Comments on: An Open Data Litmus Test: Is There a Download Button http://blog.geoiq.com/2010/06/09/an-open-data-litmus-test-is-there-a-download-button/ News and updates from GeoIQ Wed, 23 May 2012 08:01:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: GeoIQ at The Data 2.0 Conference http://blog.geoiq.com/2010/06/09/an-open-data-litmus-test-is-there-a-download-button/#comment-2289 GeoIQ at The Data 2.0 Conference Fri, 08 Apr 2011 16:27:37 +0000 http://blog.fortiusone.com/?p=1286#comment-2289 [...] it ‘Open’. I won’t get into this much further as Sean Gorman has already covered this topic in much more detail I [...] [...] it ‘Open’. I won’t get into this much further as Sean Gorman has already covered this topic in much more detail I [...]

]]> By: Dave Smith http://blog.geoiq.com/2010/06/09/an-open-data-litmus-test-is-there-a-download-button/#comment-1238 Dave Smith Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:08:11 +0000 http://blog.fortiusone.com/?p=1286#comment-1238 * Download button, great first step. But data changes, and to have to manually download and remix the data with every change is a PIA. So, beyond (but not in place of) the download button, let's see APIs and feeds to take the drudgery out of keeping apps up to date, along with removing the question of whether the app is even reflecting the most current circumstance. * Metadata - and is it actually current? What is the data actually showing, is the data complete, what time span does it cover, what does it really mean? And - if you are downloading and "remixing" it, whaddya mean by "remixing it" - you are now putting up derivative works, and you rightly should also be providing metadata that describes what you started with and what you did to remix it. * GeoPlatform.gov - Should be able to get the metadata and data easily - maybe via hotlink to a metadata/description/download page right in its' layer tree. * Download button, great first step. But data changes, and to have to manually download and remix the data with every change is a PIA. So, beyond (but not in place of) the download button, let’s see APIs and feeds to take the drudgery out of keeping apps up to date, along with removing the question of whether the app is even reflecting the most current circumstance.

* Metadata – and is it actually current? What is the data actually showing, is the data complete, what time span does it cover, what does it really mean? And – if you are downloading and “remixing” it, whaddya mean by “remixing it” – you are now putting up derivative works, and you rightly should also be providing metadata that describes what you started with and what you did to remix it.

* GeoPlatform.gov – Should be able to get the metadata and data easily – maybe via hotlink to a metadata/description/download page right in its’ layer tree.

]]> By: UNdata and GeoJoin | Off the Map - Official Blog of FortiusOne http://blog.geoiq.com/2010/06/09/an-open-data-litmus-test-is-there-a-download-button/#comment-1237 UNdata and GeoJoin | Off the Map - Official Blog of FortiusOne Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:45:17 +0000 http://blog.fortiusone.com/?p=1286#comment-1237 [...] Offices of Member Countries to strengthen their data dissemination capabilities." Clearly meeting "An Open Data Litmus Test" there is a download button. As soon as I discovered UNdata I began searching for data and using it [...] [...] Offices of Member Countries to strengthen their data dissemination capabilities.” Clearly meeting “An Open Data Litmus Test” there is a download button. As soon as I discovered UNdata I began searching for data and using it [...]

]]> By: L’opendata dans tous ses états – Juillet II « http://blog.geoiq.com/2010/06/09/an-open-data-litmus-test-is-there-a-download-button/#comment-1236 L’opendata dans tous ses états – Juillet II « Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:48:43 +0000 http://blog.fortiusone.com/?p=1286#comment-1236 [...] An Open Data Litmus Test: Is There a Download Button [...] [...] An Open Data Litmus Test: Is There a Download Button [...]

]]> By: short links: open data, candian census, and merchants of doubt | Resilience Science http://blog.geoiq.com/2010/06/09/an-open-data-litmus-test-is-there-a-download-button/#comment-1235 short links: open data, candian census, and merchants of doubt | Resilience Science Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:27:55 +0000 http://blog.fortiusone.com/?p=1286#comment-1235 [...] An Open Data Litmus Test: Is There a Download Button from Off the Map In order for any data to be open you need to be able to download the data so that you can remix, [...] [...] An Open Data Litmus Test: Is There a Download Button from Off the Map In order for any data to be open you need to be able to download the data so that you can remix, [...]

]]> By: James Fee GIS Blog » Blog Archive » Shapes, Intellectual Property Rights and “Where’s My Desktop App?” http://blog.geoiq.com/2010/06/09/an-open-data-litmus-test-is-there-a-download-button/#comment-1234 James Fee GIS Blog » Blog Archive » Shapes, Intellectual Property Rights and “Where’s My Desktop App?” Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:27:33 +0000 http://blog.fortiusone.com/?p=1286#comment-1234 [...] in technology and open standards, I am surprised that the items Sean Gorman discusses in this post are still an issue with respect to federal government [...] [...] in technology and open standards, I am surprised that the items Sean Gorman discusses in this post are still an issue with respect to federal government [...]

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