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Steps towards Integrated Open Water Data
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Nov 02, 2017
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last modified
Nov 02, 2017 09:58 AM
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filed under:
Open Water Data,
Open Data,
Open Government Data,
Environment,
Openness
Multiplicity of data collection agencies, formats, and disclosure practices and conditionalities make it very difficult to access interoperable and open data about water resources and systems in India. Barriers to accessing water data impede not only academic and applied research on related topics but also public consumption of information and critical decision making. DataMeet and CIS are proud to collaborate on identifying and addressing the challenges to open up and integrate data and information in the water sector. Supported by a generous grant from Arghyam, we are undertaking an initial study of open water data resources in India and taking first steps towards developing a Free and Open Source data portal for water resources information in India. Here is an initial note about the project. The key leaders and contributors of this project are Craig Dsouza, Namita Bhatawdekar, Riddhi Munde, and Jinda Sandbhor, all of whom are members of the Pune Chapter of DataMeet.
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Sting job by Hyderabad scientist exposes fake journals
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by
Admin
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published
Oct 17, 2018
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filed under:
Openness,
Open Access,
Access to Knowledge
Scientists have at last found a cure for Schlodomoniasis -- a deadly brain infection caused by the "inter-galactic parasite Klaousmodium cruzi" -- they claim to have identified for the first time.
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Strategic Issues Emerging from Open Access Dialogues - Final Report
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Mar 21, 2013
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last modified
Oct 11, 2015 04:39 AM
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filed under:
Openness,
Open Access Dialogues,
Open Access
A series of discussions - on the Chat Literacy forum of ELDIS and on Twitter - was organised during November 2012 to March 2013 to identify the global challenges in 'Navigating the Complexities of Open Access'. The discussions were facilitated by Eve Gray and Kelsey Wiens, in partnership with The African Commons Project (South Africa) and the Centre for Internet and Society (India), through support from the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex. On behalf of CIS, Sumandro Chattapadhyay co-coordinated and contributed to these discussions.
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Stress on posting articles on Kannada Wikipedia
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 02, 2013
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Workshop,
Openness
A workshop to be held on CPDPS premises on August 6.
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Subhashish Panigrahi joins Open GLAM Working Group
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 27, 2014
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last modified
May 27, 2014 09:40 AM
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Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
Subhashish recently joined the OpenGLAM Working Group (a global network of people who work to open up cultural data and content.) as a member and OpenGLAM Local (a local affiliate of OKFN's OpenGLAM project) as an ambassador for India. Both the positions will be voluntary.
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Submitted Comments on the 'Government Open Data Use License - India'
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by
Anubha Sinha
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published
Jul 26, 2016
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last modified
Jul 26, 2016 09:23 AM
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filed under:
Open Government Data,
Open License,
Open Data,
NDSAP,
Featured,
Openness,
Homepage
The public consultation process of the draft open data license to be used by Government of India has ended yesterday. Here we share the text of the submission by CIS. It was drafted by Anubha Sinha, Pranesh Prakash, and Sumandro Chattapadhyay.
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Submitted Comments on the Telangana State Open Data Policy 2016
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Sep 01, 2016
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last modified
Sep 01, 2016 05:49 AM
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filed under:
Open Data,
Open Government Data,
Featured,
Policies,
Openness,
Homepage
Last month, the Information Technology, Electronics & Communications Department of the Government of Telangana released the first public draft of the Telangana State Open Data Policy 2016, and sought comments from various stakeholders in the state and outside. The draft policy not only aims to facilitate and provide a framework for proactive disclosure of data created by the state government agencies, but also identify the need for integrating such a mandate within the information systems operated by these agencies as well. CIS is grateful to be invited to submit its detailed comments on the same. The submission was drafted by Anubha Sinha and Sumandro Chattapadhyay.
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Summary of the Minutes of the Workshop on Biodiversity Informatics
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 30, 2012
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filed under:
Open Data,
Openness
The Western Ghats Portal team had organized a one-day workshop to explore the contemporary state of biodiversity informatics as expressed in three spheres: technology behind biodiversity informatics, scientific commons and policy and biodiversity portals in India. It hoped to provide an opportunity to interact and learn from similar endeavors in this emerging discipline. The workshop was held at Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ATREE), Bangalore on 25 November 2011.
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Sunil Abraham - Key Listener Speech at Wikimedia Summit 2019
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
May 04, 2019
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last modified
May 04, 2019 03:34 AM
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filed under:
Openness,
Wikipedia
The Wikimedia Summit 2019 – formerly known as "Wikimedia Conference" or "Chapters Meeting" – took place on 29–31 March 2019 in Berlin. Sunil Abraham made a speech at the summit organized in Berlin.
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Survey of Estimates of Economic Value of Open Government Data
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by
Ömer Faruk Sarı
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published
Aug 22, 2015
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last modified
Aug 22, 2015 08:42 AM
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filed under:
Open Government Data,
Digital Economy,
Open Data,
Economics,
Openness
This is a survey of estimates of economic value of open government data, and public sector information in general, across regions, countries, and sectors offered by several reports published during the last decade. The survey is undertaken by Ömer Faruk Sarı, a student of Business Administration at Koc University in Istanbul, Turkey, and research intern with CIS.
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