[okfn-discuss] ANN: Open Definition v2.0 Released - Major Update of Essential Standard for Open Data and Open Content

stef s at ctrlc.hu
Tue Oct 7 15:28:39 UTC 2014


On Tue, Oct 07, 2014 at 03:37:46PM +0200, Friedrich Lindenberg wrote:
> congratulations on the update.

indeed! good job. thx.

> 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.

agreed with this concern my scenario was some obscure mono based tool or java
nightmare could qualify but severely impede the access still.

thx,s

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