OpenData

This page is always being updated, latest changes April 11, 2013.

1. International w/Canadian Participation
2. Canada – Open Data Cities & Province, Feds. & Canadian Int. Participation
3. Canada – Open Data Civil Society
4. Canada – Open Data Private Sector
5. Open Data Journalism
6. Evaluating Open Data Initiatives
7. Government Consultations
8. Canada – Open Data Hackfests
9. Open App Contests
10. Canada – Open Government / Data / Gatherings & other stuff:
11. Canada – IT Open Data/Government Events – CIOs, IT professionals:
12. Canada – Open Data Events
13. Canada – Open Data/Access/Government Law
14. International – Open Data (Sample)
15. Lists & Catalogs of Data (Sample)
16. International – Principles
17. Reading Lists (Sample)
18. Canada – Federal Government Committees
19. Cool Tools and Apps
20. Data Visualization & Consultants
21. Funding for Open Data / Open Government Initiatives
22. Canada – List Services

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International w/Canadian Participation

• Open Government Partnership
• Open Knowledge Foundation

Canada – Open Data Cities, Provinces, Feds.

Federal:

1. Geogratis & Geobase & Discovery Portal & Atlas of Canada - GeoConnections Natural Resources Canada
2. Office of the Information Commissioners Open Government Resolutions
3. Treasury Board of Canada – OpenData.gc.ca
4. Research Data Canada – National Research Council
5. ALMOST OPEN – Statistics Canada & Universities – Data Liberation Initiative
6. Data dot GC.ca, Citizen’s initiative to Inspire the Canadian Government
7. Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Open Data

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       Provinces

1. Ontario Open Data government portal
2. Données ouvertes Portail du Gouvernement du Québec, Québec Ouvert – Citizen Led
3. BC: Data BC – Province, OpenData BC- Citizen Led and B.C.’s Climate Change Data Catalogue is a composite listing of publicly available data related to climate change, with a focus on British Columbia data.
4. Open Data Saskatchewan, Citizen Led

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Cities/Munipalités

1. G4 Open Data Framework; Municipal Open Government Framework
2. Banff Open Data Portal, (AB) Pilot
3. City of Burlington (ON), Pilot
4. City of Calgary (AB)
5. City of Edmonton (AB)
6. City of Fredericton (NB)
7. Portail dedonnées ouvertes de la ville de Gatineau, Gatineau Ouverte – Citizen Led
8. County of Grande Prairie (AB)
9. City of Guelph (ON), Guelph Coffee and Code – Citizen Led
10. Halifax Regional Municipality (NS)
11. City of Hamilton (Transit Feed) (ON), Open Data Hamilton – Citizen Led
12. OpenHalton (ON) – Citizen Led
13. City of London (ON), OpenData London – Citizen Led
14. Township of Langley (BC)
15. Open Data Medicine Hat (AB)
16. City of Mississauga – Mississauga Data (ON)
17. Ville de Montréal Portails données ouvertes (QC), Montréal Ouvert – Citizen Led
18. City of Nanaimo (BC)
19. City of Niagara Falls (ON)
20. Region of Niagara (ON)
21. Regional District of North Okanagan (BC)
22. District of North Vancouver (BC) GeoWeb
23. City of Ottawa (ON), Citizens’ APP Group – OpenData Ottawa; Apps
24. Region of Peel (ON)
25. City of Prince George (BC)
26. Ville de Québec Catalogue de données, Capitale Ouverte (QC)- Citizen Led in Ville de Québec
27. City of Red Deer, Alberta
28. City of Regina (SK) Open Gov & Open Data site
29. Open Data Saskatoon, interim portal
30. City of Surrey (BC) GIS Catalog
31. City of Toronto (ON); DataTO – Citizen Group
32. City of Vancouver (BC); Open Data Wiki
33. City of Victoria (BC)
34. Open Data (city) Waterloo (ON).
35. Region of Waterloo (ON), Region of Waterloo – Citizen Led,
36. City of Windsor (ON) Open Data Catalog

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Civil Society

• Civicaccess.ca, citizen led
• Open North, Montreal based Canadian Non Profit Organization
• Open Data Society of BC, BC Non Profit Organization
• Canadian Internet Public Policy Interest Clinic (CIPPIC), Copyright, Licensing, Privacy, etc.
• Community Data Program, CDP is part of the Canadian Council on Social Development, represented Canada at the OGP and has a data consortium with communities, municipalities and other non profit and private institutions.
• Community Data Canada (CDC), multi-jurisdictional round table to make small area public data available to communities
• Democracy Watch has an Open Government Campaign (Freedom of Information and Law)
• Canadian Civil Liberties Association – Transparency and Open Government
• Freedom of Information and Privacy Association (FIPA) of BC
• Creative Law Society, University of Ottawa Common Law Student Society
• Creative Commons Canada (wiki)
• VisibleGovernment.ca, Canadian non-profit that promotes online tools for government transparency (no longer in operation)
• Datadotgc.ca a citizen-led beta for government data
• IASSIST Canada (International Association for Social Science Information Services & Technology)
• Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL)
• Canadian Association of Public Data Users (CAPDU)
• Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives (ACMLA)

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Canada Open Data Private Sector

• Ajah Fundtracker
• BuzzData

Open Data Journalism (Thanks Roberto Roca, David Akin & James McKinney)

• NICAR13 Data Driven Journalism Presentations,Tutorials
• The Data Journalism Handbook, Free Online Beta Version, O’Reilly Media Version
• National Institute for Computer Assisted Reporting US, Listservs Archive (Lots of resources & Articles)
• Amanda Shendruk, Aesthetic Intelligence
• Richard Johnson, data visualization graphics
• Roberto Rocha (Canada, Montreal Gazette)
• David Akin, (Canada, Sun Media)
• Kady O’Malley, (Canada, CBC)
• Fred Vallance-Jones (Canada, King’s College)
• Jim Bronskill & Bio (Canadian Press)
• Nora Young (Canada, CBC Spark)
• Glen McGregor (Canada, Ottawa Citizen)
• Lucas Timmons (Canada, Edmonton Journal)
• Kurt Peacock (New Brunswick Telegraph Journal)
• Chad Skelton (Canada, Vancouver Sun)
• Stuart A. Thompson (Canada, Globe & Mail)
• Globe & Mail Data Bureau (Canada)
• Hamilton Spectator Code Red series (Canada)
• Patrick Cain (Canada, Global News), Toronto Star Map of the Week
• David McKie, (Canada, CBC)
• OKNF Data Journalism Handbook: Why is data journalism important
• UK Guardian Open Data
• Texas Tribune Data
• Chicago Tribune Data
• Washington Post Datapost
• John Keefe, NY
• NY Times Data Visualization Lab, and infographic collection by Small Labs

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Open Data Initiative Evaluation/policy

Thanks for the new stuff Steve!

• Deloitte UK, Open Data Driving Growth, Ingenuity and Innovation (NEW)
• UK Cabinet Office: White Papers (NEW)
• EU, Review of Recent PSI Re-Use Studies Published (NEW)
• IBM, Demystifying Big Data: A Practical Guide to Transforming the Business of Government (NEW)
• Sunlight Foundation: Open Data Policy Guidelines
• World Wide Web Foundation 5 Star Open Data Initiative
• Requirement Analysis for an Open Data Strategy (Austria) (PDF)
• Open Knowledge Index
• Goals and Requirements for an Open Data Portal (Pan European)
• The Role of Government in a Digital Age (Commissioned by the Computer & Communications Industry Association)
• What “Open Data” means and what it doesn’t
• Access to Knowledge for Everyone (Definitions)
• Evaluating the Impact of Open Data Website (Working Paper FIS U of T)
• Open Data: Emerging trends, issues and best practices (EU Report)
• An Examination of Geospatial Data Availability and Data Accessibility by State (US)
• Open data: an international comparison of strategies (Paper)

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Open Government Consultations:

• Open Government Consultations, Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS) of Canada, December 6, 2011, to January 16, 2012
• Digital Economy Consulations, Industry Canada, May 2010

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Canada Open Data Hackfests (sample):

• International Open Data Day Events in Canada, 2013
• Open Data Ottawa Hackfest
• Random Hacks of Kindness
• Hackfest Canada 2011?
• Hackfest Québec
• Edmonton Hackfest
• Toronto Hackathon – Mobile Information Week Hack-a-thon,
• Vancouver Hackathons
• Hackfest Montreal, 3rd Hackathon Report

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Canada Open APPS Contests:

• Apps4Good
• Apps4Edmonton
• Apps4Ottawa / AppsPour Ottawa
• Apps4ClimateAction BC

