[euopendata] Request for information: recent PSI/open gov data developments in your country

Mon Jan 24 13:24:39 UTC 2011

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 11:09 PM, Ton Zijlstra <ton.zijlstra at gmail.com> wrote:
> In the Netherlands itself the most recent news is that:
> 1) An official gov data catalogue has been soft-launched in beta yesterday.
> At http://data.overheid.nl (overheid is Dutch for gov) a CKAN instance is
> now in use. There is no team or plan for broader roll-out at the moment it
> seems, but the first milestone has been created anyway.

Look forward to seeing this go live! ;-)

> 2) In response to the PSI Directive public consultation Dutch gov has
> registered their official stand point: anything that is public info, should
> be reusable by default. Gov will not enforce their copyright, only charge
> incremental costs of distribution, and prefers completely open licensing of
> information and data alike.

*Fantastic* news! Any links to further information on this (as and
when its available) would be very much appreciated! ;-)

All the best,

Jonathan

> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Ton Zijlstra <ton.zijlstra at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>> At the end of next week the European Commission's PSI Group
>> (see http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/psi/facilitating_reuse/psigroup/index_en.htm
>> ) will be meeting in Luxembourg. As you can see in the programme (see link
>> to pdf in the news section in the bottom half of the
>> page http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/psi/index_en.htm) I have
>> been asked to give a 20min overview of 'recent developments' in EU Member
>> States regarding PSI re-use / open gov data. This is a bit of a change from
>> the first draft of the agenda, and the follow-up e-mail asks specifically
>> for 'facts' about the current status.
>> So here's my question to you:
>> What are, in your opinion, for your country the most interesting
>> developments regarding PSI/open data. Both in actual progress made, as well
>> as e.g. shifting attitudeds within your government institutions etc.
>> I will be grateful for your input, and will use as much as possible of it
>> in my presentation to the EC PSI Group next week.
>> best,
>> Ton
>> -------------------------------------------
>> Interdependent Thoughts
>> Ton Zijlstra
>>
>> ton at tonzijlstra.eu
>> +31-6-34489360
>>
>> http://zylstra.org/blog
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>
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