Open Data for Karnataka - Pilot

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Open Data for Karnataka - Pilot

Project number 11258
Opened by admin123
Opened On 20-JUN-2010 - 07:25:36 PM
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Not the usual Praja type project, but here is a different and potentially high impact project we are putting up for your support.

Don't be mislead by the tidbits of data that you see on government web sites. Sarkaari departments and systems have far more data available inside them. A structured way of exposing this vast amount of data in simple raw form could do wonders and boost levels of transparency, awareness and participation.

Data is a funny thing, in the sense its utility is determined by applications that consume it. But only after lots of raw data is put in public domain, we will get to understand the opportunities for meaningful applications, analytics, research or fact based conclusions.

This project is a pilot, a proof of concept (POC) to show that it can be done. Once the POC is demonstrated by setting up a structure for exposing raw data from some government systems, initiators of this project plan to get sponsors and backers to expand the scope.

The project will involve a lot of information technology (IT) work, all of which can be done from the comforts of your homes, and on the computer. Simple way to describe split of work is like this

  1. On-ground interview and inventory of government systems will provide the "content".
  2. IT work (to design data structures, mechanism of aggregating and publishing data feeds) will provide the "pipe".

More details will follow. Look forward to some volunteers to join and support this ambitious, but very doable project.

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Presentation describing Open Data pilot

Here is a presentation describing the Open Data pilot proposal. Credits to IDS, Shekhar, Rithesh and Sreeram. We have been speaking with a few government officials for their participation in the pilot and expect to 1-3 confirmations ASAP.

Personally, I find the proposal very exciting. There are parallels from UK/US to borrow from, but our government systems are not as digitized yet and not everyone is used to talking transparency using real data (citizens, media or governments), so the work involved should be unique and interesting.

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A few suggestions on Opendata

I had a few ideas and wanted to run it through you guys.

I think we should lay greater stress on partnerships. We will be able to make a greater impact and work on our strengths if we do that. When I say our strength what I essentially mean is our community and our analytical skills. While I realise what I am proposing is not really "OpenData" but it will be a very good start.

Some organisations I suggest we reach out to are -

1. Accountability Initiative - (check them out here: http://www.accountabilityindia.org/)
I had reached out to the lady who runs it, Yamini Aiyer, for some other reasons. If you look at their home page they have a lot of mention of opendata. During our conversation she told me that they already have MIS data of 12 government ministries ( I dont ask the exact details) but they have not made them available yet. Maybe we can get our hands on that data and then start discussions on them and make that data available on our site.

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Open Data progress - met with dept. of Sericulture

So after 2 months of pause - we have been struggling to work meeting dates with some govt depts we have spoken with - we kicked this off with a meeting with Manivanan, who now heads dept of Sericulture.

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Open Data Project - putting on hold

Give the current state of digitization, automation, and storage and access within most government departments, some of us have realized that this project requires far more bandwidth than we can afford at this point of time.

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