[euopendata] Public Sector Business Registers and Open Data

Mon Oct 10 10:35:07 UTC 2011

 Dear Marc  

The UK currently sells Companies House data, but the person that knows most about this is probably Chris Taggart, who runs Opencorporates (in cc).

There is a new site based on reuse of that data but I am sure they pay for it and cannot allow you further reuse. They claimed to be an open data company in some lists, because it is a free service, but were rightly slammed by Chris. Maybe they can tell you more about the exact licensing conditions.

www.duedil.com

I am not sure about Chamber of Commerce information or other business registers. I did once try to find out about ISO 9000-14000 companies, but I don't think there is a public register as they get their accreditation independently. I would also like to have an authoritative summary of the situation.

Best, Javier

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On Monday, 10 October 2011 at 10:11, Marc de Vries wrote:

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> Van: euopendata-bounces at lists.okfn.org [mailto:euopendata-bounces at lists.okfn.org] Namens Oscar Corcho
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> Aan: Javier Ruiz; euopendata at lists.okfn.org (mailto:euopendata at lists.okfn.org)
> Onderwerp: Re: [euopendata] Public Sector Business Registers and Open Data
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> I am surprised that you do not know these initiatives in Spain, since we have been publicizing them quite often.
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> There is Linked Open Data available for maps/geodata and weather information at:
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> De: Javier Ruiz <javier at openrightsgroup.org (mailto:javier at openrightsgroup.org)>
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> > > I am trying to get the picture of the (potential) impact of Open Data on business registers held by public sector bodies (like for instance the Dutch Chamber of Commerce in my country, the Netherlands). Are you aware of any initiatives where such registers are being opened up for re-use against low or zero costs under liberal licensing schemes? Do you know the stories behind it?
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