[od-discuss] Open Definition 2.1 draft started

[Herb Lainchbury]

Please be advised that the Open Definition Advisory Council is working on a
new draft for the definition.

You can find the new 2.1 dev version here:
https://github.com/okfn/opendefinition/blob/master/source/open-definition-2.1-dev.markdown

The diff can be viewed here:
https://github.com/okfn/opendefinition/commit/014bd67d527010ec9af4b9bd7edba128b40b0285


In this release we are addressing two main issues.  They are:

1. modify "1.3 - Open Format" to clarify and strengthen it.

The main difference is the change from "or" to "and".
See discussion:
https://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/od-discuss/2014-November/thread.html

We have also incorporated a simplified version of the text suggested here:
https://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/od-discuss/2014-November/001129.html
The simplification is removing the requirement for a published
specification.


2. modify "2.2.6 - Technical Restriction Prohibition" for clarity.
See discussion here:
https://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/od-discuss/2014-December/thread.html#1178

and here:
https://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/od-discuss/2014-December/001194.html


Please feel free to join the discussion.

Also, please disseminate this note further as you see fit and if you know
of another list that we should notify, please let me know.


Thank you,
Herb Lainchbury
Chair, Open Definition Advisory Council
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