[open-government] Do the Open Government Partnership endorse a clear definition of Open Data ?

Fri Nov 2 19:06:31 UTC 2012

Good question indeed.

I think it would be great to run an opinion piece on this on the OKFN blog.

Any interest in this Pierre? If so would be great if you could ping an
email to blog at okfn.org. ;-)

On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 6:12 PM, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>wrote:

> On 2 November 2012 11:01, Pierre Chrzanowski
> <pierre.chrzanowski at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am drafting a proposal for an Open Government Data Initiative and I was
> > wondering if the OGP was endorsing a clear definition of Open Data such
> as
> > the Open Definition ? I did not find any. The only citation i found was
> in
> > the declaration : "We commit to pro-actively provide high-value
> information,
> > including raw data, in a timely manner, in formats that the public can
> > easily locate, understand and use, and in formats that facilitate
> reuse.".
>
> This is an excellent question Pierre. It would be great if the Open
> Definition was baked in as it would ensure that OGP data releases were
> actually "open data". The Open Definition Advisory Council (several of
> whose members are member of this WG) have been reviewing open
> government data project licenses for a while and many have been found
> quite wanting.
>
> > I am asking this because I see more and more international organisations
> and
> > countries backing the OGP, which is a very good news, but once you enter
> in
> > the process of data licensing and formats it seems everyone still has its
> > own view.
>
> +1
>
> Rufus
>
> > Regards
> >
> >
> > --
> > Pierre Chrzanowski
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> >
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