[open-government] OGD principles : Completeness versus Primacy

Mon Feb 4 14:58:11 UTC 2013

Good question.

I know that privacy issues tend to be cultural in nature but I would like to see the OKFN and ODG add some language around disclosure of citizen identity. Though in the US requests for information can disclose the identity of a citizen, I do not believe that an open data portal should expose a citizen's name or address in association with a single data set or through cross linked data sets.

I see England has expended some effort toward having a national policy on this issue. The US is more fragmented and different jurisdictions have different standards.

I would like to have an authoritative guideline. Since our open data initiative is based on the principles outlined in the OKFN Open Data Handbook and guidelines on this issue would be welcomed.

Jason Hare
Open Data Program Manager
City of Raleigh - Information Technology
One Exchange Plaza, Suite 900
P. O. Box 590
Raleigh, North Carolina 27602-0590
Mobile: 919-323-2767
Office: 919-996-3599
jason.hare at raleighnc.gov
http://www.raleighnc.gov/open

From: open-government-bounces at lists.okfn.org [mailto:open-government-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of Antoine Logean
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Subject: [open-government] OGD principles : Completeness versus Primacy

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

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