[open-government] working on the inside

Wed Oct 12 10:20:15 UTC 2011

I'd definitely add something about licensing and legal reuse along the lines of:

  * the EP should make its data available for all to use without
restriction (including derivative works and for commercial reuse), as
per OpenDefinition.org

J.

2011/10/12 JOSEFSSON Erik <erik.josefsson at europarl.europa.eu>:
> Hello,
>
> What do you think about these short talking points for an internal
> non-technical working meeting in the European Parliament?
>
> the EP should keep improving the quality of the data it makes available to
> the public, in particular with regards to time and date accuracy
> the EP should continue to ensure that data is made available in formats and
> through interfaces which enable free and easy access and processing of the
> data
> the EP should avoid investing in software and services which leads to "lock
> in" of citizens and risk the institution's vendor independence, also with
> respect to social media
>
> Feedback very very welcome! (today....)
>
> //Erik
>
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