About Us
We are a community of people from the Ottawa region who have an interest in freeing data to support innovation in the public, social and private sectors. This site has been built by and for the community. It is a space for community members to find, unlock, publish and use open data for civic, social and economic purposes. Join the discussion in our Google Group.
This site was conceived and by Mark Kuznicki of Remarkk Consulting and built with the generous contributions of Architech Solutions by developer Adam Thody and hosting is provided by VisibleGovernment.ca. The source code will be published under an open source license for use by other communities.
You can contribute to the development of this site in the following ways:
- Participate on the site - contribute, comment and rate data sources and needs
- Join the discussion forum in the Google Group
- Provide feedback about the functionality of the site itself at our Support page.
- Have Grails development or graphic design skills? Contribute to the development of the site, contact us: info@DataTO.org
What We Value
As a community we value openness, innovation and transparency. We believe that sharing and collaboration are important means to create new things of value. We are inclusive and value diversity of thought and practice. We believe that community well-being can be created in the public, social and private sectors and that each of these areas of life have value. We are collaborating to create a vibrant ecosystem around open access data in Ottawa.
Terms of Use
This site is not designed for commercial data vendors to advertise their products or services. If you are in the business of creating and selling proprietary data and you use this site to advertise your products, those items will be deleted by the Admins. Multiple violations of this policy will result in the user being banned from the site.