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Canada Open Government / Data / Gatherings & other stuff:

• Transportation Camp
• GouvCamp
• TransitCamp – Vid. Toronto & Wiki, Vancouver
• Ignite – Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver, Waterloo
• BarCamp – News Archive (Canadian Cities are Listed), Front Page Listings Canada & Past Events (Canada Listings)
• DemoCamp – Toronto, Calgary, Guelph, Montreal, Vancouver
• ChangeCamp & Wiki
• GovCamp Canada
• #W2P (Web 2.0 Practitioners in the Government of Canada) – twtvite, GTEC blog post, Toronto Star Article
• #GC20 – Government of Canada and Web 2.0
• Blog GC20.ca
• GCpedia – Government of Canada Internal Wiki
• Campaign for Open Government
• Ottawa data & code & Library related meetups

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Canada IT Open Data/Government Events – CIOs, IT professionals:

• Lac Carling
• MISA – Municipal Information System Association

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Canada Open Government Events:

• Right to Know Week, Information Commissioner
• Open Access Week, SPARC

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Canada – Open Data/Access/Government/Transparency – Law:

• BC Open Government Licence
• CIPPIC Report on Open Data City Terms of Use
• CitizenLab – Munk School of Global Affairs
• Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC)
• Michael Geist’s Blog
• Centre for Law, Technology and Society, Ottawa University
• City of Surrey has adopted a Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL) v1.0

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International Open Data (sample):

• U.S. – www.data.gov
• U.K. – data.gov.uk ; UK Guardian Open Data
• Australia - data.australia.gov.au
• New Zealand – cat.open.org.nz
• World Bank – http://data.worldbank.org
• OpenPlans: US non-profit technology organization focused on civic engagement and open government. We use journalism and open source software to turn data into accessible, useful information. This work engages the average person in shaping their community.
• CivicCommons: An independent non-profit organization, Civic Commons to help institutions share code and best practices, reform procurement practices, and learn to function not only as a provider of services but as a platform to which an ecosystem of industry can add value for government and its citizens.
• Code for America: helps city governments become more transparent, connected and efficient by connecting the talents of cutting-edge web developers with people who deliver city services and want to embrace the transformative power of the web to achieve more impact with less money. Inspired in part by Teach for America, CFA works with city officials and leading web development talent to identify and then develop web solutions that can then be shared and rolled out more broadly to cities across America.

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Lists & Catalogs of Data (sample):

• List Open Data Catalogs – Open Knowledge Foundation
• List of Lists, OKNF
• datacatalogs.org
• List Open Data Competitions – Open Knowledge Foundation
• OECD Data
• Open Government Partnership
• Global Map
• TWC International Open Government Dataset Catalog (IOGDC)
• Data Catalog Interoperability Workshop (OKNF)

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Principles:

• Ontario Information Privacy Commissioner - 7 Principles
• US Open Government Working Group (2007) - 8 principles of Open Government Data
• Sunlight Foundation - 10 Principles for Opening Up Government Information
• Open Knowledge Foundation (OKNF) - 11 Principles (Licence specific)
• GEOSS - Data Sharing Principles for the Global Earth Observing System of Systems
• US Association of Computing Machinery (USACM) – Recommendations on Open Government
• American Library Association (ALA) – Access to Government Information Principles
• Open Congress - Open Data and Open Database Creation Principles
• W3C - Publishing Open Government Data
• OECD, Recommendations on Public Sector Information
• UNCED – Agenda 21 Chapter 40, Information for Decision Making

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Reading Lists:

