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

Wed Dec 7 16:16:12 UTC 2011

Hey Jonathan:

I'm gonna see if I can get there this weekend. I agree we need focus on
legal considerations in addition to format issues.

tvol

On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 6:06 AM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>wrote:

> 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
>
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