Unlocking the Potential of Aid Information

Appendix II: Existing examples of aid information

0 Following are several examples of existing online aid information, along with details of:

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• Legal openness. A review of any licenses, legal statements and terms of use. Details of whether they comply with the Open Knowledge Definition. (See 1.2)
• Open format. Is the data in an open format? (See 2.1)
• Machine readable format. Is the data in a format which is machine readable? (See 2.1)
• Bulk downloadability. Is the raw data is offered for download in bulk (in addition to access via an API, if applicable)? (See 2.3)

0 These are summarised in the following table:

0 For more examples, refer to the list of packages tagged ‘development’ on CKAN:

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• http://ckan.net/tag/read/development

World Bank Data & Statistics

0 URLs

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• http://www.worldbank.org/data
• http://ckan.net/package/read/world-bank

0 Legally open?

0 No. Commercial re-use not allowed. Terms of use say:

0 The World Bank is pleased to allow Users to visit the Site and download and copy the information, documents and materials (collectively, “Materials”) from the Site for User’s personal, non-commercial use, without any right to resell, redistribute or create derivative works therefrom, subject to the terms and conditions outlined below, and also subject to more specific restrictions that may apply to specific material within this Site.

0 Open format?

0 No. The specification for XLS is publicly accessible, but it is not open.

1 Machine readable?

0 Yes. XLS is machine readable.

0 Bulk download available?

0 Yes. Data can be downloaded in Excel file.

Asian Development Bank

0 URLs

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• https://sdbs.adb.org/sdbs
• http://ckan.net/package/read/adb-sdbs

0 Legally open?

0 No. Reproduction prohibited. Page footer says:

0 Copyright © 2007 Asian Development Bank. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.

0 Open format?

0 Yes. Material is available in PDF.

1 Machine readable?

0 No. PDF is not machine readable.

0 Bulk download available?

0 No bulk download facility found.

U.S. Agency for International Development – Economic Analysis and Data Services (EADS)

0 URLs

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• http://www.usaid.gov/km/eads.html
• http://ckan.net/package/read/usaid-eads

0 Legally open?

0 Yes. The FAQ states:

0 Unless a copyright is indicated, information on this Web site is in the public domain and may be reproduced, published or otherwise used without USAID’s permission. We request that USAID be cited as the source of the information and that any photo credits or bylines be similarly credited to the photographer or author or USAID, as appropriate.

0 If a copyright is indicated on a photo, graphic, or any other material, permission to copy these materials must be obtained from the original source.

0 Open format?

0 Yes. Available in HTML, which is an open format.

1 Machine readable?

0 Yes. Available in HTML and XLS, both of which are machine readable.

0 Bulk download available?

0 There is not a single bulk download facility, but the query interfaces have an option to download material for all countries.

World Food Programme – Food Aid Information System

0 URLs

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• http://www.wfp.org/fais/
• http://ckan.net/package/read/wfp-fais

0 Legally open?

0 No explicit information found.

0 Open format?

0 Yes. Exports to Comma Separated Value (CSV) format.

1 Machine readable?

0 Yes. Exports to Comma Separated Value (CSV) format.

0 Bulk download available?

0 No facility found.

European Commission Humanitarian Aid (ECHO) – Funding

0 URLs

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• http://ec.europa.eu/echo/funding/finances_en.htm
• http://ckan.net/package/read/eu-echo-funding

0 Legally open?

0 Yes. Free to be re-used as long as attribution is given. The copyright notice on the European Commission website states:

0 Reproduction is authorised, provided the source is acknowledged, save where otherwise stated. Where prior permission must be obtained for the reproduction or use of textual and multimedia information (sound, images, software, etc.), such permission shall cancel the above-mentioned general permission and shall clearly indicate any restrictions on use.

0 Open format?

0 Yes. Available in PDF, which is an open format.

1 Machine readable?

0 No. PDF is not machine readble.

0 Bulk download available?

0 Yes. PDFs all linked to on a single page.

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC)

0 URLs

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• http://www.oecd.org/dac/stats/data
• http://ckan.net/package/oecd-ids

0 Legally open?

0 No. Terms and conditions from main OECD site mention non-commercial restrictions:

0 You can copy, download or print content for your own use, and you can include excerpts from OECD publications, databases and multimedia products in your own documents, presentations, blogs, websites and teaching materials, provided that suitable acknowledgment of OECD as source and copyright owner is given. You should cite the Title of the material, © OECD, publication year (if available) and page number or URL (uniform resource locator) as applicable. Please consult the Rights and Permissions section at www.oecd.org/rights for all requests for public or commercial use and translation rights.

0 Open format?

0 Yes. Available in CSV, which is an open format.

1 Machine readable?

0 Yes. Available in XLS and CSV – both of which are machine readable.

0 Bulk download available?

0 No. Individual datasets can be downloaded in XLS or in CSV format – but there is no single directory or zipped file containing all datasets in downloadable form. Instead user has to nagivate to each data theme individually and click to export each dataset individually via the web interface.