RE: Workshop on Open Data Readiness Assessment

From: Eddy Young Tie Yang <jeyoung_at_priscimon.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2015 09:08:15 +0000

Hello,

This is for those who attended the workshop: has there been any study in why
governments fail to adopt Open Data? Surely, if a government is committed to
transparency, via "freedom of information" or other, the next sensible step
is Open Data.

Regards,
Eddy

-----Original Message-----
From: mauritius-internet-users-bounce_at_lists.elandnews.com
[mailto:mauritius-internet-users-bounce_at_lists.elandnews.com] On Behalf Of S
Moonesamy
Sent: 01 November 2015 08:59
To: Daniel Laeng <daniel_at_laeng.org>;
mauritius-internet-users_at_lists.elandnews.com
Subject: Re: Workshop on Open Data Readiness Assessment

Hi Dan,
At 13:46 31-10-2015, Daniel Laeng wrote:
>Going from your summary, I tend to agree with the findings:
>Mauritius isn't perfect for open data, but the potential is there.
>I'm still a little sceptical that various government departments will
>be willing to open their data, but I'm hoping to be proven wrong.
>
>I'm looking forward to seeing the open data floodgates open. :-)

I am currently not optimistic about government agencies releasing their
datasets. I'll join you in waiting to see those datasets to change my
opinion. Some persons will have to keep pushing those floodgates to open
them. :-)

Regards,
S. Moonesamy
Received on Sun Nov 01 2015 - 08:08:31 PST