CMRC and SPINCAM team collaborate on integrating SmartAtlas and SIBIMAP
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- Publicado: 25 Septiembre 2014 25 Septiembre 2014
Mr. Ali al-Othman, SmartAtlas developer at the Coastal and Marine Research Centre of University College Cork, Ireland spent one week in September 2014 at the offices of the CPPS (Comisión Permanente del Pacífico Sur) in Guayaquil, Ecuador, from where the SPINCAM project is co-ordinated. Ali worked closely with Mr. Steve Erique and other CPPS staff on demonstrating recent upgrades to the SmartAtlas, web-GIS system including a Spanish language interface and map print functionality. SmartAtlas is being used to implement the SPINCAM regional atlas. Work also took place on integrating the SIBIMAP database - an information system on marine biodiversity and protected areas in the southeast Pacific – with SmartAtlas. SmartAtlas is an opensource development and is available for use by ICAN members. Contact Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo. for further details.
From left to right, Ms. Monica Machuca (Biologist, currently working as an intern in CPPS, supporting the implementation of new layers for the SPINCAM project), Ms. Veronica Avila, (Assistant for the CPPS's Regional Action Plan for the South East Pacific Office). Mr. Ali al-Othman (Computer Scientist and SmartAtlas Developer, CMRC ) and Mr. Steve Erique (IT System Developer and SPINCAM regional atlas coordinator, CPPS).
COINAtlantic: Measuring Progress for Data Accessibility
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- Publicado: 18 Septiembre 2014 18 Septiembre 2014
COINAtlantic is searching for data providing organizations willing to participate in a pilot project to use and give feedback on a Data Accessibility Self-Assessment Tool. The tool is for use in data providing organizations to develop a benchmark to monitor progress in improving the organization’s policies and procedures for providing effective and easy access to the data and information held by them. The data accessibility principles used in the tool is an aggregation of four documents: the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development’s Principles and Guidelines for Access to Research Data from Public Funding; the Government of Canada’s Operating Principles for the Open Government site; the United States Memorandum on Open Data Policy; and the G8 Charter for Open Data . The 11 principles are shown in the Table 1.
Table 1 Data Accessibility Principles |
1. Open Data by Default |
2. Completeness |
3. Primacy |
4. Timeliness |
5. Ease of Physical and Electronic Access |
6. Non-discrimination |
7. Licencing |
8. Permanence |
9. Usage Costs |
10. Supporting Use |
11. Evaluation |
For each principle one or more evaluation ladders have been developed with questions designed to assist the user in positioning their organization’s policies and procedures on the ladder. A sample evaluation ladder for the Evaluation Principle is shown below.
Following the pilot project, the feedback from the data providing organizations that used the tool will be incorporated. If you would be willing to test out this self-assessment tool and share your scores and comments with COINAtlantic, contact Andy Sherin Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo. Reporting on the use of the tool will not divulge the source of any scores shared with COINAtlantic.
Funding for the development of the tool came from the Adaptation Platform, Natural Resources Canada.