Workshop on Finding and Re-using Public Information
Documentation
The Workshop on Finding and Re-using Public Information took place on 1st November 2008. If you would like more information, please see:
Notes from the event on the wiki page
workshop-20081101 tag on CKAN
okfn-pubinfo tag on Twitter
okfn-pubinfo tag on Del.icio.us
Details
When: Saturday 1st November 2008, 1030-1600.
Where: London Knowledge Lab, 23-29 Emerald Street, London, WC1N 3QS. (See map)
Participation: Attendance is free. If you are planning to come along please add your name to the list below, or email us (info at the okfn domain).
Description
The UK Government produces and distributes a vast amount of documents and datasets - from national statistics to environmental information, from socio-economic data to legal material. Recent technologies allow this information to be explored, built upon and made accessible in new ways - whether through visual representation, semantic interlinking, or through social media applications.
This informal, hands-on workshop will bring government information experts together with those who are interested in finding and re-using government information. In addition to focused discussions about legal and technological aspects of re-use, government information assets will be documented and tagged on CKAN, a registry of knowledge resources.
Participants
If you are planning to attend, please add your name to the list below...
- Jonathan Gray, The Open Knowledge Foundation
- Rufus Pollock, The Open Knowledge Foundation
- Richard Allan, The Power Of Information Task Force
- Richard Stirling, Cabinet Office
- John Sheridan, Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI)
Dave Briggs, DavePress, db@davepress.net
Jeremy Gould Whitehall Webby - regretfully cannot make it now
Dominic Campbell, FutureGov and Barnet Council
Harry Metcalfe, The Dextrous Web, TellThemWhatYouThink, harry@thedextrousweb.com
Anna Maybank, Social Innovation Camp
Chris Taggart, Count Culture
Sarah Gentleman Research Information Network
Noel Hatch, Kent County Council - Innovation
- Ruth Tye
Chris Corbin, ePSIplus
Paul Appleby, TSO
- William Perrin, Cabinet Office
- Rhian Jones, RICU Digital Media, Research, Information and Communications Unit
Ian Ibbotson, Knowledge Integration Ltd t (DCSF ISPP Project, Peoples network Discover, etc) Tagging in delicious using okfn-pubinfo tweeting under #okfn-pubinfo
- Adrian Norman, Psiphon
- Vicky Sargent, Socitm Insight
Susanne Richter, PhonepayPlus
Giota Alevizou, LSE
Nick Holmes, infolaw, FreeLegalWeb
Carmen Boscolo, Sustainability Manager,ecoCampLondon organiser - will try to make it!
- Nick Halliday, Export Credits Guarantee Department
Graham Seaman, openstreetmap participant, open.egov.org.uk
- Terence Freedman, The National Archives
Caroline Ford, tux4kids open source children's software
Adam McGreggor (or gfgi) — possibly.
Sabine McNeill, 3D Metrics and Forum for Stable Currencies
Ian Appleby, Gavurin, RecessionMap
Organisers
This workshop is presented by The Open Knowledge Foundation, the Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI), the Power of Information (POI) Taskforce and mySociety. It is kindly hosted by the London Knowledge Lab.
