A few of the things he and his panel of technical and delivery experts will > doing are: > > 1. overseeing the creation of a single online point of access and work > with departments to make this part of their routine operations. > 2. helping to select and implement common standards for the release of > public data > 3. developing Crown Copyright and 'Crown Commons' licenses and > extending these to the wider public sector > 4. driving the use of the internet to improve consultation processes. > 5. working with the Government to engage with the leading experts > internationally working on public data and standards > > I'm definitely pleased to see all of these are on the govt's agenda. With > my other hats on, I'm pticly interested in the third and fourth points. With > my mySociety hat on, all of them are pretty cool. > > > Owen > > 2009/6/12 Tony Scott <[email protected]> > > >> >> http://blogs.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/digitalengagement/post/2009/06/09/Data-So-what-happens-now.aspx >> >> Tony >> >> >> ---- >> Tony Scott >> http://tonyscott.org.uk | http://twitter.com/tonys >> http://wordcamp.org.uk | http://hackspace.org.uk >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >> > From: Owen Blacker <[email protected]> >> > To: mySociety dev-public list <[email protected]> >> > Sent: Friday, 12 June, 2009 10:10:53 >> > Subject: [mySociety:public] Tim Berners-Lee to works with govt to open >> up govt data >> > >> > http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2009-06-10b.795.0 >> > >> > So that Government information is accessible and useful for the >> > widest possible group of people, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who led the >> > creation of the worldwide web, has agreed to help us to drive the >> > opening up of access to Government data on the web over the coming >> > months. >> > >> > (paragraph 14 from Gordon's speech on Constitutional Renewal yesterday) >> > >> > -- >> > Owen Blacker, London GB >> > Say no to ID cards: www.no2id.net >> > Get your mitts off my bits: www.openrightsgroup.org >> > Become a patron of TheyWorkForYou: www.pledgebank.com/twfypatrons >> > -- >> > Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary >> > safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Mailing list [email protected] >> > Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: >> > >> https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list [email protected] >> Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: >> >> https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list [email protected] > Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public >
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