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These last few months I've been part of the spearheading of a very interesting project called the Open Data Index, based on another project titled the Open Data Census. Developed by the Open Knowledge Foundation, where I act as ao. International Community Manager for Open Government Data activities, the Open Data Census is a year-round ongoing measure of the current state of the open data landscape - based on submissions made by citizens across the world.
Basically, the portal allow anyone to report on how well the government in their country are doing in releasing their data - by simply googling around and answering a series of questions - and by submitting, people can then see how their country ranks compared to others. The results are reviewed and maintained by a global core of 80 expert editors, and my role has been to build this community and link between the community and our technical developer team.
Now, leading up to the forthcoming Open Government Partnership in London next week, we are launching the Open Data Index. The Index is a snapshot of the Open Data Census, aimed at the general population (outside the open data "bubble") and the press - to visualize the state of open government data across the world and to ignite conversations between governments and citizens on how to improve and more forward.
Denmark is doing rather well with a ranking as number 3 after the UK and United States (see comment on the OKFN-DK blog). How is your country doing?
To learn more see the Open Data Census FAQ or to become part of the conversation, join the Open Data Census discussion list. I'll be doing a presentation at the Open Government Partnership Summit, see the slides here.
