There are a couple of intangible ways to measure success, at least early on. The fact that the CODE hackathon had so many participants is actually a very good sign. It's a lot easier to get people to develop code for a game than it is for something like open data. The fact that the participation rate was that high was a good early indicator.
A couple of months ago I actually nominated data.gc.ca for an award for its excellence. You'll see, I think, that it is recognized internationally and where it stands.
Actually, I strongly agree with something, Colin.... Maybe I misspoke earlier. I would say that the Canadian government is one of the leaders, but not the leader. On balance, it's maybe in the top three to five worldwide when it comes to the open data initiative.
There is one thing the U.S. does. Colin has pointed to the U.K. and the U.S. I would agree that those are two of the leaders we can learn from. The U.S. government has this site called Challenge.gov. If you have not seen it, I would strongly encourage everyone to take a look at it as a reference point. You'll see things there such as NASA putting up a $15-million challenge. If someone can help them improve battery life on their Mars rover, NASA will give them $15 million, because that will save NASA $100 million. There are many examples of that type of thing. The Department of Energy is doing stuff. It's just taken off. Now they have this website—Challenge.gov—that allows government bureaucracies to benefit from putting these challenges out there.
To specifically answer your question, over time the way we'll be able to measure its success is by looking at the number of times the data is pulled from the website. Every time somebody pulls on the data, it'll result in something called an “API call”. That's a technical term, but it just means the number of times they're accessing the data. As we track the number of times the data is accessed over time, we'll be able to see whether or not this is a successful initiative.