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The public domain andopen government data
Jonathan GrayThe Open Knowledge Foundation
Communia 2010, Torino29th June 2010
From books to bits...
“Raw Data Now!”
Why do we care?
European PSI is worth €27 billion(2006, MEPSIR Study)
TransparencyAccountabilityImproved public service provisionHarnessing external expertiseDynamic two way relationship between citizens and public bodies...
Communia Workshop 5
Over 40 recommendations
“Make digital upstream non-personal public sector information available at
marginal cost (i.e. zero).”
Rufus PollockOpen Knowledge Foundation
“Free your data, especially maps and other geographic information, plus
the non-personal data that drives the police, health and social services.”
Tom SteinbergmySociety
“Build relationships between civil servants and existing community
networks of people interested in re-using government data.”
Ton ZijlstraDutch government consultant
Government/citizen driven open government data initiatives:
Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden, UK, US...
data.gov.uk
UK GovernmentPublic Data Principles
(25th June 2010)
“Public data will be released under the same open licence which enables
free reuse, including commercial reuse”
UK GovernmentPublic Data Principles
(25th June 2010)
“Public data will be freely available to use in any lawful way ”
UK GovernmentPublic Data Principles
(25th June 2010)
“Public bodies should actively encourage the re-use of their public
data”
jonathan.gray@okfn.orghttp://twitter.com/jwyg
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Image creditsMonk at Work from Wikimedia CommonsBureaucracy by KongharaldThe National Archives by Nick CooperWork with schools by New York Public LibraryImages by Otto Neurath and the Isotype Institute from FulltableOKCon, Rufus Pollock and Participants by jwygPlumbing Bits by cmurtaughHarwell Dekatron Computer by MichaelWilson78Pierre Vivant's Traffic Light Tree by William WarbyThe Green Light by Ted PercivalOnline does not equal open by jwygLego Bricks by bdesham
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