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International Open Data Charter: Comments by CIS
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Sep 08, 2015
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Open Data,
Open Government Data,
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Policies,
Openness,
International Open Data Charter
The second meeting of Stewards of the International Open Data Charter is in progress in Santiago, Chile, where the revisions made to the Charter based on the comments received during the public consultation period that ended on July 31, 2015, are being re-discussed and finalised by the Stewards. Here we are sharing the comments submitted by us on the first public draft of the Charter published during the International Open Data Conference in Ottawa, Canada, in May 2015. The comments include those submitted by Sumandro and Sharath Chandra Ram.
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Not many contributors for Kannada-centric Wiki page
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U.B.Pavanaja
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published
Jul 05, 2015
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last modified
Sep 13, 2015 05:42 AM
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filed under:
Openness,
Kannada Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
Wikipedia, which has over 60,000 contributing editors in India, has only 33 Kannadigas contributing to the Kannada section, said Pavanaja U B, programme manager, The Centre for Internet and Society, Bengaluru.
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Kannada Wikipedia Workshop in Mangaluru (Coverage in Udayavani)
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U.B.Pavanaja
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Jul 05, 2015
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last modified
Sep 13, 2015 06:17 AM
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filed under:
Openness,
Kannada Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
As part of its ongoing partnership with St Aloysius College Mangaluru, CIS-A2K co-organized a workshop with the Kannada wikipedia community on Kannada Wikipedia. Udayavani covered this in their edition on July 5.
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Talamaddale on August 23
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Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 16, 2015
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last modified
Sep 20, 2015 03:57 PM
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Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
A talamaddale ‘Karna Chedana’ and ‘Shalya Nirgamana’ will be organised at Abhisheka mandira on the premises of Manjunatha temple at Kadri on August 23 at 2.30 p.m. Yakshagana playback singers Balipa Narayana Bhagawatha and Puttige Raghurama Holla will take part.
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News & Media
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Open Data and Land Ownership - Environment Scan
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Feb 12, 2018
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last modified
Feb 12, 2018 10:37 AM
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filed under:
Land Records,
Open Government Data,
Openness,
Open Data
The State of Open Data is an ambitious research project reflecting on 10 years of action on open data and providing a critical review of the current state of the open data movement across a range of issues and thematic areas. This environment scan represents the first step in gathering information to support a review of the state of open data with regard to land ownership, and in refining the focus of a chapter. The lead author for this chapter is Sumandro Chattapadhyay.
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Celebrating 5 Years of CIS
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Prasad Krishna
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published
May 03, 2013
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last modified
Feb 25, 2014 09:15 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Digital Natives,
Telecom,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
Openness,
Researchers at Work,
Event
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is celebrating 5 years of its existence with an exhibition showcasing its activities and accomplishments. The exhibition will be held at its offices in Bangalore and Delhi from May 20 to 23, 2013.
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December 2012 Bulletin
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Prasad Krishna
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Dec 30, 2012
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last modified
Jan 16, 2013 05:15 AM
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Access to Knowledge,
Digital Natives,
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Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
Openness
We at the Centre for Internet & Society wish you all a great year ahead. In the December 2012 newsletter, we bring you the draft early chapters of our “National Resource Kit” project for persons with disabilities (covering four southern states); and accessibility-related comments on the Twelfth Five Year Plan; the draft research on pervasive technologies and access to knowledge that we presented at the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest in Brazil; our comments on the privacy implications of including RFID tags in the proposed Rule 138A of the Motor Vehicle Rules, a report on the open access lectures delivered by Prof. Leslie Chan during his tour of India, reports of Wikipedia-related workshops conducted across three cities, and news and media coverage.
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Wikipedia Workshop in British Library, Chandigarh
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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Sep 27, 2012
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last modified
Oct 04, 2012 12:08 PM
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filed under:
Openness,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
A Wikipedia workshop was organized in Chandigarh by the British Library over two days on August 24 and 25, 2012. Bipin Kumar, Head of British Library and Christina, Deputy Manager had pivotal roles in designing this workshop with support from Piyush, a wikipedian.
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The First Punjabi Wikipedia Workshop
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Shiju Alex and Subhashish Panigrahi
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Sep 27, 2012
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Oct 04, 2012 12:16 PM
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Openness,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
For those who might not be aware, Punjabi Wikipedia is one of the first Indic Wikipedias where community started editing way back in 2002. However, after the initial few edits all activities got stopped and it was inactive over the last decade. Recently we conducted a few workshops that led to the revival of Punjabi Wikipedia. This post is about the first Punjabi Wikipedia workshop held in Ludhiana, Punjab on July 28, 2012.
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Goa University students update ‘Goa’ Marathi articles on Wikipedia
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Admin
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Feb 22, 2019
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness
Faculty and students of Goa University’s Marathi department have updated 164 Marathi articles on Wikipedia related to Goa recently.
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