Whilst we’re at it, consider the impact of open data, where government datasets are available to the community.
That sounds like it would be pretty useful to get better quality statistical research papers (well, I guess quality would depend more upon the researcher), doable by people without corporate backing.
vk6flab@lemmy.radio 2 months ago
Here’s some of what’s happening in my country, Australia:
Not sure where Tasmania and the ACT are at, but those links are the federal and most state government data portals.
Behind that is much variety of data, from land use to baby names and everything in-between.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has its own site:
Dave@lemmy.nz 2 months ago
NZ as well: data.govt.nz
Though this it takes work for the different government departments to maintain. The team at data.govt.nz work with the different government departments to try to identify suitable data sources and get them into an update cycle, but there’s definitely not all data that can be released on there.
vk6flab@lemmy.radio 2 months ago
Yeah, same kind of process in Oz.
AFAIK, it was triggered by doing an annual event called GovHack where people were encouraged to create “hacks” with government data. It included software developers like me, data mentors from many different government departments, people with an interest and several departments with questions.
Dave@lemmy.nz 2 months ago
I think NZ’s is a similar story. GovHack is run in NZ as well, though I haven’t personally been involved in an event.
kingorgg@feddit.uk 2 months ago
UK too: data.gov.uk
vk6flab@lemmy.radio 2 months ago
Here’s Tasmania:
And here’s the ACT: