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Neighbourhood Planning – mapping the change

Have you heard about Neighbourhood Planning? It is a new way for communities to decide the future of the places where they live and work.  They will be able to: choose where they want new homes, shops and offices to … Continue reading

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One small step…the DCLG business plan indicator dashboard

If you’ve read my guest blog at the ODI, you’ll have spotted that I’m trying to push forward DCLG’s open data contribution on three main fronts. One of those is: testing how to grow and extend our open data store … Continue reading

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Are you satisfied with where you live? New open data on neighbourhood-level wellbeing

Today marks the launch, by DCLG, of a new mapping tool and open dataset for you to explore and understand the nation’s wellbeing at the neighbourhood-level.   We’ve also incorporated wellbeing data in our Local Authority Dashboard, for you to view alongside … Continue reading

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Data excavation : news from the DCLG quarry

The views expressed here are mine, and mine alone, and not my employer’s (DCLG) official policy or opinion. Following today’s exciting announcements in the Open Data White Paper, I wanted to update you my recent work with open data at … Continue reading

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OpenData needle work: stitching together the local debate

The views expressed here are mine, and mine alone, and not my employer’s (DCLG) official policy or opinion Hi. I’m sure you’ve heard about the Government’s localism agenda.  It is at the core of shifting power into the hands of individuals, … Continue reading

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Indices of Deprivation: Linked Data Prototype

The views expressed here are mine, and mine alone, and not my employer’s (DCLG) official policy or opinion Hi. Those of you with longer memories will recall my post back in May, promoting the then new triple store for DCLG’s … Continue reading

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DCLG Spending data – making it more useful

An article by Steve Peters – stephen.peters1@sky.com, or tweeting at @SemanticTourist Following my recent post, about trialling publication of statistical data as LinkedData, I wanted to update you on other things I’m doing to (hopefully) make it easier to find, understand … Continue reading

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Open data at DCLG – the English Indices of Deprivation and more…

An article by Steve Peters (stephen.peters1@sky.com) Disclaimer: the views expressed in this article are personal, and do not represent official DCLG policy or opinion. Introduction – why you should read this Its been a while since I blogged about my … Continue reading

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TSO SPARQL endpoint

The TSO have worked with DCLG to provide a SPARQL endpoint onto RDF data that they have harvested from the DCLG LDEx API. The SPARQL endpoint is available at TSO OpenUpLabs, a site that provides an area for TSO to … Continue reading

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A few random very personal thoughts about open data…

So this isn’t thought through at all and is going to be very random as a result. But also by design – I’d like this to be the start of a conversation. Too much to hope for? Well maybe but … Continue reading

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