[od-discuss] [okfn-discuss] ANN: Open Definition v2.0 Released - Major Update of Essential Standard for Open Data and Open Content
Pierre-Carl Langlais
pierrecarl.langlais at gmail.com
Tue Oct 7 14:10:31 UTC 2014
Hi everyone,
Just another "tricky" point I've just raised on the French mailing list
: the new definition as well as the older version proposes an extensive
definition of "work" that seems to include "information" and "raw data".
It embraces every "piece or item of knowledge" (a small piece of data
like the name or age of a person would certainly be concerned).
Yet, such a definition goes beyond the scope of Intellectual property.
In most legislations (if not all), only "creative" and "expressive"
works are covered. This includes original texts, image or (thanks to the
crazy untimely database rights directive
<http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:31996L0009> in
Europe) structures of a database (but not the data per se). Information
and raw data remain in a terra nullius. They are even frequently
considered to be part of an information public domain
<http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=1535&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html>.
There is actually some risks that the open definition allows to add
unwelcomed restrictions (like attribution) to something that has never
been regulated. Even though these restrictions remain weaks they could
be classified as a copyfraud <http://www.copyfraud.com/>. I don't think
that creating more closeness than actually exists was really the purpose
of the OD.
PCL
Le 07/10/14 15:49, Rufus Pollock a écrit :
>
> On 7 October 2014 14:37, Friedrich Lindenberg
> <friedrich.lindenberg at okfn.org <mailto:friedrich.lindenberg at okfn.org>>
> wrote:
>
> Hey Rufus,
>
> congratulations on the update. As was just discussed on IRC, I
> think the definition of "open formats" merits some explanation, as
> it seems to be broad enough to encompass virtually any file
> format: "Specifically, data should be machine-readable, available
> in bulk, and provided in an open format or, at the very least, can
> be processed with at least one free/libre/open-source software tool."
>
> I can't think of any file format where a broken parser doesn't
> exist in a GitHub repo somewhere - including old favourites like
> Word and Excel. Therefore, this definition seems of no practical
> value to me as a layperson.
>
>
> Good point. I'm going to forward this to the od-discuss list. I guess
> the suggested change here (for a possible v2.0.1) is the deletion of
> the "or, .... free/libre/open-source software tool"
>
> Would it be worth elaborating on this in a blog post? Or do you
> have a specific ML thread people should read wrt. to this?
>
>
> We will need to be a bit of digging through the archive. I think this
> was in there relatively early and never got removed. The logic I think
> was trying to concretize the key point here - that people could get
> access to this data easily and freely. (Getting into a formal
> definition of open standards can be complex - e.g. there's
> https://fsfe.org/activities/os/def.html - e.g. does CSV comply with
> item 4, what's the status of geojson etc)
>
> Rufus
>
> Best regards,
>
> - Friedrich
>
>
>
> On 07 Oct 2014, at 13:28, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org
> <mailto:rufus.pollock at okfn.org>> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Here's the announce for the Open Definition v2.0. It is also
>> posted on the blog at:
>>
>> http://blog.okfn.org/2014/10/07/open-definition-v2-0-released-major-update-of-essential-standard-for-open-data-and-open-content/
>>
>> Please do share this announce with relevant communities and
>> organizations!
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Rufus
>>
>> *ANN: Open Definition v2.0 Released - Major Update of Essential
>> Standard for Open Data and Open Content*
>>
>> Today Open Knowledge and the Open Definition Advisory Council are
>> pleased to announce the release of version 2.0 of the Open
>> Definition <http://opendefinition.org/>. The Definition "sets out
>> principles that define openness in relation to data and content"
>> and plays a key role in supporting the growing open data
>> ecosystem <http://okfn.org/opendata/>.
>>
>> Recent years have seen an explosion in the release of open data
>> by dozens of governments including the G8. Recent estimates by
>> McKinsey put the potential benefits of open data at over $1
>> trillion and others estimates put benefits at more than 1% of
>> global GDP.
>>
>> However, these benefits are at significant risk both from quality
>> problems such as "open-washing" (non-open data being passed off
>> as open) and from fragmentation of the open data ecosystem due to
>> incompatibility between the growing number of "open" licenses.
>>
>> The Open Definition <http://opendefinition.org/>eliminates these
>> risks and ensures we realize the full benefits of open by
>> guaranteeing quality and preventing incompatibility. See this
>> recent post for more about why the Open Definition is so
>> important
>> <http://blog.okfn.org/2014/09/30/why-the-open-definition-matters-for-open-data-quality-compatibility-and-simplicity/>.
