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1. How Linked Data is Transforming eGovernment, Nikos Loutas

Unknown tariqkhokhar: I'm getting "Access Denied Your request has been denied for security reason." for that link. Anybody else? ←

Jeanne Holm: Background for the project: https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/community/semic/document/case-study-how-linked-data-transforming-egovernment ←

Unknown Nikos: at first is was a technical problem starting in the late 1990s, for from mid2000s the shift has been to looking at the meaing of data ←

Unknown Nikos: W3C is a partner, one of our initialives is looking at core vocabs and adms ←

Unknown NIkos: different agencies and govs use different models for data. this leads to explosion of cost... EC has developed a common model to simplify things when people are developing for gov ←

Unknown Nikos: we approach govs and agencies such as w3c for their help, we collect and federate the data and link ←

Unknown nikos: they represent different data entities, we have developed 4 core vocabs (is that right??) ←

Unknown Nikos: we work on specifiying the core vocabs at the conceptual level, and also we work on supporting they use ←

Phil Archer: Now working on a vocab to describe a public service. This moves to public review imminently. Owen and bdhandspicker both contributors to that ←

Unknown Nikos: slide 11, we are also work to raise awareness around open data and linked data ←

Unknown Nikos: we have prepared case studies to show how it can decrease cost and increase transparency ←

Unknown Nikos: case study on 20 govts from which we developed best practices ←

Unknown Nikos: slide 10, concluding with what is happening in the field of linked data ←

Unknown Nikos: We deliver pilots, best practices, vocabularies, ADMS, and we are would be happy to provide more info, please contact ←

Unknown Nikos: the gov linked data group of the w3c looks at them is responsible for changing and evolving them. ←

question, JeanneHolm: is the intent for it to be stable or to change over time? ←

Phil Archer: It's actually a First Public Working Draft, so RegOrg is on the Rec track. To date, the other vocabs are not. ADMS is the next most advanced and should be published by GLD in the near future, perhaps as a Note ←

Unknown Nikos: developing countries have not given much input so far, but we would like that. ←

Brand, comment, have you looked at EC patent work in terms of making things interoperable. much more mature ←

Brand Niemann: it's a plaform, a graphic interface, it's essentially doing knowledge modeling. Being used by Dutch for patent system ←

Unknown Nikos: this seems to be out of out scope, we do not do modeling of this type ←

Unknown tariqkhokhar: Link to my presentation / screen share https://join.me/311-250-665 ←

2. Open Data at the World Bank and Developing Countries, Tariq Khokhar

Phil Archer: Tariq's Join Me link https://www.dropbox.com/s/ywhrnx451kpolj7/TariqKhokhar-WorldBankOpenData-W3CeGov-08022013.pdf ←

Unknown Tariq: open about we we do, wehat we know and helping others to do this too ←

Daniel Bennett: Join.me fan, though wish .me was recognized as a country TLD, not cute URL ending (fyi, it is montenegro) ←

Unknown Tariq: dat about migration, remittances, spending... our main website allows browsing in 3 ways: topics, downloadable, by country ←

Unknown Tariq: projects are published as downloads and api, also geocoded so maps are frequently used connecting different data such as poverty indicators ←

Unknown Tariq: there are many visualizations used, as well as apps available. very popular with world bank staff ←

Unknown Tariq: we publish out data as part of the Int'l Aid transparency Initiative ←

Unknown Tariq: lessons learned... when opening up data, lots of work involved in making data accessible. building new sites is expensive, but visibility increased immensely. data now in the hands of decision-makers ←

Unknown Tariq: also, we built for re-use to make it easy for others to use our data, using api's ←

Daniel Bennett: this is a great example of using xml documents which can be accessed and used in realtime by other apps. I still think having a generic xsl would make each xml page human readable if people clicked on them (would make citing the data more likely) ←

Unknown Tariq: ways we are supporting other with open data: we support supply side with an open gov data toolkit ←

Unknown Tariq: spreading an assessment tool which encourages reflection and development stages ←

Unknown Tariq: example in code 4 Keyna modeled after code 4 america/europe.. there are fellows who train and graduate with the skills to develop ←

Brian Handspicker: Any issues with open data being misused? e.g. ethnicity geographic mapping used for ethnic cleansing? ←

Daniel Bennett: question: concerning the ex of the xml or api where people can pull things directly into what theyre working on. This creates a similar problem to what we have, many don't understand the rss, to the end result isn't machine readble ←

Unknown Tariq: there are some good studies in kenya and moldova, but mostly informal on blogs ←

Jeanne Holm: we also tried to do some of that documentation, look at the site... but stories around the data set ←

Unknown Nikos: we are running a story around business models, and would like to know more about these examples ←

Unknown Tariq: the haven't stopped, but perhaps stalled. there may not be enough legal mandates for gov't to publish. and there is a lot of use of data, and they do have a plan. should we stop talking about kenya so much, maybe, because there is so much going on elesewhere ←

Gannon Dick: question, the US national servic delivers data in the way Daniel was talking about ←

Jeanne Holm: thank you to both the speakers. we are seeing a maturation in our field from pilots and prototypes to really robust projects. We are moving ahead with open data in our agenda, please be in contact if you have a speaker or want to speak ←

Jeanne Holm: Access and accessibility, Cloud computing, Data licensing, Education and outreach, Government as a platform, Interoperability, Information sharing, Innovation transfer, Impact and public value, Knowledge management, Mobile technologies, Privacy and security, Standardization versus adaptation, Transparency and accountability, Whole-of-government ←

Jeanne Holm: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/337385900 is an open requisition for the system architect on Data.gov ←

Zakim IRC Bot: Attendees were thschee, +1.818.434.aaaa, [IPcaller], +322710aabb, PhilA, Brand, DanielBennett, GannonDick, Owen, tariqkhokhar?, carlosiglesias?, bdhandspicker, +1.801.879.aacc, ←

eGov IG (Atlantic)

Minutes of 08 February 2013

1. How Linked Data is Transforming eGovernment, Nikos Loutas

2. Open Data at the World Bank and Developing Countries, Tariq Khokhar