[od-discuss] Socrata Definition

Thu Feb 14 01:09:22 UTC 2013

On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 11:05 AM, Herb Lainchbury
<herb at dynamic-solutions.com> wrote:
> FYI, Socrata has released a "field guide" in which they have stated their
> own definition of open data which reads:
>
> "Making data that belongs to the public broadly accessible and usable by
> humans and machines, free of any constraints."

Curious use of "open data" as a verb.

> http://www.socrata.com/open-data-field-guide-chapter/why-does-my-organization-need-open-data/#section-one
>
> Interesting that they include machines.

But wholly unsurprising; they're selling data portal software.

Pretty good overall for a sales brochure.

Mike