• Canada, Government 2.0 and Access to Information: 1. Recent Developments in Proactive Disclosure and Open Data in Canada
• Canada, Government 2.0 and Access to Information:  2. Recent Developments in Proactive Disclosure and Open Data in the United States and Other Countries
• Canada Open Government Action Plan
• Canada Open Government Consultation Report
• Groupe de travail sur les données ouvertes (GTDO) Montréal
• Research Data Canada Summit Report, 2012
• GeoConnections: The Dissemination of Government Geographic Data in Canada – Guide to Best Practices
• Open Data Open City, Martin Prosperity Institute
• CIHR: Data, Data Everywhere…: Improving access to population health and health services research data in Canada
• Information Commissioner Open Government: Resolution of Canada’s Access to Information and Privacy Commissioners
• Tracey’s Fave Blogs (Art, Cartography, Viz, OpenData)
• Open Gov Data List of Readings
• Zotero list – and group library
• Measuring the Social and Economic Costs and Benefits of Public Sector Information Online: A Review of the Literature and Future Directions (National Academies Press)
• Combining Social and Government Open Data for Participatory Decision-Making (Book)
• Policy guidelines for the development and promotion of governmental public domain information
• The Socioeconomic Effects of Public Sector Information on Digital Networks: Toward a Better Understanding of Different Access and Reuse Policies: Workshop Summary
• Toward Implementation of the GEOSS Data Sharing Principles, Journal of Space Law (2009).
• Data Sharing Principles for the Global Earth Observing System of Systems
• 2008 OECD Recommendation on Public Sector Information and related materials.
• EC Public Sector Information (LAPSI), run out of the Politecnico di Torino.
• A US-China Roundtable on Scientific Data Cooperation and a related study.
• Chilean national scientific data policy, CONICYT (July 2010) – Previously, Measuring European Public Sector Information Resources (2003)
• COMMUNIA, looking at public domain info, out of Turin.
• Board on Research Data and Information, at the U.S.National Research Council

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Federal Government Committees:

• Open Government Advisory Panel
• Information Commissioner’s Office
• House committee on Access to Information, Privacy, and Ethics / Comité permanent de l’accès à l’information, de la protection des renseignements personnels et de l’éthique
• Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology (INDU) / Comité permanent de l’industrie, des sciences et de la technologie (INDU)
• Legislative Committee on Bill C-32 (CC32) / Comité législatif chargé du projet de loi C-32 (CC32)
• Standing Committee on Transport and Communication /Comité permanent des transport et des communications

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Cool Tools/Apps (sample):

• Infogr.am is an easy to use online service that lets you create, share, discover infographics and online charts.
• Vizualize.me allows you to visualize your resume in one click.
• Tableau software, visualization tool can help you create an interactive viz and embed it in your website or share it.
• Water Environmental Hub
• Zone Cone
• Budget Plateau
• Killer Open Data Apps from around the world
• Electoral Boundary API, Vote.ca
• How’d They Vote Gov. Representative API, How’d They Vote.ca
• many eyes: Their “goal is to “democratize” visualization and to enable a new social kind of data analysis”. It makes visualizing dataset very easy indeed.
• Ushahidi: Information Collection, Visualization, & Interactive Mapping Ushahidi builds tools for democratizing information, increasing transparency and lowering the barriers for individuals to share their stories.
• Visualizing.org: is a community of creative people working to make sense of complex issues through data and design… and it’s a shared space and free resource to help you achieve this goal.
• Guardian Open Platform: “is the suite of services that make it possible for our partners to build applications with the Guardian. We’ve opened up our platform so that everyone can benefit from our journalism, our brand, and the technologies that power guardian.co.uk.” Quite amazing really. It is accompanied by many other useful data sharing and visualization services such as a DataStore and a Datablog.
• Note there are many many more – see hackfest and app contest pages

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Data Visualization/Consultants:

• FFunction: DataVisualizations Data visualization and infographics are powerful means of communicating data, statistics or information. We strive for simple, interesting, beautiful visualizations.
• StamenDesign: Just beautiful stuff!
• ChartPorn: Chart Porn is compiled by Washington DC based economist/artist Dustin Smith. This site grew out of an admiration for all the amazing data analysis work being done in the world, and the desire to pull it all together in one place to feed into my personal creativity- rolodex
• EagerEyes: EagerEyes is Robert Kosara’s place to reflect on the world of information visualization and visual communication of data. The goal is to help digest things that are happening in the field and discuss developments that may be tangential or early, but that are likely to have an impact.
• Information is Beautiful: Issues, Ideas, Knowledge, data – visualized
• Information Aesthetics Where form follows data
• FlowingData
• Visual Complexity
• Visual.ly

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Funding for Open Data / Open Government Initiatives:

• Canada? There must be some…
• Ontario Research Network for Electronic Commerce (ORNEC) (Law)
• Open Knowledge Foundation – UK
• Sunlight Foundation – US
• Knight Foundation – Journalism
• Vodafone Foundation
• Omidyar Network
• Open Society Foundations
• US National Science Foundation (NSF)
• Why Invest in the World Wide Web Foundation
• Lists: Non Profit Tech Funding

Canada List Services:

• CivicAccess.ca
• OKFN open-government

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