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=Wikipedia OpenData Project= Proposal: We propose to use Wikipedia as a subject index which points to the many external data sources available. This will allow us to close the distance between the interested user and the data thus popularising the use of data. The data that we link to may come under many different licences. We are taking the basic model of the maps page that is already in use on Wikipedia. Click on Coordinates top right to see the example.

Outline
With a vast and varied selection of data available,the challenge of getting people to interact with that data in a meaningfull way is proving very difficult for data managers everywhere. By creating a "data" page on Wikipedia we are using a format that is familar to the user and can be used as a portal which eventually links to the more complex and less used data on that subject. Wikipedia gains a new tool for presenting multiple data sets.

The data page will be for links to data. Wikipedia will not host any data. The data page is not for in article references or further reading.The data page is seperate from Wikidata which is for hosting data under a wikipedia licence only. As the data page evolves we are likely to see it being used as a statistics page, a portal page to multiple data sets and hosts or occasionally links to raw data.

The project we are doing will focus on the Glasgow page. There are multiple reasons for doing this.
 * Possible funding or resources available for exploration
 * The Glagow page will involve multiple complex data sets
 * The data sets will be hosted by varied organisations and they will need to be contacted so they can present their data in the correct manner.
 * The Data on Glasgow may include geographical or non geographical data
 * Replication of the page for any other City/Town would be highly beneficial, possibly evolving into a standard method of presenting the data.

Multiple Subject Examples
The following examples are a mixture of Statistics and links, how do we use this to get at the data. Statistics Openstreetmap Statistics]

Evolving the project

 * The first task is to complete this project page
 * The Second task is to get acceptance from the Wikipedia community that this is a valid use of resources