08:50:18 RRSAgent has joined #egov 08:50:18 logging to http://www.w3.org/2009/12/09-egov-irc 10:25:53 ChrisBeer has joined #egov 10:26:04 Evening all 11:02:25 Zakim has left #egov 11:06:28 hey 11:06:31 everyone 11:09:30 :) all ... 3 of us 11:09:43 hows life hugh? 11:12:23 busy, ridiculously busy 11:12:36 I hear ya - this weeks been a big one 11:13:20 the whole gov2au thing passed me by, while I am really happy with it happening, it's frustrating because I have waited a long time for this to happen, then I can't take part 11:13:48 I was even on holiday when they had initial submissions and the roadshow 11:14:26 anyaway, it seems pretty good, wish they'd lose the "2.0" nonsense 11:15:45 I don't know if a w3c egov group submission is practical or even worthwhile 11:23:53 Sorry - was afk (still am kinda) - how so? (all I'm suggesting is a note of support since it's still open for comments - outreach etc. Would of loved to have suggested same for UK/US versions too, but I missed any call for them) 11:27:17 note of support seems fine, anything deeper seems problematic 11:28:54 of course - and given we only have till the 16th, anything else is really undoable. I think an open note of support for the UK and US wouldn't be amiss either, however time isn't as pressing in those cases as they are finalised. 11:30:01 Good to see you've signed up for projects btw :) 11:31:42 yep, keen to get in 11:43:03 back in 15 11:47:36 no worries, I've got plenty going on and am actually gonna restart 11:56:03 hughb has joined #egov 12:13:17 back 12:14:56 I am assuming the question raised by Thomas Bandholtz need to be sorted before progress can be made on projects on the Projects page (http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-egov-ig/2009Dec/0001.html) 12:18:53 am hoping that can be discussed/agreed in meeting later, sandro, so we can get on with them with some certainty 12:19:13 an agenda item for you, I won't be around 12:25:30 @hugh Not neccesarily - he does raise quite a valid point I think, however he (IMO) is getting bogged down in the semantics of it all, something I responded to him about on list. We (you and I and others in Aust. gov sphere) prehaps read things differently because we use quite different terms to describe the same thing. OGD is "PSI" under the framework of the 3 rules of OGD from eaves.ca and GLD is the act of actually linking it, either G2G or otherwise... 12:26:08 Vagner has joined #egov 12:26:31 ie: PSI does not have to be linked, but GLD *has* to be PSI on some level. 12:28:48 but is it a *useful* distinction for readers? (I am going to look at the page again) 12:31:59 At the user end? No. Within our sphere, and from the w3c work angle, yes. We could spend years debating the technical aspects ie: GLD, but we could do a lot more, and probably faster, with PSI/OGD in terms of education and outreach. Which per se gives 4 out of 6 projects we could hit fairly quickly. The GLD ones will *have* to include serious input from other w3c areas. 12:33:02 Thanks Vagner! I'm only one of the many though - I wouldn't make anywhere near as many contributions without the others on list getting my mind working. 12:33:45 (@hugh - imo of course :) ) 12:34:06 yeah, maybe, but I want to see it agreed/resolved 12:34:40 likewise - in fact I think it has to be or it'll keep coming up. 12:34:52 yep 12:34:54 you've committed something like 20 hrs/week ??! 12:36:04 yeah. there is a lot of cross over, and a lot of it links in with my work hat. and the 20 hours doesn't have to be online - it might be reading, thinking, talking with others in other forums etc. 12:36:50 (oh - and I have no life, and yes, my wife does yell at me a lot ;) ) 12:37:39 having that amount of time give is living in my book :) 12:37:47 if only 12:38:08 "time to give" ^^ 12:38:41 lol - for once in my life its better than what I'd normally waste 20 hours on. And still fit in family and work :) 12:39:23 @Vagner - Brazil eh? Are you new to the list/group or long time lurker? Tell us a little about yourself :) 12:42:27 I am not new in the list. But I have a good listenr all this time, leraning a lot. I am the head of W3C Office in Brazil... 12:44:09 ... we are close to start open gov data pilot projects with the Presidency of Republic cabinet and with the State of Sao Paulo Secretary of Planning... 12:45:13 Please to meet you :) I'm just passionate and in Australia :) And no good with screen names - but I've just googled you, so I won't feel quite so silly now. (should of checked the IG participants list before asking you any of that ;) ) 12:45:25 ... they will the fisrt government bodies to delivery data in a open format to be reused and we are helping them to define principles, directives and technologies 12:46:44 How are you finding it working from a position where others have already made some bold statements/policies in other countries? Do they reconcile easily with the political/beuracracy model in Brazil? 12:52:16 'night 12:52:34 @hugh night mate 13:14:11 Challenge is to put together the value chain agents: government officers, open data experts and willing-to-reuse-data civil society. Once they come to an agreement policies come out easily. 13:19:36 True. The big hurdle identified in Australia is that the public sector culture of the last 200 years now has to change, and fast. The experts are on board, and the civil society now expect it. The statement has been made, and there is no turning back from open government now. 13:22:08 The willing-to-reuse-data civil society angle is one that keeps coming up as well. They love to use it, but they have no idea they want it half the time, until it's provided to them. then they wonder how they ever lived without it. 13:45:49 hg has joined #egov 13:48:37 Zakim has joined #egov 13:48:42 zakim, this will be egov 13:48:42 ok, sandro; I see T&S_EGOV()9:00AM scheduled to start in 12 minutes 13:48:56 RRSAgent, make record public 13:51:10 josema has joined #egov 13:51:55 josema has changed the topic to: agenda: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-egov-ig/2009Dec/0011 (plus some more items being added) 13:52:03 zakim, this will be egov 13:52:03 ok, josema; I see T&S_EGOV()9:00AM scheduled to start in 8 minutes 13:52:31 agenda+ scribe 13:52:45 agenda+ agenda adjustments, next meetings 13:52:58 agenda+ OGD/LGD and the meaning of "open" 13:53:15 agenda+ reviewing the projects page 13:53:35 agenda+ commenting on AU, USA docs 13:53:47 agenda+ web site 13:54:02 agenda+ what's going / coming up 13:54:04 agenda? 13:54:30 chair: josema 13:54:37 regrets: john, sandro 13:55:20 zakim, who's here? 13:55:20 T&S_EGOV()9:00AM has not yet started, josema 13:55:21 On IRC I see josema, Zakim, hg, Vagner, hughb, ChrisBeer, RRSAgent, trackbot, sandro 13:56:26 hg (Hugh Glaser) is here, but sorry, only IRC, so will watch. 13:56:51 same 4 me, as usual - will comment where possible :) 13:58:43 np, guys, sorry it's too late for you :( 13:58:56 trackbot, start telcon 13:58:58 RRSAgent, make logs public 13:59:00 Zakim, this will be EGOV 13:59:00 ok, trackbot; I see T&S_EGOV()9:00AM scheduled to start in 1 minute 13:59:01 Meeting: eGovernment Interest Group Teleconference 13:59:01 Date: 09 December 2009 13:59:02 Rachel has joined #egov 13:59:56 T&S_EGOV()9:00AM has now started 14:00:03 +??P0 14:01:10 +martin_spain 14:01:24 +Sandro 14:01:46 +??P14 14:01:49 + +1.509.464.aaaa 14:01:56 + +1.202.441.aabb 14:02:29 zakim, ??P0 is sam_deskin 14:02:31 +sam_deskin; got it 14:02:51 zakim, aaaa is Rachel 14:02:51 +Rachel; got it 14:02:53 chair: josema 14:02:56 zakim, aabb is George 14:02:56 +George; got it 14:02:57 regrets: john 14:03:04 zakim, who is on the call? 14:03:04 On the phone I see sam_deskin, josema, Sandro, ??P14, Rachel, George 14:03:25 + +55115509aacc 14:03:57 +55 is Vagner Brazil 14:04:03 + +1.202.731.aadd 14:04:10 zakim, aacc is Vagner 14:04:10 +Vagner; got it 14:04:12 [hugh and chris present only on IRC] 14:04:20 zakim, aadd is Kevin 14:04:20 +Kevin; got it 14:04:30 zakim, who is on the call? 14:04:30 On the phone I see sam_deskin, josema, Sandro, ??P14, Rachel, George, Vagner, Kevin 14:04:58 zakim, ??P14 is Owen 14:04:58 +Owen; got it 14:05:25 agenda? 14:06:29 zakim, next agendum 14:06:29 agendum 1. "scribe" taken up [from josema] 14:06:46 OwenAmbur has joined #egov 14:07:33 JoseMa to scribe next time 14:08:21 zakim, who is here? 14:08:21 On the phone I see sam_deskin, josema, Sandro, Owen, Rachel, George, Vagner, Kevin 14:08:23 On IRC I see OwenAmbur, Rachel, josema, Zakim, hg, Vagner, hughb, ChrisBeer, RRSAgent, trackbot, sandro 14:09:14 (Sam and Kevin not on IRC.) 14:10:03 Daniel_Bennett has joined #egov 14:10:51 George: How do I scribe? 14:10:53 + +1.202.449.aaee 14:11:09 aaee is Daniel Bennett 14:11:21 zakim, aaee is Daniel Bennett 14:11:22 I don't understand 'aaee is Daniel Bennett', josema 14:11:51 zakim, aaee is Daniel_Bennett 14:11:52 +Daniel_Bennett; got it 14:12:52 george has joined #egov 14:12:58 George: How do I scribe? 14:13:02 Sandro: Like this. 14:13:03 JoseMa: will scribe next meeting :) 14:13:10 agenda? 14:13:14 scribe: george 14:13:26 zakim, take up next agendum 14:13:26 agendum 2. "agenda adjustments, next meetings" taken up [from josema] 14:14:27 JoseMa: next meeting 1/6/2010 followed by 1/20/2010 14:15:01 zakim, take up next agendum 14:15:01 agendum 3. "OGD/LGD and the meaning of "open"" taken up [from josema] 14:15:05 josema: confirmed next meeting 1/6/2010 14:15:10 +q 14:15:25 http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/wiki/Meetings 14:15:56 kevin: prior agreement for 12/23 meeting? 14:16:10 josema: minutes review - not planned 14:16:14 chris, is you question about meetings? 14:16:19 s/you/your 14:16:29 neg - agendum 3 :) 14:16:33 sandro: confirmed minutes no 12/23 meeting 14:16:33 ok 14:16:40 see http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/meeting/2009-11-25#Agenda_adjustments_and_next_meetings 14:16:44 go mahead 14:16:50 s/mahead/ahead 14:17:17 I hopefully can offer something here to get through this item quickly. http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/0/27/40826024.pdf - OECD defines Government Data as "Public Sector Information" - "Public sector information" is broadly defined for purposes of this Recommendation as "information, including information products and services, generated, created, collected, processed, preserved, maintained, disseminated, or funded by or for the Government or public institution" 14:17:18 josema: agenda point - discussion of 'open' 14:17:27 george: sigh 14:17:51 + +1.303.748.aaff 14:18:20 josema: chris has provided materials on this subject - josema reading for those not on irc 14:18:40 The recommendation defines in that sense, open as access. If we use those defs, then we're left with open as in standards, access = access, government data as PSI. 14:18:44 zakim, aaff is Brian 14:18:44 +Brian; got it 14:19:29 And we have 30 govs + EU agreeing with the definitions. 14:19:37 josema: solicits comments on cb's oecd doc 14:19:52 george: +1 josema input in prior email thread 14:20:35 kevin: consistency is key 14:21:22 sandro: +1 cb oecd on ogd - thought that wasn't an issue, only lgd 14:21:33 sandro: This seems straightforward; I thought it was Gov Linked Data that was more controversial 14:22:12 josema: emphasizing suggested distinction btw open as in gov and open as in data 14:22:18 sorry - I had read it in threads etc that the sticking point seemed to be open as in standards/tech vs open as in policy/access 14:22:50 chris, let me see if I got you right: you say we should stick to the OECD for the policy side, right? 14:22:57 correct 14:23:09 ... but that we need to come up with something else for the technical part of it, right? 14:23:12 kevin: response to open as in data controversy - tbl suggests being more 'open' :) 14:23:53 daniel: open open open - yet another uncontrolled vocab source, wikipedia, see open gov 14:24:12 daniel: concentrate on best practices instead of definitions 14:24:19 going off thomas's issues and hughb's comments, there seems to be confusion as to the two - GLD and OGD/PSI 14:24:26 the old ISSUE I referred to: http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/track/issues/2 14:24:45 daniel: seems to be +1 with josema on open data thoughts 14:24:55 (personally I understand the distinction no problems) 14:25:06 ok, thanks 14:25:32 brian: agrees with daniel - def can remain general and allow for different conceptions 14:26:33 allthough most projects may be set well one by one, I am not so happy 14:26:33 about distinguishing OGD (Open Government Data) from GLD (Government 14:26:33 Linked Data) the way you do. 14:26:33 GLD is just one (RDF based) kind of representing OGD. Other 14:26:33 representations may be based on the named formats of OGD "XML, CSV, 14:26:34 custom data formats, and/or Web APIs". To make this more confusing: RDF 14:26:34 I remember we also discussed The World Bank and OKF definitions by then, too 14:26:35 may be serialized in a XML syntax, so GLD would be OGD if not serialized 14:26:37 in Turtle? 14:26:39 I would rather distinguish the general strategic topics of OGD in 14:26:41 daniel: inclusive 14:26:41 whatever technical format from the more specific topics related to some 14:26:44 technical pattern. 14:26:54 brian: reuse other def's and work on best prac's 14:27:19 sorry -that was Thomas's post on the issue for the record. Hugh asked it be added to agenda to sort out before discussion on projects went ahead. 14:27:31 specifically linking out to all the definitions from many orgs will help people find our best practices and standards 14:28:07 kevin: +2 inclusiveness, whatever works towards that 14:28:10 Daniel +1 14:29:10 +1 Nice "This is the debate people have when they don't want to advance the ball" :-) 14:29:17 brian: recursive vocab loop keeps us from getting real work done 14:29:48 george: +1 brian/sandro 14:29:53 As far as GLD goes - as I said earlier in channel before meeting. PSI/OGD isn't necessarily linked, but GLD has to be in someway OGD. Hear hear. +1 14:30:16 josema: reviewing Thomas's post provided by Chris 14:30:39 fyi. we do not seem to have a presence here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_government 14:31:07 kevin: trouble when we try to distinguish these vaguaries 14:31:40 george: +1 kevin - focus on tech, let the policy wonks worry about 'controlling the messag' 14:32:25 sandro: techies get the difference and don't want this shared concept/term problem to get in the way of that 14:32:26 sandro: Sometimes it makes sense to use the Linked Data distinction, when you're focussed on that particular technology. 14:32:37 kevin: wholeheartedly agree sandro +1 14:32:42 @ Daniel - refresh the page 14:33:04 way to go Chris 14:33:31 but do we need to establish a wikipedia policy? 14:33:33 josema: conclusion - policy side to speak to definitions with inclusive, broad language to achieve it 14:33:34 Yes, agree to adopt standard conventions 14:34:17 (@ daniel - it's a valid link to a page on the topic :) ) 14:34:21 daniel: +1 inclusion again 14:34:31 in fact, this is what we already did: http://www.w3.org/TR/egov-improving/#OGD 14:34:49 george: proving the circular comment :) 14:35:17 josema: provides link to prior egov-ig art that does what is called for 14:35:19 agenda? 14:35:32 zakim, take up next agendum 14:35:32 I see a speaker queue remaining and respectfully decline to close this agendum, josema 14:35:37 q? 14:35:43 ack chrisbeer 14:35:49 zakim, take up next agendum 14:35:49 agendum 4. "reviewing the projects page" taken up [from josema] 14:35:56 http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/wiki/Projects 14:36:44 (@ChrisBeer - i agree that it is valid and good, but just triggers a discussion i had been hoping we would have re: wikipedia) 14:36:44 josema: next agenda point - wiki projects page - reading some input from team 14:37:23 (@ Daniel - lol - nps ) 14:37:34 josema: not yet fully reviewed, asks sandro's input 14:37:56 sandro: not sure if we haven't covered most of these topics 14:38:39 if others volunteer to draft these docs I can review/edit (per ETF mission) 14:38:52 josema: deadline given - input received, but not clear what forward path is, next steps, how to prioritize - other than to let volunteers run with it... 14:39:01 Daniel did such an awesome job on the last project - I thought that process worked well. 14:39:03 sandro: speaking for the chairs 14:39:23 daniel, I hope we could discuss wikipedia at the web site agendum, please! 