By Tim Davies on December 11, 2012
Below is the pre-print full text of an article of mine forthcoming in the 2012/13 edition of the Commonwealth Governance Handbook. You can find a PDF copy over here. How might open data contribute to good governance? Access to information is increasingly recognised as a fundamental component of good governance. Citizens need access to information [...]
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By Tim Davies on August 28, 2012
This is the second in a short series of research notes that aim to draw out practical points from my current PhD explorations of the impacts of open data on inclusive governance. This one draws on a piece I’m working on about taking a broad reading of what it means to have an open data [...]
Posted in Open Data, Other Governments, PHD, Policy, Research Notes
By Tim Davies on March 29, 2011
The presentation below from Janet Hughes, Head of Scrutiny, at the London Assembly offers a useful metaphor for thinking about the eco-system of open data use – and what’s needed beyond just raw data to drive change. How to make the flowers bloom View more presentations from Janet Hughes
Posted in Open Data, Other Governments | Tagged ecosystems, Janet Hughes, Open Data
By Tim Davies on March 18, 2011
I’ve been doing some work editing the education section of the Making a Difference with Data website, and at today’s MADwData event in London we had a short workshop exploring education data. The notes below draw out one strand of the discussion. Cross posted from the MADwData site. Data does get complicated. Take school catchments [...]
Posted in Other Governments | Tagged education data, Literacy, madwdata, Media literacy
By Tim Davies on September 30, 2010
The following poster (also available on the report pages – please link there if referencing) was presented at the ‘Web Science: A New Frontier’ satellite meeting at The Royal Society Kavli Centre, 29th September 2010 and summarises some elements of the study. Click the image to access a full-size version on Flickr, or find a PDF copy [...]
Posted in Linked Data, MSc, Open Data, Other Governments, UK National Goverment
By Tim Davies on September 28, 2010
The front slide of this deck from Daniel Kaplan suggests it looks at “Public Service Information in France – and more” – and the ‘and more’ is certainly well added. If you’ve any interest in the implications of open data policy I thoroughly recommend taking a look through Daniel’s slides, which unpack some the potential [...]
Posted in Open Data, Other Governments | Tagged critical perspectives, David Kaplan
By Tim Davies on July 8, 2010
One of the approaches I’ve been using in trying to analyse the 50 or so different cases of open data use I’ve collected in this study is to divide up the different processes of data use. I started with a simple schematic, and building on the theoretical reading I’ve been doing around data and information, [...]
Posted in Open Data, Other Governments, Policy, UK National Goverment
By Tim Davies on May 4, 2010
[Update 5th May: I thought five was too few. See #6 from Southampton] Data.gov.uk now contains a list of over 3200 different datasets. One of those, is the data.gov.uk directory of datasets itself, allowing anyone to take and display information about UK open government data. Over the last few days I’ve come across a number [...]
Posted in MSc, Other Governments, UK National Goverment | Tagged data.gov.uk, datastores, directories
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