Case Studies/App My State - Revision history

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 {{Case Study
 |Description=App My State’ is a competition run by the Victorian Government to build mobile and web applications for the benefit of Victorian citizens.
 |Quote=The Victorian Government has committed to open access as its default position, but acknowledges that it will require a "fundamental shift in the attitude and thinking of Victoria’s public servants". But the good news is the snowball has started rolling!
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 |Author=State of Victoria
 |User_Status=Curator
 |Tag=government data sets, government transparency, competition to build useful, innovative and practical mobile and web applications to benefit community,  policy, public sector information, open access
-|License short name=CC BY
+|License_short_name=CC BY
 |License=http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/au/
 |Format=Image, Sound, Text, MovingImage, InteractiveResource, Other, Geodata

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 To coincide with the release of a large number of data sets through an online central repository (http://data.vic.gov.au/), the Victorian Government recognised the benefits in setting up a competition to demonstrate the use of public information for the benefit of the community. The competition titled ‘App My State’ follows a proliferation of similar competitions throughout the world where governments have invited the public to create apps for creative use of information they post in open and accessible formats.
-‘App My State’ offers a range of cash prizes totalling $100 000 for the ‘best app’ and includes prizes for posting the ‘best ideas’  if the entrant lacks the technical expertise or time to develop the app themselves.
+‘App My State’ offers a range of cash prizes totaling $100 000 for the ‘best app’ and includes prizes for posting the ‘best ideas’  if the entrant lacks the technical expertise or time to develop the app themselves.
 There has been a worldwide groundswell in competitions to support practical use of public information, including similar competitions recently staged in Australia.
-There is evidence from other jurisdictions that the social and economic benefits from releasing public data far outweighs the cost. Evidence even suggests the benefits of competitions such as ‘App My State’ also far outweigh the cost and represent an effective information and marketing process.
+There is evidence from other jurisdictions that the social and economic benefits from releasing public data far outweighs the cost.
 ‘The first edition of ‘Apps for Democracy’ yielded 47 web, iPhone and Facebook apps in 30 days - a $2,300,000 value to the city at a cost of $50,000’

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 Other app competitions based on public information include:
-The New South Wales Government which encouraged entrants to share their work under a flexible and permissive licence such as ‘MIT License, New and Simplified BSD License, General Public License (GPL), or Mozilla’ (but failed to include Creative Commons licensing).
+The New South Wales Government's 'apps4nsw' closes 10 March 2010 and encourages entrants to share their work under a flexible and permissive licence such as ‘MIT License, New and Simplified BSD License, General Public License (GPL), or Mozilla’ (but failed to include Creative Commons licensing).
-‘Mash up Australia’ funded by as part of the Australian Government’s 2.0 Taskforce
+‘Mash up Australia’ funded by as part of the Australian Government’s 2.0 Taskforce (http://mashupaustralia.org/)
 ‘Apps for Democracy’ in Canada (http://www.appsfordemocracy.org/)
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 New York City (http://www.nycbigapps.com/)
-Also Finland, the UK and the United States.
+Similar competitions have been arranged in Finland, the United Kingdom and the United States.
-‘App My State’ has been supported by Google in its Australia/ New Zealand Blog
+‘App My State’ has been publicly supported in a blog posted by Alan Noble, Engineering Director, Google Australia and New Zealand.
-http://google-au.blogspot.com/2010/03/victoria-lands-90-new-innovation.html
+(http://google-au.blogspot.com/2010/03/victoria-lands-90-new-innovation.html)
 Other references to apps developed from public information
 “Apps for Democracy produced more savings for the D.C. government than any other initiative.”  − Vivek Kundra, former CTO of Washington, DC and current Federal CIO
-http://www.appsfordemocracy.org
+(http://www.appsfordemocracy.org)
-http://vimeo.com/4450950
+(http://vimeo.com/4450950)
 ‘Technology can be a powerful tool for helping people work together, sharing best practices and enabling communities. TOPP builds software, new media outlets, and other tools that bring democracy closer to its potential.’
-http://openplans.org/
+(http://openplans.org/)
 ‘Open311 is a form of technology that provides open channels of communication for issues that concern public space and public services. Primarily, Open311 refers to a standardized technology for location-based collaborative issue-tracking. By offering free web API access to an existing 311 service, Open311 is an evolution of the phone-based 311 systems that many cities in North America offer.’
-http://open311.org/
+(http://open311.org/)
 ‘Apps for America is Sunlight's annual development contest! Prizes go to developers who can use data from Sunlight and our partners that makes Congress more accountable, interactive and transparent.’
-http://www.sunlightlabs.com/contests/appsforamerica/
+(http://www.sunlightlabs.com/contests/appsforamerica/)

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 == License Usage ==
-The Victorian Government has announced its move to provide government data and information under a Creative Commons licence. The data released through the government’s central repository is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia licence. There are no restrictions with respect to the sharing or use of the information.
+The Victorian Government has announced its move to provide government data and information under a Creative Commons licence. The data released through the government’s central repository is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia licence. Apart from attribution required under the licence, there are no restrictions with respect to the sharing or use of the information.
 This follows the recommendations of the Australian Government’s 2.0 Taskforce for government to develop policies to maximise the extent to which existing PSI be relicensed Creative Commons BY, taking account of undue administrative burden this may cause for agencies.

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 {{Case Study
-|Description=App My State’ is a competition run by the Victorian Government to build mobile and web applications for the benefit of Victorian citizens
+|Description=App My State’ is a competition run by the Victorian Government to build mobile and web applications for the benefit of Victorian citizens.
+|Quote=The Victorian Government has committed to open access as its default position, but acknowledges that it will require a "fundamental shift in the attitude and thinking of Victoria’s public servants". But the good news is the snowball has started rolling!
 }}
 == Overview ==
-'''Please provide an overview of the work. Describe the author or organization (location, funding/business model, partner organizations), objectives, current projects.'''
+‘The first edition of ‘Apps for Democracy’ yielded 47 web, iPhone and Facebook apps in 30 days - a $2,300,000 value to the city at a cost of $50,000’
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+‘Open access to Public Service Information (PSI) represents an important opportunity for the Victorian Government to increase its engagement with the community and to realise a range of social and economic benefits.’
 == License Usage ==
-'''Please specify the license adopted. How is the license applied? Can you provide any available statistics? What has been the author or organization's experience with Creative Commons licenses so far – what have been the benefits and lessons learned?'''
+The Victorian Government has announced its move to provide government data and information under a Creative Commons licence. The data released through the government’s central repository is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia licence. There are no restrictions with respect to the sharing or use of the information.
-Delete these above and add text here.
+This follows the recommendations of the Australian Government’s 2.0 Taskforce for government to develop policies to maximise the extent to which existing PSI be relicensed Creative Commons BY, taking account of undue administrative burden this may cause for agencies.
 == Motivations ==
-'''How did the author or organization first hear about Creative Commons? Why did they choose to license under Creative Commons? Which license did they select and why? Any other issues you may have come across/comments you’d like to make.'''
+Victoria is Australia’s second most populous state and known for its infatuation with arts and culture - including sporting events. The state recently received worldwide attention as a result of a series of devastating and tragic bushfires on 7 February 2009 (to become known as ‘Black Saturday’). Almost 200 people lost their lives and thousands of homes were lost - whole regional communities ceased to exist.
 == Media ==
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+Other app competitions based on public information include: