http://www.connectingbristol.org/2010/03/08/first-meeting-of-bristol-innovative-data-projects-group-aka-freeing-up-council-data/ creative: smart: green: connected Tue, 10 Aug 2010 08:29:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.connectingbristol.org/2010/03/08/first-meeting-of-bristol-innovative-data-projects-group-aka-freeing-up-council-data/comment-page-1/#comment-281217 Peter Ferne Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:43:27 +0000 http://www.connectingbristol.org/?p=2405#comment-281217 This is great news, really exciting. I would like to draw your attention to this brief article by Nat Torkington on the importance of doing rather more than just 'throwing data over the wall'. <a href="http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/03/truly-open-data.html" rel="nofollow">http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/03/truly-open-dat...</a> It's only by thinking a bit more widely about what will happen to the data once it's released, and what can be done to support those activities, that the true potential of open data will be realised. This is great news, really exciting. I would like to draw your attention to this brief article by Nat Torkington on the importance of doing rather more than just 'throwing data over the wall'. http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/03/truly-open-dat... It's only by thinking a bit more widely about what will happen to the data once it's released, and what can be done to support those activities, that the true potential of open data will be realised.

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