2009/7/15 Richard Palmer <[email protected]>: > Dear list, > >> Five years on from the Foundation's start, now is a good time to have >> a discussion of what the next 5 years (and beyond) of the Open >> Knowledge Foundation should be. >> >> I've started some notes here: <http://wiki.okfn.org/Vision> and to get >> the ball rolling here are some specific questions I'd love to hear >> people's views on: >> >> * What do you think the Open Knowledge Foundation is? > > As a newcomer to the OKFN (following Rufus's talk at OpenTech), I can give > you my opinion, for what it's worth, after browsing through the various > websites.
As a newcomer your opinion is probably the most useful of all :) > The main site doesn't seem to mention 'why' open is so good in all cases (and > do you really mean all cases?), and also why the OKFN needed to be setup. Good point: one shouldn't exaggerate benefits (though someone we need to aim for the moon just to reach the top of the hill ...) > Perhaps a History page would be useful?. Some examples of how different > open data sets have been re-used in projects might also be helpful > (e.g. postcodes+openstreetmap+houseprices=mystreetprices or similiar) OK so: a) better why openness matters b) history/background to the Foundation c) exemplars -- we do have a blog category for this (http://blog.okfn.org/taxonomy/exemplars) but I think we want a few nice examples. > Also, is the OKFNs role only to promote open data or does it want to become an > archive as well?. For example, with the storage grid, will the OKFN be > maintaining the data in the grid, migrating formats as they become > obsolete, etc. We're definitely there not only to promote openness but also to create open material ourselves as well as provide tools and services to assist in producing and creating such material. Coordinating a storage grid for open data falls clearly within that remit though whether that would include an effort to preserve and migrate archival material is a different (and much more specific) question! Rufus _______________________________________________ okfn-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.okfn.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss
