11:54:30 RRSAgent has joined #egov 11:54:30 logging to http://www.w3.org/2010/09/17-egov-irc 11:54:32 RRSAgent, make logs public 11:54:32 Zakim has joined #egov 11:54:34 Zakim, this will be EGOV 11:54:34 ok, trackbot; I see T&S_EGOV(LD Demo)8:00AM scheduled to start in 6 minutes 11:54:35 Meeting: eGovernment Interest Group Teleconference 11:54:35 Date: 17 September 2010 11:54:42 Agenda: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-egov-ig/2010Sep/0031.html 11:54:50 Chair: Michael 11:54:56 scribenick: mhausenblas 11:55:03 RRSAgent, draft minutes 11:55:03 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2010/09/17-egov-minutes.html mhausenblas 11:55:11 RRSAgent, make logs public 11:59:33 T&S_EGOV(LD Demo)8:00AM has now started 11:59:40 +Brand 11:59:43 +mhausenblas 11:59:57 Zakim, who's here? 11:59:57 On the phone I see Brand, mhausenblas 11:59:59 On IRC I see RRSAgent, gdick, tlr, k, mhausenblas, MacTed, edsu, sandro, trackbot 12:00:20 + +1.240.515.aaaa 12:00:40 Zakim, aaaa is k 12:00:40 +k; got it 12:00:57 mib_p4h5vn has joined #egov 12:01:23 good morning 12:01:33 hi mib_p4h5vn 12:01:43 plan to dial in mib_p4h5vn? 12:02:12 mib_p4h5vn has left #egov 12:02:34 Brand has joined #egov 12:03:00 anyone else plans to join us on the call? edsu? sandro? MacTed? 12:03:24 Topic: Admin 12:03:49 PROPOSAL: Accept the minutes of last meeting, see http://www.w3.org/2010/09/10-egov-minutes.html 12:04:04 +1 12:04:13 RESOLUTION: minutes accepted 12:04:33 http://www.w3.org/egov/IG/track/products/20 12:04:57 Topic: Linked Open Government Application Challenge straw man call 12:05:04 http://www.w3.org/egov/wiki/Projects/GLD_Demo/ChallengeDraft 12:05:32 Michael: quite some feedback on the Wiki 12:05:33 + +1.540.898.aabb 12:06:41 bhyland has joined #egov 12:06:50 Zakim, aabb bhyland 12:06:50 I don't understand 'aabb bhyland', mhausenblas 12:06:57 Zakim, aabb is bhyland 12:06:57 +bhyland; got it 12:07:04 Zakim, who's here? 12:07:04 On the phone I see Brand, mhausenblas, k, bhyland 12:07:05 On IRC I see bhyland, Brand, Zakim, RRSAgent, gdick, tlr, k, mhausenblas, MacTed, edsu, sandro, trackbot 12:08:43 bhyland: had a look, have a question 12:08:59 ... are dataset from UK welcome? 12:09:04 Michael: yes, global 12:11:14 ... let's leave the call open for another week 12:14:08 bhyland: think that some US gov agency are in a leapfrog with UK data? 12:14:56 Brand: JimH made that a friendly thing - so maybe involve him? 12:15:39 http://www.w3.org/egov/wiki/Projects/GLD_Demo 12:16:37 +gdick 12:16:40 ACTION: Michael to find missing minutes from Jul/Aug 12:16:40 Sorry, amibiguous username (more than one match) - Michael 12:16:40 Try using a different identifier, such as family name or username (eg. maisenbe, mhausenb) 12:16:52 ACTION: Hausenblas to find missing minutes from Jul/Aug 12:16:53 Created ACTION-113 - Find missing minutes from Jul/Aug [on Michael Hausenblas - due 2010-09-24]. 12:17:42 (discussion around http://www.w3.org/egov/wiki/Projects/GLD_Demo/ChallengeDraft) 12:18:47 k: what are the sponsor groups? 12:19:42 LATC http://latc-project.eu/ 12:19:52 LOD2 http://lod2.eu 12:21:17 Sunlight Labs is interested in this and has been a sponsor in the past: see http://sunlightlabs.com/blog/2010/catalog-of-government-publications-bulk-data/#c8554 12:21:22 ACTION: Hausenblas to update draft with links to projects 12:21:22 Created ACTION-114 - Update draft with links to projects [on Michael Hausenblas - due 2010-09-24]. 12:22:14 Michael: Brand, whom to contact? 12:22:21 Brand: David James, see link 12:22:50 thanks for write up & link to 24-25 Aug 2010 Mashathon write up. 12:23:25 Michael: permanent or one-shot? 12:24:02 bhyland: let's see how it works, but a good place to find resources would be great to have 12:24:44 k: for a permanent 12:26:32 Michael: very much for such a portal for challenges 12:27:00 bhyland: such a portal would also be good for vocabs 12:27:09 k: AugmentedGovernment 12:27:32 s/AugmentedGovernment/AugmentedGovernance 12:27:46 (starting the name discussion) 12:27:58 RRSAgent, draft minutes 12:27:58 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2010/09/17-egov-minutes.html mhausenblas 12:29:36 (Au == Gold ;) 12:29:52 mhausenblas - regrets from me today; phone issues. my action continues. I believe your search for missing minutes will mostly discover cancelled meetings. 12:30:02 bhyland: GOLD 12:30:13 Gov Open Linked Data apps 12:31:31 Michael: based on 5 star plan 12:31:38 bhyland: we could extend it 12:32:35 Michael: once sandro is around we can also tackle org issues 12:32:53 ... would be good to have W3C as co-organiser 12:33:08 bhyland: also a profile page/link from eGov IG 12:34:15 Michael: still looking for input re use cases/scenarios for the app 12:35:28 ... what would we like to see? 12:37:13 I suggest a use case that demonstrates searching across multiple data catalogs 12:37:25 bhyland: process? 12:37:35 Michael: very informal, mail, Wiki, etc 12:38:08 Michael: very good point 12:39:57 Brand: ORA director pointed out a tool, BeautifulSoup to consume the data 12:41:10 Beautiful Soup doco, see http://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/documentation.html 12:41:30 Brand: there is a real need for such tools, make catalogs easier to consume 12:41:55 RRSAgent, draft minutes 12:41:55 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2010/09/17-egov-minutes.html mhausenblas 12:42:03 The data.gov effort using Beautiful Soup can be read at http://answers.oreilly.com/topic/1974-use-beautifulsoup-to-parse-data-gov/ 12:42:28 Brand: multiple levels to use 12:42:36 ... catalog level, then drill down 12:43:54 ACTION: Hausenblas to talk with Richard to create dcat on the fly out from BeautifulSoup interaction 12:43:55 Created ACTION-115 - Talk with Richard to create dcat on the fly out from BeautifulSoup interaction [on Michael Hausenblas - due 2010-09-24]. 12:44:06 From Beautiful Soup ORA site, "BeautifulSoup basically takes ugly, ambiguous HTML and creates a nice, clean data structure that you can navigate in code. " 12:44:34 gdick: unleash BeautifulSoup on StratML from Owen? 12:45:27 bhyland: there are more and more tools available; good to see the community provides more usable tool 12:46:01 Brand: also helps re catalog interop 12:46:24 RRSAgent, draft minutes 12:46:24 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2010/09/17-egov-minutes.html mhausenblas 12:46:36 Brand suggested that this helps make gov't catalogues both easier to read, complements vocabulary standardization efforts underway. Great suggestion Brand. 12:46:40 Topic: AOB 12:47:40 [adjourned] 12:47:40 -gdick 12:47:41 -Brand 12:47:41 -k 12:47:44 -mhausenblas 12:47:46 RRSAgent, draft minutes 12:47:46 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2010/09/17-egov-minutes.html mhausenblas 12:47:47 Thank you Michael for facilitating, very informative & helpful. 12:47:55 -bhyland 12:47:57 T&S_EGOV(LD Demo)8:00AM has ended 12:47:59 Attendees were Brand, mhausenblas, +1.240.515.aaaa, k, +1.540.898.aabb, bhyland, gdick 12:48:02 RRSAgent, draft minutes 12:48:02 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2010/09/17-egov-minutes.html mhausenblas 12:48:12 gdick has left #egov 12:48:42 RRSAgent, draft minutes 12:48:42 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2010/09/17-egov-minutes.html mhausenblas 12:49:52 ScribeOptions: -final -noEmbedDiagnostics 12:49:55 RRSAgent, draft minutes 12:49:55 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2010/09/17-egov-minutes.html mhausenblas 12:56:17 RRSAgent, bye 12:56:17 I see 4 open action items saved in http://www.w3.org/2010/09/17-egov-actions.rdf : 12:56:17 ACTION: Michael to find missing minutes from Jul/Aug [1] 12:56:17 recorded in http://www.w3.org/2010/09/17-egov-irc#T12-16-40 12:56:17 ACTION: Hausenblas to find missing minutes from Jul/Aug [2] 12:56:17 recorded in http://www.w3.org/2010/09/17-egov-irc#T12-16-52 12:56:17 ACTION: Hausenblas to update draft with links to projects [3] 12:56:17 recorded in http://www.w3.org/2010/09/17-egov-irc#T12-21-22 12:56:17 ACTION: Hausenblas to talk with Richard to create dcat on the fly out from BeautifulSoup interaction [4] 12:56:17 recorded in http://www.w3.org/2010/09/17-egov-irc#T12-43-54