[euopendata] EC VP Neelie Kroes on EU open data steps

Fri Sep 23 14:16:18 UTC 2011

Ton

thanks so much for keeping us informed

i guess the exceptions were not clarified any further? we think broadcasting is never happening with BBC at al reselling a lot abroad, culture very difficult because of third party IP, but archives should be a no brainer, as is publicly funded scientific information

is there a detailed calendar of the review process anywhere?

Javier

On 23 Sep 2011, at 14:42, Ton Zijlstra wrote:

> hi all,
> 
> Commissioner Neelie Kroes delivered a speech yday at the Open Forum Europe summit that is worth noting.
> 
> Some soundbites:
> 
> We are going to open up Europe's public sector
> Expensive data is not open data
> Getting out the data under reasonable conditions should be [..] routine
> 
> She talks about the upcoming PSI Review in terms of
> clarifying principles
> closing loopholes
> getting rid of exceptions
> 
> She specifically mentions possibly specifying data formats and licenses in the PSI Directive, as well as doing something about paying for data.
> 
> Also in the list of benefits for open data she mentions access to scientific information, which may point to an extension of the scope of the PSI Directive (currently scientific info is an exemption).
> 
> A data portal for EC data is promised for 2012 (tender just closed), with a pan-EU data portal for 2013. At last week's PSI Group meeting at the EC in Luxembourg there was talk of a EU infrastructure for data provision and services for 2014-2020.
> 
> See http://epsiplatform.eu/news/news/ec_vp_kroes_on_standardization_and_open_data for more
> 
> All in all I think her speech contains the outlines of what the EC's advice to the MS on the review of the PSI Directive will be, that is expected in Nov/Dec.
> I think this is good news.
> 
> best,
> 
> Ton
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