Toronto Open Data

Toronto Open Data is an open data initiative by the city of Toronto. It provides a "world-wide, royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to use, modify, and distribute the datasets in all current and future media and formats for any lawful purpose" with proper credit.[1] The goal of the open data is to make the "government open, accessible and transparent."[2]

Datasets

Data presented at [3] as of March 2016 includes over 200 data sets such as Festivals and Events, Licensed Child Care Centers, Priority Investment Neighbourhoods, Wellbeing Neighbourhood index and transportation data.

History

Toronto Open Data was launched at the Toronto Innovation Showcase forum on November 2, 2009.[4]

Comparable Initiatives

Many cities have launched open data initiatives. See data catalogues worldwide listed in http://datacatalogs.org/

Issues

As of 2010, Toronto Open Data required a click-through license for any reuse, which made it unsuitable for producing physical products (such as haptic maps for the blind).[5] Resolution note: Toronto adopted the Pan Canada Open Government licence in August, 2013.[6] The new licence clarified much confusion on behalf of users as to attribution and rights to use data.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Open Government Licence - Toronto
  2. ↑ Toronto opens up
  3. ↑ City of Toronto's open data catalogue page
  4. ↑ Toronto Launches Open Data Catalogue
  5. ↑ Toronto Open Data discriminates against blind people from Weait.com, December 20, 2010.
  6. ↑ Open Government Licence – Toronto from toronto.ca/open licence webpage.

External links

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