of information and data, edition 1.01
mumbaiopendata.org as a platform is a mashup. It’s an outcome of a series of tests and effective trials in collating content for dissemination on a specific subject of investigation in this case Mumbai Urbanism. Update on this edition divides content at large into its distinct categories and locate it separately on the two platforms. Tumblr serves to organise and structure as per tags various information packets (in all cases groups of ten) on the city while pages on Google Sites locates material for download.
To explain the content distribution categories _
INSTITUTIONS collect organizations and acts working in the city this is further extended in PROJECTS specific pages.
BLOGS explore city writers and their collected body of work while READS list writings.
DATA (SETS), MAPS, REGULATIONS and IMAGES deal with material which become part of exercises, tasks and projects produced.
Those which aren’t typically used against or in research are contained in ETCS.
As a framework, this approximate definition of sourced content has evolved in the course of research work, as thus since tested should continue to guide further work. Information on tumblr are references, therefore act as links or representative of content available elsewhere. Sorted as tags _ #institutions, #projects, #blogs, #reads, #images and #etcs are located on the platform. Downloadable material, which have been used previously, responsibly sourced and deemed reuseable are accessed from pages on sites are datasets/ maps/ regulations.
The observed information architecture is structured to best capitalize on strengths of selected platforms. Any gaps in this structure (lack of integrity of information structure or definition) should be noted a result of navigating between the two. The edition at the entirety of its stage hopes to sort out, mostly to scale the discrepancies which can be avoided in future processes. In an anticipated ideal state (next anticipated edition) when an integrated platform if assembled, should have clearer distributed content structure and index to navigate against.
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UPDATE LOG on SITE #
- ship date 150629
- www.mumbaiopendata.org renamed to mumbaiopendata.org
- division of information [references or links to external sources] and data [downloadable content] which is distributed between Tumblr and Sites,
- #data renamed to #datasets
- restructuring of content silos; tags on Tumblr [six categories: #institutions, #projects, #blogs, #reads, #images, #etcs] and pages on Sites [three types: datasets, maps, regulations],
- Site page project renamed to working links and hosts links for relocation on to Tumblr
- Site pages institutions, blogs, reads, images, etc moved under page working links and scheduled for deletion