Irish Government – Data Sharing, APIs, and Mashups
4th of July 2008 by admin
The blog post title is enough to make one dream…
We’ve already covered this subject before – Time for api.gov.ie?
John has details on UK Government Moves Forward with Data Sharing, APIs, and Mashup Contest
In Ireland we have
- millions (overspent) spent on Reach project – Public Service Broker
- no national postcode system
- not to mention the walled garden mentally to data
Some suggestions for Govt folks
- engage with Irish development community
— check the following work done by folks in the community
—– planningbuddy from ElectricMill
—– PostCode system
—– Casualty Figures from Electric Mill
- engage folks like John Musser, JP Rangaswami
- publish in structured format – RSS/ATOM/etc [some free SEO...] [disclosure: my own company has tried... and failed with eGovt and rss - retailers get it]
Any ideas from the Web2Ireland community on how we can help our own Govt ?