14:39:40 sandro: lots of folks on listerv, not many on the call - hope was that once different projects were clear, we would proceed with a divide and conquer approach to each project 14:39:46 + +1.410.992.aagg 14:40:02 sandro: first pass was to make sure descriptions were clear, would've been nice to have more input 14:40:24 sandro: with repeated prompts from chairs - not clear we're going to get more input 14:40:24 thanks Rachel 14:40:51 (FYI am wikipedia editor - happy to work within whatever group thinks best re that, may not be on IRC still for that agendum) 14:41:08 I wonder if we really need to distinguish between GLD and OGD in those areas based on the previous discussion 14:41:18 kevin: +1 sandro - key focus areas suggested, still some areas needing group participants, so goal is more participation - suggestion of 2 more days 14:41:24 joec has joined #egov 14:41:32 I thought they were perfectly clear - didn't see need to add/expand 14:42:24 (Joe Carmel had suggested we use Wikipedia as a major focus for output which I think is really good, so your editor expertise and experience will help for the discussion.) 14:42:27 sandro: linked data people are wanting to contribute to linked data conversation - all the other 'open' categories are too difuse for their focused effort 14:42:34 zakim, who is on the call? 14:42:34 On the phone I see sam_deskin, josema, Sandro, Owen, Rachel, George, Vagner, Kevin, Daniel_Bennett, Brian (muted), +1.410.992.aagg 14:42:36 zakim, aagg is joec 14:42:36 +joec; got it 14:43:07 joec: sandro - aren't you also interested in xforming other data to linkeddata? 14:43:27 sandro: son - which is it timbl? raw data now, or linked data? (both :) 14:43:39 joec: not going to be able to get the gov to create rdf 14:43:47 sandro: some parts will, some won't 14:43:54 george: +1000 sandro 14:43:58 which gov ;) 14:44:10 george: gov is already doing linked data 14:44:25 Would be good to post a link to the projects page on the home page: http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/wiki/Main_Page 14:44:25 joec: this group has to address what gov's are doing 14:44:32 an aside: we should introduce the term "slow government" like the "slow food" movement, a holistic term referring to food being tasty, sustainably produced, local pref, etc. we should have "slow gov". isnt that what people think already ;-) 14:45:02 sandro: reifies separation idea - if you don't care about rdf, then have a csv discussion 14:45:05 +1 owen 14:45:47 btw, all IG members should have editing access to the whole wiki (if you don't, please talk to Sandro) 14:46:02 joec: say to gov - put in data controls (be aware of what you're pub'ing, its accuracy), maybe i (joec) doesn't understand the role of the ig 14:46:22 sandro: suggesting two task forces, not separate ig's 14:47:20 daniel: geeks lose the human readable idea, whether rdf, microformats, html, - makes pitch for xhtml as human readable in open gov push 14:47:33 points to eaves.ca - "Can I play with it" - as long as its in *A* linkable format, its good for now - rdf, xml, csv - does it matter in the scope of the IG as long as it's a linkable format? 14:47:38 rachel: +1 daniel 14:47:52 owen: (could not hear owen) 14:47:57 brian: +1 daniel 14:48:00 Agree w/Daniel - open govt is not just open data, but also ensuring people can understand 14:48:12 +1000 daniel 14:48:15 not just machine-readable, human-readable is just as important! 14:48:26 george: i thought html+rdfa was the big w3c push, over xhtml now :) 14:48:43 http://www.gcn.com/Articles/2009/10/30/Berners-Lee-Semantic-Web.aspx# 14:48:52 XML documents are readily rendered in human readable formats, e.g., PDF, but the reverse is not true 14:48:58 kevin: tbl included access point - agrees with brian/daniel/rachel on 'human readable' 14:49:17 "He said that the use of RDF should not require building new systems, 14:49:17 or changing the way site administers work, reminiscing about how many 14:49:17 of the original Web sites were linked back to legacy mainframe systems. 14:49:17 Instead, scripts can be written in Python, Perl or other languages that 14:49:17 can convert data in spreadsheets or relational databases into RDF for 14:49:18 the end-users. "You will want to leave the social processes in place, 14:49:20 leave the technical systems in place," he said. " 14:50:16 note: i am not distinguishing HTML + RDFa vs. HTML vs XHTML1.0 vs. HTML5 vs. XML with XSLT vs. etc, just that everything be presented to the humans. 