Another open-data contest is planned as the city looks to improve the way it offers raw information that developers can use to make helpful apps.
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The app contest is expected to be held early next year and further details are expected at a future meeting.
The city held its first app contest in 2010-2011 after starting an open-data policy centred on the philosophy that certain city-collected and managed data should be readily available to anyone, in a “machine-readable” format, without copyright restrictions, patents or other controls on its use.
