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James McKinney, … Peter Rabley4

12/16/14

Proposed extension to OCDS for extractives and land sectors

Indeed, KML and GML are OGC standards and are among the options proposed for encoding the

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Proposed extension to OCDS for extractives and land sectors

Indeed, KML and GML are OGC standards and are among the options proposed for encoding the

12/16/14

Myroslav Opyr, … Steven Flower5

12/12/14

Registration of Organization Registration Agancy Code for Ukrainian Legal Entities Registry

Hi Myroslav No - I think it's good. We will review / implement next week hopefully Best wishes

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Registration of Organization Registration Agancy Code for Ukrainian Legal Entities Registry

Hi Myroslav No - I think it's good. We will review / implement next week hopefully Best wishes

12/12/14

Anders Pedersen, Tim Davies4

12/3/14

Country ISO code in OCDS?

Hey Anders, Would be great to hear your experience of exploring this. For the final stages of the

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Country ISO code in OCDS?

Hey Anders, Would be great to hear your experience of exploring this. For the final stages of the

12/3/14

11/18/14

OCDS data standard released

Dear all, First off, many thanks to everyone who has actively contributed on this list and through

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OCDS data standard released

Dear all, First off, many thanks to everyone who has actively contributed on this list and through

11/18/14

jamon...@gmail.com, … Tim Davies8

11/8/14

attachment data structure

Ah - sorry for misunderstanding your original request. Yes: this could certainly be added as an

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attachment data structure

Ah - sorry for misunderstanding your original request. Yes: this could certainly be added as an

11/8/14

Daniel Clair, … Tim Davies6

11/4/14

Language as an array instead of string

Hello Jamon We've just been chatting through this with the tech team. We did look early on at

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Language as an array instead of string

Hello Jamon We've just been chatting through this with the tech team. We did look early on at

11/4/14

10/30/14

Mapping open contracting data

Hi all, Aptivate has recently worked with WWF and Traffic International to make a data visualization

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Mapping open contracting data

Hi all, Aptivate has recently worked with WWF and Traffic International to make a data visualization

10/30/14

10/4/14

Changelog between 0.3.2 and 0.3.3

There were several non-trivial changes between 0.3.2 and 0.3.3. Could those please be describe in a

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Changelog between 0.3.2 and 0.3.3

There were several non-trivial changes between 0.3.2 and 0.3.3. Could those please be describe in a

10/4/14

Myroslav Opyr, … Sarah Bird8

10/3/14

Tender docummentation of bidders

Awesome! On 3 October 2014 14:48, Myroslav Opyr <myro...@quintagroup.com> wrote: Hi, In our

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Tender docummentation of bidders

Awesome! On 3 October 2014 14:48, Myroslav Opyr <myro...@quintagroup.com> wrote: Hi, In our

10/3/14

Makx Dekkers, … Sarah Bird5

10/3/14

Question about arrays

"So is there some implicit rule about such correspondences, or is there some place in the

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Question about arrays

"So is there some implicit rule about such correspondences, or is there some place in the

10/3/14

10/3/14

Comments from v0.3.2 and v0.3.3 logged

Hi all, I've been through the comments that you all kindly annotated on the standard and left a

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Comments from v0.3.2 and v0.3.3 logged

Hi all, I've been through the comments that you all kindly annotated on the standard and left a

10/3/14

10/3/14

Georgian State Procurement Agency

Hi Mathias, I see that you started adding some info about the Georgian State Procurement Agency to

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Georgian State Procurement Agency

Hi Mathias, I see that you started adding some info about the Georgian State Procurement Agency to

10/3/14

10/3/14

Comment period - next steps...

Hello all, Thank you to everyone who has been commenting and providing input into the standard over

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Comment period - next steps...

Hello all, Thank you to everyone who has been commenting and providing input into the standard over

10/3/14

Michael Roberts, … Sarah Bird9

9/30/14

Beta Release of the Open Contracting Data Standard

Hi Willem, Regarding validation. We have a validator up here: http://ocds.open-contracting.org/

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Beta Release of the Open Contracting Data Standard

Hi Willem, Regarding validation. We have a validator up here: http://ocds.open-contracting.org/

9/30/14

Makx Dekkers, Tim Davies2

9/29/14

Versioning of consultation documents

Hello Makx, Thanks for this. Yes - adding comments to the 0.3.3 version is great. We made some small,

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Versioning of consultation documents

Hello Makx, Thanks for this. Yes - adding comments to the 0.3.3 version is great. We made some small,

9/29/14

Lindsey Marchessault, … Pascal Robichaud4

7/28/14

Update - Presenting 2 Use Cases for Open Contracting Data and Seeking your Feedback

Have you been able to get feedback from people in the different industries. For exemple, Engineers in

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Update - Presenting 2 Use Cases for Open Contracting Data and Seeking your Feedback

Have you been able to get feedback from people in the different industries. For exemple, Engineers in

7/28/14

Tim Davies, … Ian Makgill3

7/28/14

Fwd: [ogp] FW: OECD seeking comments -- transparency for banking & global finances

