[open-government] San Francisco's legal definition of open data and OpenDefinition.org

Wed Dec 7 14:06:40 UTC 2011

Is anyone on the list participating in this?

http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2011/12/05/setting-the-legal-standard-for-open-data/

It would be great to build on existing work such as:

http://data.gov.uk/blog/new-public-sector-transparency-board-and-public-data-transparency-principles

More links at:

http://blog.okfn.org/2011/07/08/we-need-international-open-government-data-principles/

And - in particular - to highlight the importance of legal openness
and open data licensing (rather than just formats):

http://opendefinition.org/

There's a slide deck outlining some of the main legal options for
public bodies here:

http://www.slideshare.net/jwyg/legal-aspects-of-open-government-data

-- 
Jonathan Gray

Community Coordinator
The Open Knowledge Foundation
http://www.okfn.org

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