[datacatalogs] Fwd: Potential addition to http://datacatalogs.org

Thu Feb 9 08:44:26 UTC 2012

Thanks David. I will pass your comments on and suggest that he posts to the
list if he wants to discuss further. I think they are committed to making
their data open in the long term, but are just not quite there yet!

On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 12:39 PM, David Read <david.read at okfn.org> wrote:

> Of course the really important thing is what the license for each dataset
> within WEHub, but the question for datacatalogs.org is what the license
> of the *metadata* is - i.e. the records stored on WEHub. The T&Cs state:
>
> "By posting and sharing content with WEHUB, the user retains copyright of
> the original content. You agree to grant WEHUB a perpetual, royalty-free,
> nonexclusive, irrevocable license to use, modify, reproduce, adapt, edit,
> perform analysis on, publish, display and distribute the submitted content."
>
> I could be wrong, but as I read it, the records are not shareable, so not
> open.
>
> Dave
>
> On 8 February 2012 09:55, Laura Newman <laura.newman at okfn.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> See below for a message from Alex Joseph, who would like us to add
>> http://www.waterenvironmentalhub.ca to the Data Catalog. They haven't
>> quite got an open license in place yet, but are moving towards deploying
>> one with the agreement of their legal department, and are keen to be
>> included in the Catalog now.
>>
>> Alex has suggested that he could include the following statement to their
>> terms of service for now (whilst the legal department reach agreement), and
>> has asked us for feedback:
>>
>> *"Each data set or web service that can be accessed via the Water and
>> Environmental Hub includes meta data and a description of the license
>> affixed by the data creator. In general, the Water and Environmental Hub
>> promotes the open accessibility of data and seeks to work with data
>> providers who wish to make their data open. We are aligned with
>> OpenDefinition.Org's definition of open data, 'A piece of content or
>> data is open if anyone is free to use, reuse, and redistribute it — subject
>> only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and share-alike' (
>> http://opendefinition.org) and offer the ability for data providers to
>> select a Creative Commons license to attach to each data set they publish
>> on our platform."*
>>
>> Do you think that we could include http://www.waterenvironmentalhub.cain the Data Catalog if this were in place?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Laura
>>
>>
>>

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Laura Newman
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Open Knowledge Foundation
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