As one speaker from a Dutch university noted, ‘Sometimes the hardest part isn't building the technology but getting all the stakeholders to agree on what we're building in the first place.’
Continue ReadingWorking for a data and digital agency with deep roots in the open source community, my Link Digital colleagues and I talk about the value of open source software (OSS) all the time on this site.
Continue Reading
Data Challenges of Smart City Digital Twin Initiatives: How CKAN can help
It is no newsflash that governments at all levels are using data more to improve public policy and meet both the increasingly complex challenges they face and the expectations of a more data literate business sector and citizenry. Much of this data comes from what might be termed traditional sources – official statistics, surveys and censuses, etc.
Continue Reading
GIS and CKAN A Geographic Information Systems (GIS) capable portal […]

What immediately struck me was CKAN’s true meritocratic spirit. Read more.
Every organisation dreams of having a data portal in which information flows seamlessly. But most get it wrong by diving into complex features before nailing the basics.
Continue Reading