'CKAN' Hackathon

September 28th, 2013
Dublin

Ireland does not have an active central open data portal and datasets are spread across numerous platforms at the moment. Open Data Ireland community now joins forces with the Open Knowledge Foundation Network to deploy Central Open Data Portal, to revive opendata.ie and to establish an epicenter for encouragement and development of open knowledge in Ireland by launching the local OKFN chapter.

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Doors open at 9:30AM /Kick-off 10:00AM sharp.

Venue: Dublin TCube (Phoenix House, 32-34 Castle Street, D2)

Coffee 3FE, tea and pastries will be available throughout the day. Lunch and refreshments will be served to the participants.

Agenda

  1. Central Open Data Portal (CODP)
    • To deploy Central Open Data portal by upgrading ie.ckan.net currently run on CKAN v 1.7.4 to the current CKAN 2.1
    • upgrade front end
    • upgrade back end
    • redirect ie.ckan.net to opendata.ie/data
  2. Audit/inventory existing/available open datasets
    • by working OKFN’s Open Data Census
    • [follow-up] to drill down to the level as per COFIG’s classification of governmental functions
    • Link/upload open datasets to COD
    • Review suggestions for inclusion in the Irish National OGP Action Plan
  3. Revive opendata.ie + Review suggestion to OGP action plan
    • to deploy contemporary website
    • bring content up to date
    • review OGP suggestions
  • Launch ‘Irish OKFN Local Group’

We are delighted to announce that this event will be attended in person by CKAN Product Owner/OKFN Project Manager Irina Bolychevski, the uncrowned Irish Open Data Champion, Dominic Byrne and ODI’s long term supporter and Open Data guru from Raleigh, NC, Jason Hare.

If you work in public or private sectors, if you're a developer, designer, journalist, academic, policy maker, creative thinker, civil servant, entrepreneur or just an Average Joe with an interest in empowering better informed decisions through open knowledge, greater transparency for Irish citizens and accountability from Irish representatives, you're more than welcome to join us, contribute and participate.

Thanks to the Open Knowledge Foundation, Fingal Open Data, ESRI Ireland, IRLOGI and Open Data Raleigh, NC for supporting this event.

We would like to thank the guys in Dublin TCube for hosting the event .

Also a big thanks to all of the volunteers who helped organise the event: Denis Parfenov, Dominic Byrne, Kelly Fitzgerald, Shawn Day, Martin Wallace, Dearbhla Keating, Mick Byrne and Richard Cantwell

For more information about this event please check out Open Data Ireland

Twitter hashtags: + #ckanIRL + #okfnIRL + #opendataIRL

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