Open Data for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Tool kit in Portuguese for publishing data in open format

The material below, in Portuguese, was produced by the W3C Brazil Office to facilitate the study and training of all interested in publishing data in open format. Vídeo Curso Online – Publicação de dados em formato aberto Curso Online – … Continue reading

Open Data Plus: proposing an open dialogue

According to the Open Knowledge Foundation, “open data is data that can be freely used, reused and redistributed by anyone.” It involves the publication and sharing of information online in open formats, readable by machines, which may be freely and … Continue reading

Measuring OGP Initiatives’ Impacts

A debate about Measuring OGP Initiatives’ Impacts – A Proposal of an Assessment Model Proposed by the Center of Studies on ICT (CETIC.br) at Brazilian Network Information Center (NIC.br) and W3C Brazil. Description: The principles and objectives set forth by … Continue reading

Upcoming multi-country conference on Open Data | Developing the Caribbean, April 11-12, 2013

Developing the Caribbean is a regional technology conference and code sprint, focused on Open Data and software innovation taking place on April 11-12, 2013 in: Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, Dominican Republic, Cuba, St. Kitts, Barbados, Guyana, Suriname. The 2013 edition of the event will feature a new Data Journalism track as one of … Continue reading

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Road to Planetary Synapse

KW Foundation is a Family nonprofit that researches and develops knowledge management within a democratic and inclusive digital society. We created a conceptual and technological scenario that can align efforts to enable it to any citizen. So, he can generate value from … Continue reading

Developing Latin America 2012

  The second edition of Developing Latin America 2012, a regional hackathon lasting 36 hours in which 8 countries - Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Chile, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay - participated , was held yesterday. The participating countries remained in constant connection via websites and … Continue reading