>>
>> Created in 2005, this new version of the Open Definition
>> <http://opendefinition.org/>is the most significant revision in
>> the Definition's nearly ten-year history and reflects more than a
>> year of discussion and consultation with the community including
>> input from experts involved in open data, open access, open
>> culture, open education, open government, and open source. As
>> well as major revisions to the text there is a new process for
>> reviewing licenses which has been trialled with major governments
>> including the UK.
>>
>> The Open Definition was published in 2005 by Open Knowledge and
>> is maintained today by an expert Advisory Council. This new
>> version of the Open Definition <http://opendefinition.org/>is the
>> most significant revision in the Definition's nearly ten-year
>> history.
>>
>> It reflects more than a year of discussion and consultation with
>> the community including input from experts involved in open data,
>> open access, open culture, open education, open government, and
>> open source. Whilst there are no changes to the core principles,
>> the Definition has been completely reworked with a new structure
>> and revised text as well as a new process for reviewing licenses
>> (which has been trialled with governments including the UK).
>>
>> Herb Lainchbury, Chair of the Open Definition Advisory Council
>> <http://opendefinition.org/advisory-council/>, said:
>>
>> 'The Open Definition describes the principles that define
>> "openness" in relation to data and content, and is used to assess
>> whether a particular licence meets that standard. A key goal of
>> this new version is to make it easier to assess whether the
>> growing number of open licenses actually make the grade. The more
>> we can increase everyone's confidence in their use of open works,
>> the more they will be able to focus on creating value with open
>> works.'
>>
>> Rufus Pollock, President and Founder of Open Knowledge
>> <http://www.okfn.org/>said:
>>
>> 'Since we created the Open Definition
>> <http://opendefinition.org/>in 2005 it has played a key role in
>> the growing open data and open content communities. It acts as
>> the 'gold standard' for open data and content guaranteeing
>> quality and preventing incompatibility. As a standard, the Open
>> Definition plays a key role in underpinning the 'open knowledge
>> economy' with a potential value that runs into the hundreds of
>> billions - or even trillions - worldwide.'
>>
>> What's New
>> In process for more than a year, the new version was
>> collaboratively <https://github.com/okfn/opendefinition>and
>> openly <https://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/od-discuss/>developed
>> <https://github.com/okfn/opendefinition>withinput from e
>> <https://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/od-discuss/>xperts involved in
>> open access, open culture, open data, open education, open
>> government, open source and wiki communities. The new version of
>> the definition:
>>
>> *
>> Has a complete rewrite of the core principles - preserving
>> their meaning but using simpler language and clarifying key
>> aspects.
>> *
>> Introduces a clear separation of the definition of an open
>> license from an open work (with the latter depending on the
>> former). This not only simplifies the conceptual structure
>> but provides a proper definition of open license and makes it
>> easier to "self-assess" licenses for conformance with the
>> Open Definition.
>> *
>> The definition of an Open Work
>> <http://opendefinition.org/od/>within the Open Definition is
>> now a set of three key principles:
>> o
>> Open License: The workmust be available under an open
>> license (as defined in the following section but this
>> includes freedom to use, build on, modify and share).
>> o
>> Access: The work shall be available as a whole and at no
>> more than a reasonable one-time reproduction cost,
>> preferably downloadable via the Internet without charge
>> o
>> Open Format: The workmust be provided in a convenient and
>> modifiable form such that there are no unnecessary
>> technological obstacles to the performance of the
>> licensed rights. Specifically, data should be
>> machine-readable, available in bulk, and provided in an
>> open format or, at the very least, can be processed with
>> at least one free/libre/open-source software tool.
>> *
>> Includes improved license approval process to make it easier
>> for license creators to check conformance of their license
>> with the Open Definition and to encourage reuse of existing
>> open licenses (rrareuse and outlines the process for
>> submitting a license so that it can be checked for
>> conformance against the Open Definition.
>>
>>
>> More Information
>>
>> *
>> For more information about the Open Definition including the
>> updated version visit: http://opendefinition.org/
>> *
>> For background on why the Open Definition matters, read the
>> recent article 'Why the Open Definition
>> Matters'<http://blog.okfn.org/2014/09/30/why-the-open-definition-matters-for-open-data-quality-compatibility-and-simplicity/>
>>
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