[Open-data-census] [od-discuss] [open-government] EU Consultation on gov data re-use.

Tue Nov 12 09:43:22 UTC 2013

Hi all,

I have taken a look at the EU PSI consultation and am not particularly 
impressed by many of the questions, especially ones asking how much 
should people pay and which datasets are more important than 
others...quite frankly, they all are and they should all be free! In any 
case, it is very quick to do and is mainly multiple choice so I would 
encourage others to fill it out, if you are an EU citizen or not.

Personally, I have ranked 'highly important', all the datasets in 
section 2. In section 4 I have opted for datasets to always be free/no 
charging.

You can also leave out questions where you don't have an opinion on as 
well.

http://ec.europa.eu/yourvoice/ipm/forms/dispatch?form=PSIguidelines

Best

Andreas

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On 12/11/2013 4:06, Mike Linksvayer wrote:
> FWIW the questionnaire, direct link at
> http://ec.europa.eu/yourvoice/ipm/forms/dispatch?form=PSIguidelines
> takes IIRC less than 10 minutes, and some parts are directly relevant
> to the Open Definition (eg non-commercial only restrictions
> unacceptable).
>
> Open Definition list people, worth filling out if you have time.
>
> Mike
>
> On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Luis Villa <luis at lu.is> wrote:
>> It should definitely be of interest, so I am raising it again. However, I am
>> skeptical that any of us have time to address it :/
>>
>> Luis
>>
>> On Oct 20, 2013 11:24 AM, "Baden Appleyard" <b.appleyard at ausgoal.gov.au>
>> wrote:
>>> Good question Augusto,
>>>
>>> Perhaps this is something that might also be of interest to the Advisory
>>> Council on the open definition...
>>>
>>> Kind regards
>>>
>>> b
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________
>>> Baden M Appleyard
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>>> Linkedin: http://au.linkedin.com/in/badenappleyard
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 16 October 2013 22:57, Augusto Herrmann <augusto.herrmann at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Hi.
>>>>
>>>> A month and half later, I can see no further dicussion on this thread on
>>>> the mailing lists. Has anyone contributed to or is considering contributing
>>>> to the consultation by suggesting a recommendation of standard licences
>>>> related to the Open Definition?
>>>>
>>>> I don't live on the EU, but I think an EU recommendation like this can
>>>> influence open data licence decisions elsewhere in the world.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Augusto Herrmann
>>>> Open Data Team - Ministry of Planning - Brazil
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 6:16 AM, Ton Zijlstra <ton.zijlstra at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> The European Commission last Friday has opened a consultation based on
>>>>> three questions the new PSI Directive gives the EC a guiding role in.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/consultation-guidelines-recommended-standard-licences-datasets-and-charging-re-use-public
>>>>>
>>>>> The revised Directive calls on the European Commission to assist the
>>>>> Member States in implementing the Directive in a consistent way by issuing
>>>>> guidelines on
>>>>>
>>>>> recommended standard licenses,
>>>>> datasets to be released/improved as a matter of priority and
>>>>> charging for the reuse of documents.
>>>>>
>>>>> The objective of the consultation is therefore to seek the views of
>>>>> stakeholders on specific issues to be addressed in the 3 sets of guidelines.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think this is an important consultation, that needs a significant
>>>>> input from the wider open data community.
>>>>>
>>>>> When it comes to licensing and charging, there is I think a significant
>>>>> difference between established (commercial) re-users (which are sure to
>>>>> respond to the consultation) and 'new' users of data. Innovation, societal
>>>>> resilience and grass-roots effort is best served with getting as close to
>>>>> the open definition as possible, whereas established players individually
>>>>> from their perspective are best served by staying away from the open
>>>>> definition: licensing and charging are great ways to put a barrier to entry
>>>>> on the low end of your existing market or niche, and thus protecting
>>>>> yourself from competition or challengers.
>>>>>
>>>>> When it comes to prioritizing datasets for release or improvement I, as
>>>>> lead editor for the Open Data Census (http://census.okfn.org/), am eager to
>>>>> hear your thoughts, and if possible welcome you to the Open Data census
>>>>> workshop in 2 weeks at the OK Conference in Geneva
>>>>> (http://okcon.org/open-data-government-and-governance/session-d/). To me the
>>>>> datasets we currently track are 'infrastructure' (geo, spending, voting,
>>>>> company register and such, transport), whereas I suspect that to take on
>>>>> certain societal issues different core data sets are needed (healthcare,
>>>>> education data, financial system, energy / water, etc).
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Ton
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> Interdependent Thoughts
>>>>> Ton Zijlstra
>>>>>
>>>>> ton at tonzijlstra.eu
>>>>> +31-6-34489360
>>>>>
>>>>> http://zylstra.org/blog
>>>>>
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