[okfn-discuss] protocols of open data, business models

Wed Oct 9 12:36:26 UTC 2013

The MyData/personal-data/privacy working group is likely to be working on
some principles for what to do when personal information intersects with
open data in the coming months too. That will apply to research data,
government data, and corporate data, and will (I hope/expect!) talk about
anonymisation, risk assessments, etc.

Laura

On 9 October 2013 12:35, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:

> I can't comment on business models.
>
> If we start with the Open Definiiton it can be applied to a wide range of
> data. That what we did for science under Panton. But is starts to fail on
> edge cases such as patients, rare species, political sensitivities. So can
> we create a guidebook which addresses this?
>
> Yes - of course we can - it's the Open Research Data handbook - which we
> are creating. So everyone who contributed to the discussion should think
> about helping create the ORDH.
>
> P.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Gene Shackman <eval_gene at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> Peter talked about a protocol for Open Data.
>> Bob and Puneet talked about business models and getting private companies
>> to release their data
>>
>> This seems like stuff that could all go together, but, well, I want to
>> ask first,
>>
>> 1. What exactly does protocol for Open Data mean? Is this like a
>> definition, or criteria for what data are open data, or procedures for
>> making data open?
>>
>> 2. What would a business model look like, or what exactly is a business
>> model? Something that says how to make data open but how the people who
>> make them open can still benefit?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> Gene
>>
>>
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