[euopendata] [open-government] ENEL open data!

[Chris Taggart]

Perfect. Thanks
Chris

On 20 September 2011 09:31, Lorenzo Benussi <lorenzo.benussi at top-ix.org>wrote:

> hi Chris, I am in touch with the person in charge of the open data project
> at ENEL.
> I will ask your questions and try to get some feedbacks. It seems they are
> committed to go further but I think they need ideas and advices to take the
> right directions (see the problem with the CCby "terms of use").
> I am sure they will appreciate proposals, ideas, etc.
>
> lorenzo
>
> Il giorno 19/set/2011, alle ore 14:49, Chris Taggart ha scritto:
>
> > Lorenzo
> > Saw this & thought it was really interested. Do you have a contact there?
> Had some feedback that might be useful (mainly on format, and other info
> that might be useful to provide -- e.g. names of directors, corporate
> structure).
> >
> > Chris
> >
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> > On 19 September 2011 11:30, Lorenzo Benussi <lorenzo.benussi at top-ix.org>
> wrote:
> > Compliments to ENEL that published today its data under CCby.
> > The first case of a private italian company adopting the open data model.
> >
> > http://data.enel.com/en
> >
> > I think it's a good news for at least two reasons:
> > 1) It make corporate data more transparent, in particular financial data.
> It can lead to new forms of collecting "economic" data (open and
> crowd-sourced) that can hopefully make more accurate accounts of global
> markets (we need it, don't we?) - Imagine to empower projects like
> opencorporates with open data sources directly from corporations.
> > 2) It can start a inspire others corporations to provide open data
> information about assets, process, and everything they do that is relevant
> to the public. Some examples could be: information about natural resources
> provided by the oil industry, the power and communication grids, ships
> logistics, ecc.
> >
> > I am looking forward to see more private open data!
> >
> > I am also happy that the news comes from an italian company, It's the
> kind of good example we need so much.
> >
> > Ciao, lorenzo
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