[kictanet] Open Data - Where does it sit?
robert yawe
robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
Tue Jul 12 18:50:52 EAT 2011
Hi Paul,
The government data centre is at tender stage as we think which indicates that
we shall not be bringing the data home for at least 3 years.
Does't this indicate a failure in the KICT Board that we do not have a data
centre of international standards?
I noted someone indicate that hosting is being done in the US because there is
better hosting facilities a situation that was the responsibility of the board
to remedy.
Regards
Robert Yawe
KAY System Technologies Ltd
Phoenix House, 6th Floor
P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
Kenya
Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
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From: paul kukubo <paulkukubo at ict.go.ke>
To: robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>
Cc: pkukubo at ict.go.ke; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
<kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Sent: Mon, 11 July, 2011 14:04:30
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Open Data - Where does it sit?
Robert
Right now the website sits on the platform at Socrata, who are hosting the
visualization platform. This will be migrated to the government data centre as
soon as the hosting resources are in place.
Because the data is open, any user can download and deploy the data as they
wish, as long as there is reference to the opendata source.
may regards.
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
[209.58.105
>.25]
> 8 314 ms 295 ms 294 ms 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
[180.87.38.2
>]
> 10 289 ms 289 ms 289 ms 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
[80.231.130.
>54]
> 12 298 ms 295 ms 304 ms 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
>[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.
> 18 * * * 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
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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
website: www.ict.go.ke
local content project: www.tandaa.co.ke, www.facebook.com/tandaakenya
twitter:@tandaaKENYA
BPO Project: www. doitinkenya.co.ke
Digital Villages Project: www.pasha.co.ke
personal contacts
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Cell: + 254 717 180001
personal blog: www.paulkukubo.co.ke
personal twitter: @pkukubo
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