[kictanet] Open Data - Where does it sit?
Etinick Mutinda
etinick at gmail.com
Mon Jul 11 17:08:24 EAT 2011
Listers,
Here is a writeup on the Kenya Open Data hosted by Socrata
http://www.socrata.com/newsroom/press-releases/kenya-launches-socrata-powered-open-data-site/
Etinick Mutinda
On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 12:01 PM, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>wrote:
>
> C:\>tracert opendata.go.ke
>
> Tracing route to opendata.go.ke [216.227.229.160]
> over a maximum of 30 hops:
>
> 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.2
> 2 5 ms 4 ms 4 ms 41.139.207.241
> 3 4 ms 9 ms 15 ms 41-139-255-93.safaricombusiness.co.ke[41.139.25
> 5.93]
> 4 4 ms 4 ms 4 ms 41-139-255-94.safaricombusiness.co.ke[41.139.25
> 5.94]
> 5 5 ms 5 ms 4 ms 41-139-255-49.safaricombusiness.co.ke[41.139.25
> 5.49]
> 6 5 ms 4 ms 4 ms 196.201.222.33
> 7 93 ms 93 ms 98 ms if-4-2-2.core1.MLV-Mumbai.as6453.net<http://if-4-2-2.core1.mlv-mumbai.as6453.net/>[209.58.105
> .25]
> 8 314 ms 295 ms 294 ms if-8-1-0-0.tcore1.MLV-Mumbai.as6453.net<http://if-8-1-0-0.tcore1.mlv-mumbai.as6453.net/>[180.87.
> 38.17]
> 9 297 ms 298 ms 297 ms if-2-2.tcore2.MLV-Mumbai.as6453.net<http://if-2-2.tcore2.mlv-mumbai.as6453.net/>[180.87.38.2
> ]
> 10 289 ms 289 ms 289 ms if-6-2.tcore1.L78-London.as6453.net<http://if-6-2.tcore1.l78-london.as6453.net/>[80.231.130.
> 5]
> 11 293 ms 296 ms 300 ms if-7-2.tcore2.NJY-Newark.as6453.net<http://if-7-2.tcore2.njy-newark.as6453.net/>[80.231.130.
> 54]
> 12 298 ms 295 ms 304 ms if-9-0-0-1108.core3.NTO-NewYork.as6453.net<http://if-9-0-0-1108.core3.nto-newyork.as6453.net/>[66.1
> 98.111.50]
> 13 296 ms 288 ms 288 ms cr2-pos-0-8-0-3.nyr.savvis.net[208.173.129.29]
>
> 14 351 ms 350 ms 349 ms cr1-pos-0-3-1-1.Seattle.savvis.net<http://cr1-pos-0-3-1-1.seattle.savvis.net/>[204.70.200.6
> ]
> 15 * 387 ms * hr2.se2-pos-9-0-0.se2.savvis.net[208.172.81.222
> ]
> 16 342 ms 343 ms 342 ms 209.67.77.62
> 17 * * * Request timed out.
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>
> Trace complete.
>
> Robert Yawe
> KAY System Technologies Ltd
> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
> Kenya
>
> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Paul Kukubo <pkukubo at ict.go.ke>
> *To:* robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> *Sent:* Thu, 7 July, 2011 18:48:50
> *Subject:* [kictanet] Government to Launch Open Data July 8th @KICC
>
> *Listers*
>
> *
> *
>
> *
> *
>
> *The Government of Kenya, through the Ministry of Information of
> Communications will launch a new Government Open Data Portal on July 8,
> 2011 at the KICC that will, for the first time, make several large
> government datasets available to the general public in an easy to search and
> view format.*
>
>
> The launch will be presided over by HE President Mwai Kibaki .
>
>
> Program commences at 9.30 tomorrow.
>
>
> The web portal will allow citizens and the private sector to search and
> display national and county level data in graphs and maps and allow for
> easy comparison and analysis between datasets. ****
>
> ** **
>
> For web and software developers, the portal will avail data in useable
> formats like cvs, Excel and will even include APIs for each dataset.****
>
> ** **
>
> The portal will be one of the first and largest government data portals in
> sub-Saharan Africa. With this launch, Kenya will become a leader among
> developing countries in the adoption of open data - a movement that is
> gathering momentum globally. ****
>
> * *
>
> *What is open data?*****
>
> Public information and searchable information are two different things.
> Much public data is already available by law but it's often not usable
> because it is in a format that is not easy to find, use and re-use.
> Published PDF files do not constitute "open data" and are not helpful to
> large-scale users.****
>
> ** **
>
> To be open, data must be:****
>
> - easily found through search engines (meta-tagged)****
> - available in machine readable formats (CSV, XML, APIs not PDF)****
> - accessible by third party tools/applications (interoperable)****
> - allow others to use and re-use for non-commercial and commercial use
> (e.g Creative Commons Licences)****
>
> Open Data not only increases transparency and accountability but also promotes
> greater efficiency and effectiveness in the delivery of public services by
> allowing users to easily consume and interpret data****
>
> ** **
>
> This is therefore to invite you to the launch. You can register at the door
> on your arrival.
>
>
>
> Paul Kukubo
> Chief Executive Officer, Kenya ICT Board
> PO Box 27150 - 00100
> Nairobi, Kenya
>
> 12th Floor, Teleposta Towers Koinange Street
>
> Tel +254 20 2089061, +254 20 2211960
> Fax: +254 20 2211962
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>
>
> personal contacts
> _______________
>
> Cell: + 254 717 180001
>
>
> skype: kukubopaul
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>
>
> ____________________
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