Tim have you spoken to the OpenBank project? http://theodi.org/start-ups/open-bank-project On Tuesday

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Fwd: [ogp] FW: OECD seeking comments -- transparency for banking & global finances

Tim have you spoken to the OpenBank project? http://theodi.org/start-ups/open-bank-project On Tuesday

7/28/14

7/28/14

Open Data Contracting - modelling frameworks

All, I spoke to Sarah Bird (hi Sara) at OKFest about the need to have the flexibility to manage

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Open Data Contracting - modelling frameworks

All, I spoke to Sarah Bird (hi Sara) at OKFest about the need to have the flexibility to manage

7/28/14

Mathieu Carlier, … Mathieu Carlier3

7/14/14

Re: [public-ocds] Open Contracting Data Standard - Draft Data Model

Thanks Michael, I also thought it was already in the pipeline :). Thanks for your great work so far

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Re: [public-ocds] Open Contracting Data Standard - Draft Data Model

Thanks Michael, I also thought it was already in the pipeline :). Thanks for your great work so far

7/14/14

Pascal Robichaud, Sarah Bird3

6/30/14

Hello, For the terms translation, at least plan the standard in a way that it will be easily possible

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Hello, For the terms translation, at least plan the standard in a way that it will be easily possible

6/30/14

Sarah Bird, … Pascal Robichaud4

6/29/14

A great first day at PyCon.

En effet, les gros systèmes devraient avoir des outils d'exportation. Sinon, de plus en plus de

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A great first day at PyCon.

En effet, les gros systèmes devraient avoir des outils d'exportation. Sinon, de plus en plus de

6/29/14

Michael Roberts, Sarah Bird2

6/26/14

Open Contracting Data Standard - Draft Data Model

Hi Michael, This is very exciting, thanks for emailing this out. The link didn't show up properly

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Open Contracting Data Standard - Draft Data Model

Hi Michael, This is very exciting, thanks for emailing this out. The link didn't show up properly

6/26/14

Tim Davies, … Bibhusan Bista11

6/12/14

Does an Open Contracting Data Standard need a privacy policy?

Hello Everyone, I totally agree with Rachel and this was going through my mind since the begining of

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Does an Open Contracting Data Standard need a privacy policy?

Hello Everyone, I totally agree with Rachel and this was going through my mind since the begining of

6/12/14

bill.anderson, … Tim Davies5

6/12/14

Avoiding moral high grounds

Hi Tim (Wouldn't it be nice if we could travel back in time to the start of the IATI standard

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Avoiding moral high grounds

Hi Tim (Wouldn't it be nice if we could travel back in time to the start of the IATI standard

6/12/14

Michael Roberts, mr...@worldbank.org2

5/30/14

Reminder: OCDS Community Web Meeting is starting now ( Friday May 30 at 8am EST )

well done Michael and Lindsey. Could not hear it all, was on and off with things at home but what I

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Reminder: OCDS Community Web Meeting is starting now ( Friday May 30 at 8am EST )

well done Michael and Lindsey. Could not hear it all, was on and off with things at home but what I

5/30/14

lmarch...@worldbank.org

5/26/14

INVITATION: CIVIL SOCIETY AND CONTRACTING DATA, USE CASES FROM NIGERIA, RUSSIA, & MEXICO, OCDS Community Web Meeting, Friday May 30 at 8am EST

Hello All, We are pleased to announce that we will be holding our next in our series of Web Meetings

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INVITATION: CIVIL SOCIETY AND CONTRACTING DATA, USE CASES FROM NIGERIA, RUSSIA, & MEXICO, OCDS Community Web Meeting, Friday May 30 at 8am EST

Hello All, We are pleased to announce that we will be holding our next in our series of Web Meetings

5/26/14

Michael Roberts, … Lisette Garcia, FOIA Resource Center4

5/23/14

Priority Media Use Cases

"Our diverse working group includes government leaders, open data experts, and civic startup

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Priority Media Use Cases

"Our diverse working group includes government leaders, open data experts, and civic startup

5/23/14

Michael Roberts, … Lisette Garcia, FOIA Resource Center12

5/21/14

Episodic Discussion - Open Contracting Data Standard Use cases for the Media

Hi, Peter: I understood your original meaning. I have been pulling records, including land from

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Episodic Discussion - Open Contracting Data Standard Use cases for the Media

Hi, Peter: I understood your original meaning. I have been pulling records, including land from

5/21/14

Owen Scott, … James McKinney8

5/21/14

Draft Open Contracting Data Standard - Schema Definition Format and Newest Version?

I am interested in the data model. An approach used by the W3C that I've reused in Popolo [1] is

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Draft Open Contracting Data Standard - Schema Definition Format and Newest Version?

I am interested in the data model. An approach used by the W3C that I've reused in Popolo [1] is

5/21/14

5/19/14

Sharing your use cases for Open Contracting Data

Hello all, In Friday's web meeting, Juan asked about whether we might have a good way to collect

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Sharing your use cases for Open Contracting Data

Hello all, In Friday's web meeting, Juan asked about whether we might have a good way to collect

5/19/14

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