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Does the policy include language to protect itself from liabilities? Describe this language.

Thursday, May 2, 2019 - 1:43am

The policy states that the City does not claim that the data is fit, complete, accurate, or timely for any particular purpose. The specifically say the are responsible for faults on the Open Data Portal or computer virus that occur from accessing the Open Data Portal

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Describe any documentation agencies are required to produce.

Thursday, May 2, 2019 - 1:40am

The city manager must issue an annual report to the City Council which details the number, quality, and description of all of the datasets posted to the Open Data Portal. 

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Describe any technical standards with which agencies must comply.

Thursday, May 2, 2019 - 1:37am

The data in the Open Data Portal must:

  • Be able to be found by "commonly used Internet search applications" 
  • Machine readable and "platform independent" 
  • Free to the public
  • " Retains the data definitions and structure present when the data was compiled, if applicable" 
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Describe any technical standards with which agencies must comply.

Thursday, May 2, 2019 - 1:34am

All datasets must have the following metadata attached to it. 

  • Name of Department 
  • Name of Dataset Owner in the Department 
  • How often the data is updated
  • Data and Time of last update
  • Data Labels and Data Field Explanation 
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Describe any requirements for data licensing.

Thursday, May 2, 2019 - 1:31am

The policy states that the City will use open licenses with no restrictions on "copying, publishing, distributing, transmitting, adapting, or otherwise using the information..." 

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Describe any technical standards with which agencies must comply.

Thursday, May 2, 2019 - 1:29am

The policy states the city should use machine-readable and open formats for the information it collects. It is also noted that departments should use non-proprietary, publicly available, and open formats. 

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Who/what must comply with the data policy?

Thursday, May 2, 2019 - 1:27am

The policy applies to all departments that report to the City Manager. 

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How does the data policy define Data? Openness? Public? Protected? (Quote definitions if appropriate)

Thursday, May 2, 2019 - 1:25am

The policy defines data as "Structured information" 

Open Data is defined as, "Data made open and freely available to the public to be republished, manipulated, or used in any other way without restriction." 

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