[open-government] We need international open government data principles

Fri Jul 8 11:00:48 UTC 2011

Currently only the Australian (Federal) Government has the CC-BY Default
position.  This has been adopted as a result of the Gov 2.0 Taskforce.  The
Australian Information Commissioner has recently issued Principles on Open
Public Sector Information (also reproduced on the AusGOAL website - "what is
open").  AusGOAL supports the Principles makes a recommendation that other
jurisdictions and organisations follow them. The Commissioners principles
support AusGOAL (Principle No 6).. and we require the use of the least
restrictive licence.  (Incidently, this is not a new position, as GILF had
the same policy on this)

With regard to the other jurisdictions in Australia, AusGOAL is a nationally
endorsed framework, so as we continue its implementation, it will have a
similar affect in all of the jurisdictions, and also with our sectoral
partners.  We are deliberately moving away from the term 'public sector
information', and re-focussing on 'publicly funded information'.  Some of
our blog postings talk about that.

The other aspect to all of this is that 5 Australian jurisdictions have now
enacted right to information laws, requiring them to push information out
into the community.  However, without open licensing, the policy intent of
these laws is somewhat cut off at the knees.  So our position is that
AusGOAL applies to all decisions to release information under an information
law as well.

Sorry this is a bit dis-jointed.-.. been a long day.

but happy to discuss/clarify if its not making sense..

Cheers

b

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On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 8:49 PM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>wrote:

> Brilliant - is that this bit?
>
> "AusGOAL requires the selection of the least restrictive of the
> licences appropriate to the material being published.  The AusGOAL
> Licence Chooser supports this decision making process. It is also
> consistent with jurisdictional policies that require the CC
> Attribution licence as the ‘default’ licence."
>
> Who in Australia is currently responsible for work in this area?
>
> J.
>
> On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Baden Appleyard
> <b.appleyard at ausgoal.gov.au> wrote:
> > Hi Jonathan,
> > AusGOAL prefers not to use the term 'default', although it is aligned
> with
> > the Australian Government default position.  The principles actually
> state
> > that you must use the least restrictive licence appropriate to the
> > circumstances.  Now, we mean use CC-BY, but it wont be CC-BY in some
> > admittedly rare cases.. eg.  contracts/licences already entered into by a
> > government department may prevent the application of cc-by across some
> data,
> > perhaps policy.. eg.  safety standards, where mashing up a safety
> standard
> > wouldn't be in the public interest.
> > The requirement is expressed in the Policy
> > here: http://www.ausgoal.gov.au/ausgoal-principles
> > Cheers
> > b
> > ________________
> > Baden M Appleyard
> > National Programme Director
> > Australian Governments Open Access and Licensing Framework (AusGOAL)
> > Level 18, Mineral House
> > 41 George Street
> > BRISBANE, QLD, 4001  Map
> > Phone: +61 (0)7 3405 0377
> > Mobile: +61 (0)459 824 061
> > Linkedin: http://au.linkedin.com/in/badenappleyard
> > Web: http://www.ausgoal.gov.au
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 8:38 PM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Thanks Baden!
> >>
> >> Is there anything in AUSGOAL about open licensing? I could find
> >> "license chooser" but nothing about (default) license guidance...
> >>
> >> J.
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Baden Appleyard
> >> <b.appleyard at ausgoal.gov.au> wrote:
> >> > Jonathan,
> >> > Perhaps the AusGOAL 9 Qualities of Open Data may be of interest?
> >> > http://www.ausgoal.gov.au/ausgoal-qualities-of-open-data
> >> > Happy to discuss.
> >> > Regards,
> >> > B
> >> >
> >> > ________________
> >> > Baden M Appleyard
> >> > National Programme Director
> >> > Australian Governments Open Access and Licensing Framework (AusGOAL)
> >> > Level 18, Mineral House
> >> > 41 George Street
> >> > BRISBANE, QLD, 4001  Map
> >> > Phone: +61 (0)7 3405 0377
> >> > Mobile: +61 (0)459 824 061
> >> > Linkedin: http://au.linkedin.com/in/badenappleyard
> >> > Web: http://www.ausgoal.gov.au
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 8:13 PM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org
> >
> >> > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> I just posted this on the OKF blog:
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> http://blog.okfn.org/2011/07/08/we-need-international-open-government-data-principles/
> >> >>
> >> >> I'd really like to try and start a conversation around this again -
> >> >> with key stakeholders from around the world.
> >> >>
> >> >> The key thing in my mind is consensus - rather than new content. We
> >> >> have lots of good conceptual work, and clear wording to build on.
> What
> >> >> is needed is to bring key people to the table and to agree on
> >> >> something very short and very clear.
> >> >>
> >> >> Anyone interested? ;-)
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Jonathan Gray
> >> >>
> >> >> Community Coordinator
> >> >> The Open Knowledge Foundation
> >> >> http://blog.okfn.org
> >> >>
> >> >> http://twitter.com/jwyg
> >> >> http://identi.ca/jwyg
> >> >>
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> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jonathan Gray
> >>
> >> Community Coordinator
> >> The Open Knowledge Foundation
> >> http://blog.okfn.org
> >>
> >> http://twitter.com/jwyg
> >> http://identi.ca/jwyg
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Jonathan Gray
>
> Community Coordinator
> The Open Knowledge Foundation
> http://blog.okfn.org
>
> http://twitter.com/jwyg
> http://identi.ca/jwyg
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