Each dataset must have metadata descriptions, API documentation, and licensing requirements.
The metadata will include fields for: title, description, tags, last update, publisher,...Read more
The policy defines Data as, "statistical or factual information in digital form which: (a) is reflected in a list, table, graph, chart, map, or database that can be digitally transmitted or...Read more
Prior to this policy, Oakland's data portal had already been launched. This policy requires:
Within 3 months of the effecitve date, each department must appoint a Data Coordinator
Within 6 months, each department must begin conducting reviews on their progress of putting data on the...Read more
AO: This 2017 paper by Bezuidenhout et al. uses qualitative empirical data from a study of lab-based research in Africa to highlight the limitations of a framing of online inequalities and access to ICTs as a "digital divide." They adapt Sen’s ‘capabilities approach’ to...Read more
I am adding this legislation to contribute to the research of open data in California.
This legislation was introduced by Assemblymember Irwin in September 2016 and now it is in the California Codes. Read more