Item - 2019.GL8.22

The General Government and Licensing Committee:

1.  Directed the City Clerk and the Chief Technology Officer to authorize the Corporate Information and Technology Division to publish all historical and current data embedded in documents, reports, or any digital artifacts that are available publicly on the City of Toronto's digital infrastructure to be made available on the City's Open Data portal:

a.  the City of Toronto Council and Committees Minutes, Agendas, and Meetings Report Request Log be made available on the City's Open Data portal at the time of publication on the City's publicly available digital infrastructure; and

b.  embedded data within documents, reports, or any digital artifacts be made available on the City's Open Data portal at the time of publication of said documents, reports, or any digital artifacts.

As we advance with the City of Toronto Open Data Policy, the Chief Technology Officer and City staff are working to fulfill the recommendation adopted on February 22, 2016 in Item GM10.4, including datasets should always be posted as open data before they are used to enable City-built apps or websites.

It is fundamental that our City Clerk's Division have Corporate Information and Technology publish all historical and current data embedded in documents, reports, or any digital artifacts that are available publicly on the City's digital infrastructure to be made available on the City's Open Data portal.