From open data to useful data

Source: http://egovau.blogspot.com/2012/03/from-open-data-to-useful-data.html

At BarCamp Canberra on Saturday I led a discussion asking how we can help governments take the step from open data (releasing raw datasets - not always in an easily reusable format) towards usable and useful data (releasing raw datasets in easily reusable formats plus tools that can be used to visualise it)....