Launching OpenDataLatinoamerica.org

[Miguel Paz]

Hi everyone
I would like to announce for anyone interested that Poderomedia
Foundation and PinLatam are launching OpenDataLatinoamerica.org, a
regional data repository to free data and use it on Hackathons and
other activities by HacksHackers chapters and other organizations.
We are doing this because the road to the future of news has been
littered with lost datasets. A day or so after every hackathon and
meeting where a group has come together to analyze, compare and
understand a particular set of data, someone tries to remember where
the successful files were stored. Too often, no one is certain.
Therefore with Mariano Blejman we realized that we need a central
repository where you can share the data that you have proved to be
reliable: OpenData Latinoamérica, which we are leading as ICFJ Knight
International Journalism Fellows.
If you work in Latin America or Central America your organization can
take part in OpenDataLatinoamerica.org. To apply, go to the website
and answer a simple form agreeing to meet the standard criteria for
open data. Once the application is approved, you will receive an
account to start running and managing open data, becoming part of the
community.
Together we are stronger, and we can do great things. We’re waiting
for you at OpenDataLatinoamérica.org.
More information:
http://ijnet.org/blog/opendata-latinoamerica-will-bring-together-data-across-region

Best

Miguel Paz

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[Vito Gallotta]

I am a professor of History of Journalism in Italy and I find of great
interest the idea of a data repository of news on Latin America. It shall
be very usefurl for university students and researchers.
Best wishes.
Vito Gallotta


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[Miguel Paz]

Thanks Vito
That`s precisely the idea. To have a common repository where
organizations can have an account to upload and manage data that can
be used by anyone, reducing replicated datasets in the way and helping
all to know who is working on freeing data and using it for developing
all sorts of data applications and web projects.
Good luck!


2013/5/10 Vito Gallotta <gallot...@gmail.com>:

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