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

Mon Jul 11 12:08:24 UTC 2011

Thanks John

please keep us posted on the OGP anyway, it seems an important development
that will probably have consequences, besides driving a wedge through the
BRICs

Javier

On 9 July 2011 00:48, John Wonderlich <johnwonderlich at gmail.com> wrote:

> It seems to me that the OGP event next week would be a good place to
> discuss the idea, but may not be the ideal place for further refinement of
> broad open data principles and guidelines, since it's limited to a few
> countries, and based on mutual encouragement for particular governance
> reforms more than it's based on the broad collective action involved in
> standards creation.
>
> Others more closely involved in the OGP process may feel differently, of
> course.
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Javier Ruiz <javier at openrightsgroup.org>wrote:
>
>> John and Rufus
>>
>> you are participating in this
>>
>> http://www.state.gov/g/ogp/index.htm
>>
>> do you think this is going to be the international governance space for
>> open data?
>>
>> javier
>>
>>
>> 2011/7/8 John Wonderlich <johnwonderlich at gmail.com>
>>
>>> Here are two:
>>>
>>> https://public.resource.org/8_principles.html
>>>
>>> http://sunlightfoundation.com/policy/documents/ten-open-data-principles/
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 7:13 AM, 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
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>>>>
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