14:50:33 joec: put tbl quote for folks to review, reiterating point about xforming existing data to get to rdf 14:51:06 josema: so where are we? leave the group a couple days more (kevin), separate work streams/areas (sandro)? 14:51:28 kevin: suggest send out one last notice for final deadline before next weeks chairs call 14:51:49 (Get to work (Chris) ;P ) 14:52:01 sandro: are we hearing concensus around different groups? if the chairs are good to go, fine, but not clear to me 14:52:14 kevin: chairs will pull that together 14:52:37 owen: chairs have others in line to volunteer, chairs ask for specific volunteers 14:52:39 I think time will tell - it may be that some projects meld, and others are identified as needed 14:53:21 joec has left #egov 14:53:21 kevin: conclusion - send out last call - next week chairs call, get concensus on who/what we'll proceed with 14:53:34 joec has joined #egov 14:53:34 agenda? 14:53:47 zakim, take up next agendum 14:53:48 agendum 5. "commenting on AU, USA docs" taken up [from josema] 14:54:13 josema: ok - next agenda point - comments on docs released in australian and us gov docs 14:54:45 josema: australia doc 159 pages long - someone on the phone can summarize for today's call? new people on board - 14:55:01 josema: sent some comments to whitehouse opengov coord via kevin 14:55:54 josema: chartered to do this, but deadlines are difficult - australia comment is 12/17 - don't know the us opengov deadline - anyone? 14:55:59 data.gov ideascale: http://datagov.ideascale.com/ 14:56:23 the Australian doc: http://gov2.net.au/blog/2009/12/07/draftreport/ 14:56:29 kevin: got an email from wh team, but short notice difficult at best to comment 14:56:38 josema: published links on irc to both docs 14:58:05 josema: group and individual comments were sent to prior us opengov effort 14:58:25 @kevin - did mary provide a us data.gov ideascale date deadline? 14:58:32 W/r Australia - would like to see a note of support from IG - it's not likely to change but has anyone read it? Or have thoughts on it at all? 14:58:44 Australia's "Engage" report is available in StratML format at http://xml.gov/stratml/EG2.xml It contrains 13 goals and associated objectives. 14:58:45 I wish we had more time to review this kind of things as a group, really! 14:58:49 kevin: please note where your position is different or in agreement with the ig 14:59:09 note that http://datagov.ideascale.com/ blew an error on signing on with OpenID 14:59:22 kevin: please look at the last input from the ig for guidelines in this effort 14:59:31 daniel, same as our wiki, doh! ;) 14:59:45 agenda? 14:59:54 -Kevin 14:59:56 zakim, take up next agendum 14:59:56 agendum 6. "web site" taken up [from josema] 14:59:59 kevin: have to leave 15:00:17 josema: next agenda item - website - or, the 'wikipedia' discussion - take it away daniel 15:00:28 daniel: props to joe for the idea 15:00:53 daniel: looking at finding web tech for egov website, mediawiki wins 15:00:53 I'm working on converting the Data.gov CONOPS to StratML format but its goals and objectives are a little difficult to discern 15:01:14 george: (semantic) mediawiki wins - AGAIN! :-) 15:01:19 (was unsure about kevins comments on last - is there any likely hood of ig comment on australia doc? or ppl will review?) 15:02:05 +1 on wiki idea btw - am going to have to run - 2 am here 15:03:01 daniel: crowdsourcing ig ideas using this to engage with comment site 15:03:08 chris, no time to build consensus as group, comment was: if you are going to make a comment consistent with the group's consensus, feel free to identify yourself as a group member, if not, just leave it as a personal one 15:03:21 george: not sure i'm getting daniels point here about wikipedia - thought we were talking about ig using mediawiki 15:03:58 @george- pointing out a coincidence 15:04:24 joec: difficult to find tech info on practices...info is dispersed across the web...everybody goes to wikipedia, so create some wikipedia pages for the ig work 15:04:35 george: okay, i think i'm getting you now... 15:04:54 