This blog post is a quick review and notes relating to a research paper called: Open data for electronic modeling: Legal aspects. It's part of my new research notebook to help me collect and share notes on research papers and reports. Brief summary The paper reviews the legal status of publicly available energy data (and … Continue reading [Paper review] Open data for electricity modeling: Legal aspects
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How do data publishing choices shape data ecosystems?
This is the latest in a series of posts in which I explore some basic questions about data. In our work at the ODI we have often been asked for advice about how best to publish data. When giving trying to give helpful advice, one thing I'm always mindful of is how the decisions about … Continue reading How do data publishing choices shape data ecosystems?
The words we use for data
I've been on leave this week so, amongst the gardening and relaxing I've had a bit of head space to think. One of the things I've been thinking about is the words we choose to use when talking about data. It was Dan's recent blog post that originally triggered it. But I was reminded of … Continue reading The words we use for data
How can we describe different types of dataset? Ten dataset archetypes
As a community, when we are discussing recommendations and best practices for how data should be published and governed, there is a natural tendency for people to focus on the types of data they are most familiar with working with. This leads to suggestions that every dataset should have an API, for example. Or that … Continue reading How can we describe different types of dataset? Ten dataset archetypes
That thing we call “open”
I've been involved in a few conversations recently about what "open" or "being open" means in different situations. As I've noted previously when people say "open" they often mean very different things. And while there may be a clear definitions of "open", people don't often use the terms correctly. And some phrases like "open API" … Continue reading That thing we call “open”
Thinking about the governance of data
I find "governance" to be a tricky word. Particularly when we're talking about the governance of data. For example, I've experienced conversations with people from a public policy background and people with a background in data management, where its clear that there are different perspectives. From a policy perspective, governance of data could be described … Continue reading Thinking about the governance of data
Impressions from pidapalooza 19
https://twitter.com/ldodds/status/1088029286865555457 This week I was at the third pidapalooza conference in Dublin. It's a conference that is dedicated open identifiers: how to create them, steward them, drive adoption and promote their benefits. Anyone who has spent any time reading this blog or following me on twitter will know that this is a topic close to … Continue reading Impressions from pidapalooza 19
Talk: Documenting Identifiers for Humans and Machines
This is a rough transcript of a talk I recently gave at a session at Pidapalooza 2019. You can view the slides from the talk here. I’m sharing my notes for the talk here, with a bit of light editing. I'd also really welcome you thoughts and feedback on this discussion document. At the Open Data … Continue reading Talk: Documenting Identifiers for Humans and Machines
Talk: Tabular data on the web
This is a rough transcript of a talk I recently gave at a workshop on Linked Open Statistical Data. You can view the slides from the talk here. I'm sharing my notes for the talk here, with a bit of light editing. At the Open Data Institute our mission is to work with companies and … Continue reading Talk: Tabular data on the web
UnINSPIREd: problems accessing local government geospatial data
This weekend I started a side project which I plan to spend some time on this winter. The goal is to create a web interface that will let people explore geospatial datasets published by the three local authorities that make up the West of England Combined Authority: Bristol City Council, South Gloucestershire Council and Bath … Continue reading UnINSPIREd: problems accessing local government geospatial data
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