The public domain and open government data

The public domain and open government data Communia 2010, Torino th 29 June 2010 Jonathan Gray The Open Knowledge Foundation

From books to bits...

“Raw Data Now!”

Why do we care?

European PSI is worth €27 billion (2006, MEPSIR Study)

Transparency Accountability Improved public service provision Harnessing external expertise Dynamic two way relationship between citizens and public bodies ...

Communia Workshop 5

Over 40 recommendations

“Make digital upstream non-personal public sector information available at marginal cost (i.e. zero).” Rufus Pollock Open Knowledge Foundation

“Free your data, especially maps and other geographic information, plus the non-personal data that drives the police, health and social services.” Tom Steinberg mySociety

“Build relationships between civil servants and existing community networks of people interested in re- using government data.” Ton Zijlstra Dutch government consultant

Government/citizen driven open government data initiatives: Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden, UK, US...

data.gov.uk

UK Government Public Data Principles th (25 June 2010) “Public data will be released under the same open licence which enables free reuse, including commercial reuse”

UK Government Public Data Principles th (25 June 2010) “Public data will be freely available to use in any lawful way ”

UK Government Public Data Principles th (25 June 2010) “Public bodies should actively encourage the re-use of their public data”

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