2. An initiative of the
City of Salisbury
and University of
South Australia
An initiative of the
City of Salisbury
and University of
South Australia
Current status – future directions
OPEN DATA AND
CREATIVE COMMONS
3. Creative Commons
CC = alternative copyright licensing
Attribution:
BY
Share Alike:
SA
Non commercial:
NC
No
Derivatives:
ND
4. Why Creative Commons?
Cost savings through the reuse of CC licensed
materials
Increased transparency
Enhanced reputation through reuse of our
Copyrighted materials
Increased awareness of the possible reuse of
our materials
5. Open Data
“Open data is the idea that certain data should
be freely available to everyone to use and
republish as they wish, without restrictions
from copyright, patents or other mechanisms of
control.” 1
6. Why Open Data?
Increased transparency
Increased trust
Greater flexibility for the users of our data and
materials (they don’t need to ask)
More likely that 3rd party users will do
innovative things
7. Who is doing it?
State and
Federal
Government
Federal Government Gov2.0
ABS
BOM
SA State Government
DPTI
Open Data Statement
State Library
14. Thoughts and Action Points
Where does policy feature in the conversation
Supply data sets for use in
Unleashed/LocalData.net.au
Consider use of CC licensing as default
Feature Open Data and Creative Commons in
the Digital Strategy
15. Links and references
Creative Commons Australia
Open Technology Foundation
Unleashed
Polaris Centre
1. Auer, S. R.; Bizer, C.; Kobilarov, G.; Lehmann, J.; Cyganiak, R.; Ives, Z. (2007). "DBpedia: A
Nucleus for a Web of Open Data". The Semantic Web. Lecture Notes in Computer
Science 4825. p. 722. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-76298-0_52.ISBN 978-3-540-76297-3.