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Joe_carmel/Good_Data_Practices_Related_to_Government_Data 15:05:14 @jose nps - will pass comment to list for review first :) night all 15:05:22 josema: sumarrizing - so the suggestion is that we spend some effort creating/maintaining wikipedia pages that serve as authorititative sources for info relevant to the ig 15:05:45 joec: publishes wikipedia User page example on irc 15:05:52 (thought - w3c ig user template / image as well?) 15:06:01 @chris wonderful 15:06:48 use, and we think of our own pages as a staging ground to Wikipedia 15:06:56 @jose - will work on such and delivery for next meeting 15:07:19 joec: example - pdf bad for gov (sunlight clay johnson) - instead of saying 'don't use pdf', say how to enhance it, ie. how to link into/out of - but there's *no consolidated place* to get/send info to folks 15:07:28 george: fractal web - fractal society - 15:07:32 (wikipedia user template/icon that is 15:08:02 joec: elucidating the desire to provide pdf publising best practices 15:08:03 @chris issue is next meeting is on 6 Jan, so after the deadline :( 15:08:37 also we can use fragment URLs from wikipedia too (e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_government#History ) 15:08:41 rrsagent, pointer? 15:08:41 See http://www.w3.org/2009/12/09-egov-irc#T15-08-41 15:08:45 owen: pdf->xml (hundreds in stratml) things ig should promote xml->pdf as best pract 15:08:47 rrsagent, draft minutes 15:08:47 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2009/12/09-egov-minutes.html josema 15:09:09 joec: promotes source doc included with pdf, which alleviates the challenge owen refers to 15:09:14 + +1.410.975.aahh 15:09:40 re: PDF linking see http://legislink.org/ - thanks to Joe 15:09:45 george: doesn't care about this or see this as something that needs w3c effort on 15:10:29 owen: xml as the way 15:10:44 joec: but addressing issues with what gov is doing, which is pdf 15:11:22 owen: tool support, native format of ms office 15:11:58 joec: 15:12:19 @george - like it , cute 15:12:28 owen: likes the corel suite of tools because it uses xml 15:12:57 q? 15:13:16 daniel: back to the wiki question, more specifically the use of wikipedia 15:13:25 I use both the Corel and the MS suite. Corel has not been able to keep up w/re support for XML 15:14:22 To me, the issue is whether this group is willing and able to suggest that it is good practice to author documents in XML format and autotmatically render them in other formats. 15:15:12 sandro: general use of wikipedia okay, but need to use our own wiki to be authoritative 15:15:58 +1 Sandro 15:16:04 sandro: not supposed to but orig info on wikipedi 15:16:14 george: +1 sandro 15:17:32 joec: suggests that w3c needs to be that info dissemination platform for best practices - such as the pdf/xml/pdf examples 15:17:33 brian 15:17:38 +1 it's great to use wikipedia for outreach, for reaching a large audience, and engaging the larger community 15:18:14 zakim, list attendees 15:18:14 As of this point the attendees have been Sandro, +1.509.464.aaaa, +1.202.441.aabb, josema, sam_deskin, Rachel, George, +55115509aacc, +1.202.731.aadd, Vagner, Kevin, Owen, 15:18:15 brian: +1 on use of wikipedia that cites/links back to ig wiki 15:18:18 ... +1.202.449.aaee, Daniel_Bennett, +1.303.748.aaff, Brian, +1.410.992.aagg, joec, +1.410.975.aahh 15:18:59 joec: new examples given - grddl, lod, etc 15:19:26 agenda? 15:19:27 cites- electronic cites are URLs and URL + fragment ID -- fyi my Embedded Self Cite http://ecitizenproject.org/ideafactory/embedded-self-citations 15:19:28 brian: wikipedia as linked data subject ID 15:20:02 george: getting wrist cramps 15:20:04 is it time for a motion? 15:20:12 george: @daniel yes 15:20:20 ok, ok 15:20:21 thanks to george for scribe. 15:20:27 +1 15:20:33 +1 15:21:04 brian: wikipedia for auth subject, points to ig wiki for best practice 15:21:54 brian: emp should be on first two task force work 15:23:25 josema: first time discussion of this topic on this call - suggests that joe/daniel disseminate existing/other examples that demonstrate the idea to see what members also like the idea or have opinions or want to help with the idea 15:23:55