Alex Sadleir joins Link Digital as Head of Data Publishing and Visualisation
Alex is the primary developer behind Lobbylens. Which, as an online Government 2.0 project, was Winner of the 2009 “GovHack” event and was 3rd prize in the Mashup Australia competition. The Lobbylens...
View ArticleAlex Sadleir and Steven De Costa speaking on Open Data & Civic Hacking
Both Alex Sadleir and Steven De Costa from Link Digital were invited to participate in this ACT Government Google Hangout on civic hacking and open data. With thanks and all credit to Gavin Tapp for...
View ArticleEmergent Public Goods and Public Private Partnerships
With the recent announcement of the Australian Government that it is seeking proposals for joint private-public projects using big data, I thought it would be timely to add to the discussion by...
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Mapping Canberra’s shareable economy
I was fortunate to attend a neat event today. It was a #mapjam. The idea is that a bunch of people come together from a local area and begin to map out all the things that are happening in relation to...
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CKAN rap – open all that data!
CKAN – open all that data! Open data is fuel for the tech innovators We’re all sharing code – we’re the creators Now let’s open up the knowledge with our public data Standards for metadata so its not...
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Is CKAN fueling the growth of open data worldwide? Or, C-Kan?
The following graph from Google Trends compares interest in four of the leading open data solutions alongside interest in open data, as indicated by the use of search terms worldwide. The emergence of...
View ArticleData First – A Practical Guide
About this guide To effectively structure and migrate the world’s expansive sources of knowledge into machine readable open data platforms of real value we need both technical and non technical data...
View ArticleCo-stewarding of the CKAN Project is about delivering results, rewards and...
Reinvigorating with clear, dynamic and invested leadership Back in early June the Open Knowledge Foundation (OKF) supported the joint stewardship proposal put forward by Link Digital and Datopian....
View ArticleDemocratizing CivicTech: Open Data now available to all US municipalities
Open data, for smaller municipalities, has always been a path strewn with obstacles that include cost and technical capacity. This has led to a trough in open data between larger, more affluent public...
View ArticleCKAN Project Update, August 2019
Link Digital recently hosted a short session for our CKAN clients to update them on matters relating to the CKAN project. For those who could not attend, here you’ll find the agenda and notes along...
View ArticleIntroducing Pre-built CKAN delivered by Link Digital On AWS Marketplace
Are you thinking of using CKAN to publish your data but have no idea how the tool works? Familiar with CKAN but don’t have adequate knowledge to install it yourself? Link Digital might have a solution...
View ArticleIntroducing Datashades.info, a CKAN Community Service
Originally posted on Open Knowledge Foundation Blog (blog.okfn.org) Do you use CKAN to power an open data portal? Take advantage of the latest open data initiative by Link Digital. Datashades.info is a...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Update
Action is being taken worldwide to ‘flatten the curve’ and reduce the rate at which the COVID-19 virus is spreading through population. Link Digital has taken a look at two general areas where changes...
View ArticleCKAN and Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs)
CKAN is an enterprise metadata management tool used by various types of organisations to improve the search and discoverability of datasets. Commonly used by key players within the open data space...
View ArticleOpen Data Driving Growth and Recognition from Major Data Players
With news of recent open data initiatives from major technical and financial organisations we are witnessing an inflection point, with the recognition of both the commercial and social value of open...
View ArticleAustralian Public Service Launch Data Professionals Stream
Earlier this month I was listening to an Audible reading of a Harvard Business Review article titled, “The Best Data Scientists Know How to Tell Stories”, by Michael Li 2015. The article covers how...
View ArticleStrong Foundations for a Third Wave of Open Data
I read the The Foundational Four guide when it was first shared by Deborah Anton, Australia’s Interim National Data Commissioner. To date Deborah’s Linkedin post has received 143 thumbs up, 8 claps of...
View ArticleCKAN 2.9 now available on the AWS Marketplace
Link Digital are pleased to announce the general availability of CKAN 2.9 as a free Amazon Machine Image (AMI) on the AWS Marketplace. Link Digital are co-stewards of the CKAN project and have provided...
View ArticleConversation Cards
Open data allows organisations to develop products, services and solutions [...] Continue Reading The post Conversation Cards first appeared on Link Digital.
View ArticleCKAN 2.10 is now available on AWS Marketplace
Link Digital is thrilled to announce that the highly anticipated [...] Continue Reading The post CKAN 2.10 is now available on AWS Marketplace first appeared on Link Digital.
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