[open-government] completeness versus primacy

[Antoine Logean]

Dear all,

I have some questions relative to the 2 first OGD principles:

> 1) Data Must Be Complete 
> All public data are made available. Data are electronically stored information or recordings, including but not limited to documents, databases, transcripts, and audio/visual recordings. Public data are data that are not subject to valid privacy, security or privilege limitations, as governed by other statutes.
>
> 2) Data Must Be Primary 
> Data are published as collected at the source, with the finest possible level of granularity, not in aggregate or modified forms.

Does not the completion of the "completeness" principle automatically implies the "primary" principle ? 

Completeness can be expressed in two directions: 
"horizontal" completeness: all public data are made available from any public topics (health, education, finance, …)
"vertical" completeness: for a given public topic, all data relative to this topic are available 
Which one it is ? both ?

Thanks vor your help

Antoine Logean

Opendata.ch - Enabling Open Government Data in Switzerland 
Antoine Logean | Founding Board Member | Community & Communication FR 
+41 79 3518482 | antoine.logean at opendata.ch | http://twitter.com/ecolix



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