[od-discuss] Socrata Definition

[Rufus Pollock]

Would be worth pinging them to suggest referencing the Open Definition
as this gives fuller detail complementing the short "summary" version
(similar to the one we put on the site of: "Freedom for anyone to use,
reuse and redistribute ...).

Rufus

On 14 February 2013 01:09, Mike Linksvayer <ml at gondwanaland.com> wrote:
> 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
>
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