Let’s talk about public code

In the fifth episode of Let's talk about public code we talk to Amy van Someren from the municipality 's-Hertogenbosch. We discuss their experience as first reusers of the Signalen codebase.

Signalen is an open source process and task system for governments, which automatically categorizes and routes reports about public space for processing by the appropriate handler.

Read more at: https://signalen.org

See Signalen live at: https://meldingen.s-hertogenbosch.nl/

In the fourth episode we talked to Lea Hemetsberger from Open & Agile Smart Cities. We discussed how they are collaborating with cities worldwide to support their digital transformation journey. We also talked about one of their latest resources, the CITYxCITY Academy.

Open & Agile Smart Cities is a network that connects cities and communities worldwide to learn from each other and exchange digital, data-driven solutions based on Minimal Interoperability Mechanisms. They represent their members towards international institutions, fora and standards developing organizations to ensure that their voice is heard when new standards come about. Read more at: https://oascities.org/

In the third episode we talk to Sergei Maertens from Maykin Media and Tjerk Vaags from Contezza. We discuss how they handled a security issue in OpenZaak. The developers describe how the process for handling Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures worked in this collaborative codebase.

OpenZaak is an open source API for municipalities who want to deliver citizen-friendly services online. Read more at: https://openzaak.org

Two references to GitHub were made in the discussion:

• Security Advisory
• Pull request with the documented process

This collaboration was started through a market consultation. You can read about the process in this blog post, and you can find the complete documentation in the GitHub repository. OpenZaak is currently in incubation with the Foundation for Public Code.

In the second episode we will talk to Rasmus Frey, the Head of Secretariat for OS2, a government organisation that focuses on shared development with open source, open innovation and transparency.

OS2 is an 8 year old association of 67 Danish municipalities that commission and manage open source software together.

In the first episode of 'Let's talk about public code', we will meet Arnau Monterde. Arnau holds a PhD in Information Society and Knowledge from the Open University of Catalunya, and is the coordinator of Decidim codebase. Decidim enables free open-source participatory democracy for cities and organizations.