[open-government] Definitions of Open Government and Open Government Data

[James McKinney]

> But what about Open Government Data? I think it would be too harsh to
> define it as Open Data provided by the government, because there is so
> much government data out there which is not open, but accessible
> nonetheless.

I think that is precisely how most people would define it, however. If you want to talk about publicly available government data more generally, maybe "publicly available government data" would be a suitable identifier.

James


On 2013-04-07, at 1:52 PM, Konrad Reiche wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> 
> I am writing my thesis in Computer Science in the context of Open
> Government Data. Lately, I am dealing a lot with the definitions of
> Open Data, Open Government and Open Government Data.
> 
> I would say, Open Data is more or less quite well-defined, but I have
> my problems with narrowing it down for Open Government and Open
> Government Data. Recently I have started to read "Open Government,
> Collaboration, Transparency, and Participation in Practice" published
> by O'Reilly Media. For Open Government it says:
> 
> "What is open government? In the most basic sense, it’s the notion that
> the people have the right to access the documents and proceedings of
> government."
> 
> But what about Open Government Data? I think it would be too harsh to
> define it as Open Data provided by the government, because there is so
> much government data out there which is not open, but accessible
> nonetheless.
> 
> So I would rather read it as ((Open Goverment) Data), data provided by
> the government, where people have the right to access them.
> 
> Does someone know whether these terms are discussed somewhere in more
> detail, something that I could reference?
> 
> Best,
> Konrad
> 
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