As soon as possible.
Best
Alla
From: Irshaad Abdool [mailto:irshaad_abd_at_hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 5:52 PM
To: Alla Morrison; SM; Mauritius Internet Users
Subject: RE: Open Data - Mauritius
Hi Alla;
Thank you for the open invitation.
Please can I know when is the deadline to show interest for the invites.
Kind Regards;
M Irshaad Abdool
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http://www.irshaad.me> | www.blog.irshaad.me<
http://www.blog.irshaad.me>
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> From: amorrison_at_worldbank.org<mailto:amorrison_at_worldbank.org>
> To: sm+mu_at_elandsys.com<mailto:sm+mu_at_elandsys.com>; mauritius-internet-users_at_lists.elandnews.com<mailto:mauritius-internet-users_at_lists.elandnews.com>
> Subject: RE: Open Data - Mauritius
> Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 21:33:44 +0000
>
> Hi SM,
>
> Thanks for sharing this information, your feedback will be helpful in the assessment of the current Open Data supply and demand situation in Mauritius. Based on the experiences you described, the data does not meet the definition of being open.
>
> We would like to invite everyone interested in Open Data to join a public session on Monday, June 8. It will take place at 16.30 at the Lunch Room of the National Assembly.
>
> On June 9 there will be a session with Civic Developers and Data Activists to interview the potential users of Open Data about their specific needs (the types of datasets, ease of access to information, etc.) This session will be by invitation and interested individuals are welcome to contact me.
>
> My best
> Alla
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: S Moonesamy [mailto:sm+mu_at_elandsys.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 2:48 AM
> To: Alla Morrison; mauritius-internet-users_at_lists.elandnews.com<mailto:mauritius-internet-users_at_lists.elandnews.com>
> Subject: RE: Open Data - Mauritius
>
> Hi Alla,
>
> I am copying this message to the Mauritius Internet Users mailing
> list as there are a few developers on the mailing list interested in Open Data.
>
> In 2012, there was a presentation by Mr A K Hoolass, Permanent
> Secretary, Ministry of Civil Service and Administrative Reforms about
> the "implementation and Monitoring of Open
> Government Data Initiatives in Mauritius" [1]. Slide 18 has the following:
>
> "65 e-services for the citizen of Mauritius to interact with the Government
> anytime, anywhere and in real-time"
>
> There is a screenshot of the "Sign in" for the Government Web Portal
> at
> http://hacklog.in/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/govmu-org-mobile-no-captcha.jpg
> Ish Sookun was unable to sign in from a smartphone as the user is
> expected to solve a CAPTCHA while the form does not display any
> CAPTCHA. A person would have to solve that mystery to get those
> e-services to work.
>
> Slide 34 has the following:
>
> "Easy access to statistical data and publications on the website
> of Statistics
> Mauritius: http://statsmauritius.gov.mu and are also circulated
> in hard copies"
>
> I went to the web site [2]. I assume that the Open Data is at
> http://dataportal.statsmauritius.govmu.org/ I did a data search and
> got a Time Series. I clicked on "Browse" and I was given the
> following options:
>
> 1. Export to XLSX
> 2. Export to DOCX
> 3. Export to PPTX
> 4. Export to PDF
>
> I do not consider any of the options above as appropriate for Open
> Data as it is not in an easily accessible format.
>
> Slide 35 has the following:
>
> "This includes detailed aerial photo maps of the whole country; copies of
> every deed and survey plan relating to the sale and lease of land, going
> back over 250 years; and, valuation records for every property."
>
> I would like the above to be available in a format which is easily
> accessible over the internet and in a machine-readable format as it
> is not possible to get free access to GIS-related information for
> Mauritius. I assume that Open Data is not about data which is
> already available and not data which will be made available on request.
>
> I looked at some Open Data for Mauritius [3]. The statistics are for
> 2011. That is four years ago. I visited the web site of the
> Mauritius Meteorological Services [4]. The isn't any Open Data about
> the weather available.
>
> Open Data is a subset of Open Government Data. There are other data
> silos in Mauritius. It would be helpful if some companies could at
> least release some minimal data as a first step so that software
> developers can explore what can be done with Open Data.
>
> Regards,
> S. Moonesamy
>
> 1.
> http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/un-dpadm/unpan050413.pdf
> 2. http://www.elandsys.com/~sm/govmu-org-domain-name-issues.html
> 3. http://mauritius.opendataforafrica.org/iwgmexe/mauritius-telecomunication
> 4. http://metservice.intnet.mu
>
>
>
Received on Wed May 20 2015 - 22:05:36 PST
