datapublic: building drupal-powered open government (nik garkusha, microsoft canada)
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Slides from Nik Garkusha, Open Platforms Lead at Microsoft Canada. Presented at the 2012 Toronto Drupal Business Summit.www.webnotwar.cawww.drupalbusinesssummit.comTRANSCRIPT
building
Drupal-PoweredOpen Government
[ ballmer quote ]
[ program OSS ]
[ Linux ]
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/04/microsoft-and-linux/
kernel version 3.2 top 20 1%
microsoft.com/opensource
[ junk ]
microsoft.com/web/drupal
• Drush 5 compatibility on Windows
• SQL Server/SQL Azure integration support with the commerce guys
• WinCache module contribution
• Sponsorship of 6 DrupalCons
• Inaugural Drupal supporting partner
• Sponsorship of changes on drupal.org including zip file support, co-sponsorship of ad capacity, documentation support….
datapublic.org
Open Governmen
t
Quebec CityRegina
BurlingtonCalgary
EdmontonFredericton
GuelphHamiltonLangleyLondon
Medicine HatMississauga
MontrealNanaimo
Niagara FallsOttawa
Prince GeorgeSurreyToronto
VanvcouverWindsor
GovIT
Transparency:Insight &
Accountability
● Doc Libraries ● Open Data● Visualization ● GIS ●
Analytics
● Portals ● Media● Elected Official Blogs ●
● 311 Case Mgmt ● Crowdsourcing ● Mobile ● Gov’t as a Platform ● 2-Way APIs ● Citizen-enabled
Engagement:Social & Community
Service Delivery:Applications
datapublic.org
• Fully Multi-lingual
• Engage via Blog, Media Room, Photo, Video Libraries & Event Calendar
• Empower with content on mobile devices via custom mobile-responsive theme
• Enhance Accessibility via Interactive Maps
• Extend Government as a Platform via Open Data Catalogue with APIs & oData
• Leverage Drupal platform & community
DataPublic (Beta)community-developed Open Government Portal
“Portal-in-a-Box”:
DataPublic.org
21
Engage
[barack]
whitehouse.gov
ndp.ca
BlogDocuments
DatasetsPress ReleasesVideo GalleriesImage Galleries
Services InformationEvents ListsCalendars
Interactive Maps
28
Empower
Anytime
AnywhereAnytime
Any DeviceAnywhere
Anytime
nysenate.gov
itdashboard.gov
34
[ bhangra.me ]
bhangra.me
41
Extend
usaspending.gov
data.gov
data.gov.uk
+
dataDOTgc.ca
• Working Photo Galleries:Photo upload + dynamic resizing, scaling, and cropping.
• oEmbed Thumbnail: Dynamic retrieval & embedding of videos and images
• Silverlight Map: Interactive mapping framework (+geotagging)
• DataLab / OGDI Field: Embed dynamic OData sources from Open Data Catalogues
