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

Fri Dec 9 05:13:37 UTC 2011

California Sen. Leland Yee today announced sponsorship for open format
legislation that would require documents and data that are published online
to be machine-readable. Here's a copy of his press release from today -
http://www.wiredtoshare.com/sen_yee_legislation_opengov

California's in a huge budget crisis and the governor just shut down the
state's open government portal - http://www.transparency.ca.gov/, so
getting *anything* passed is a big challenge. If you look at the landscape
of how government documents are published out here it abysmally poor -
http://www.wiredtoshare.com/salmon_and_clear_cutting_the_devastating_costs_of_bad_data_california_battle_creek
.

We need to support and build on digital open government efforts, and the
first step is to get Sen. Yee's legislation actually passed.

Adriel Hampton

On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 8:38 AM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>wrote:

> Fantastic! If you need any further support, please let us know.
>
> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 5:16 PM, Timothy Vollmer
> <tvol at creativecommons.org> wrote:
> > 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
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jonathan Gray
> >>
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> >> http://www.okfn.org
> >>
> >> http://twitter.com/jwyg
> >>
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> > Timothy Vollmer
> > http://creativecommons.org/about/people/#timothyvollmer
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> >
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>
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>
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