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Government of Alberta publications guideline

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The purpose of this guide is to help those involved in the production of publications for the Government of Alberta. As a result of the consistent implementation of the procedures outlined in this... More ≫

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The purpose of this guide is to help those involved in the production of publications for the Government of Alberta. As a result of the consistent implementation of the procedures outlined in this guide, it is expected that: Albertans will be able to easily identify publications that are published by the Government of Alberta and be able to contact the appropriate people should they want more information; government publications will be readily available to the public through one central government portal; government departments will manage their publishing activities efficiently and consistently and monitor the effectiveness of their publishing activities regularly; and Albertans can be confident that all publications and other information products released by the Government of Alberta will remain easily accessible to them over time.

Intent to publish form

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This form is used to gather information and approval to include government publications and other information products in the Open Government Portal. The information is also used to determine... More ≫

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This form is used to gather information and approval to include government publications and other information products in the Open Government Portal. The information is also used to determine whether new publications should be assigned an ISBN and/or an ISSN.

Beyond 20/20 IVT browser simplified user guide

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This guide was originally created by the Alberta Office of Statistics and Information (OSI), and later updated by the Alberta Open Government Program. The guide is intended to provide basic... More ≫

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This guide was originally created by the Alberta Office of Statistics and Information (OSI), and later updated by the Alberta Open Government Program. The guide is intended to provide basic procedural information about viewing and using Ivation tables (IVTs), which is a proprietary data file format from the company Beyond 20/20.

Open government metadata application profile [draft]

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This is the Metadata Application Profile for the Government of Alberta's (GoA) Open Government Portal. It documents the set of metadata properties and encoding schemes that must be used to... More ≫

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This is the Metadata Application Profile for the Government of Alberta's (GoA) Open Government Portal. It documents the set of metadata properties and encoding schemes that must be used to describe resources on the GoA Open Government Portal. Its purpose is to assist website developers, content creators and the specialists in ministries and other organizations that create and manage the records in the content management system that populates the site.

Open government portal : GoA staff user guide

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Open government licence : adoption guidelines

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These guidelines provide context about the Open Government Licence with specific instructions for each clause. The guidelines also include a template of the full licence text for easy conversion to the web More ≫

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These guidelines provide context about the Open Government Licence with specific instructions for each clause. The guidelines also include a template of the full licence text for easy conversion to the web

Open data standards

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The Open Data Standards establishes criteria for publishing data for public use, adaptation, and distribution under the Open Government Licence - Alberta and sets the criteria by which the... More ≫

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The Open Data Standards establishes criteria for publishing data for public use, adaptation, and distribution under the Open Government Licence - Alberta and sets the criteria by which the success of the program will be measured.

Proactive disclosure : extending beyond open data to open information

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Presentation to Canadian Open Data Summit 2017 by Mark Diner. For governments to fully realize the promise of open government and deliver on the principles of openness and transparency,... More ≫

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Presentation to Canadian Open Data Summit 2017 by Mark Diner. For governments to fully realize the promise of open government and deliver on the principles of openness and transparency, strategies must be in place to ensure not only data but information is proactively disclosed.

Open data value framework : dataset evaluation criteria [dataset publishing 1]

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The GoA Open Data Value Framework assists ministries in determining which data is most valuable to publish first. The Framework contains an evaluation criteria table that guides ministries in... More ≫

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The GoA Open Data Value Framework assists ministries in determining which data is most valuable to publish first. The Framework contains an evaluation criteria table that guides ministries in determining which of their proposed datasets would be candidates for initial release on the Portal. Once completed, the Framework may be retained within your branch/division for future reference.

Open government strategy

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The Open Government Program’s plan to change the way in which citizens, governments and business interact through collaboration and using information in innovative ways.