What we did was engage the community. When we did the first data set release, there were 17 of them. The way we did it was we talked to the community, and they said those were the ones they would like to get. As part of our website, we asked the public which data sets they would like to get. Based on that, we saw which data sets they would like to get first, and we began to focus on those, and now we have 36.
Not surprisingly in Ottawa, the number one request was for transit information. Another was the park and rec guide we give to residents. The mayor has now put forward an initiative to make it even more available to our residents.
We asked them, and following the number of requests we received, we focused on those. That is how we did it. We asked them; it was that simple.