Working Group on Open Government Data
Purpose
- Act as a central point of reference and support for people who are interested in open government data.
- Develop principles for making official information legally and technically open
- Document background and status of initiatives to make official information open in different countries
- Support development of open government data catalogues around the world, and ensure different platforms are technically interoperable.
Project Members
Richard Akerman, open data advocate (Canada)
Jose M. Alonso, eGovernment and Open Data, CTIC and eGovernment Interest Group, W3C (Spain)
Baden Appleyard, Principal Advisor Government Information Licensing Framework Queensland Government (Australia)
Charles Arthur, Free Our Data Campaign & Technology Editor, Guardian (UK)
Philip Ashlock, Open Government Program Manager, OpenPlans.org, (USA)
Glen Barnes, Open New Zealand (New Zealand)
Ivan Begtin, OpenGovData.ru (Russia)
Lorenzo Benussi, TOP-IX Consortium (Italy)
James Burke, Independent consultant and developer (Netherlands)
Richard Cyganiak, DERI (Ireland)
Helen Darbishire, Access Info (Spain)
Tim Davies,Independent consultant and researcher (UK)
Daniel Dietrich, Technical University Berlin and Chairman of the Open Data Network (Germany)
David Eaves, Public Policy Entrepreneur (Canada)
Anne Fitzgerald, Queensland University of Technology, (Australia)
Brian Fitzgerald, Queensland University of Technology, (Australia)
Adrian Gschwend, digitale Nachhaltigkeit (Switzerland)
Katleen Janssen, Department of Law, Catholic University Leuven, (Belgium)
Yuwei Lin, Lecturer in Future Media School of Media, Music and Performance University of Salford (UK)
Ellen Miller, Co-Founder and ED, Sunlight Foundation (USA)
Olav Anders Øvrebø, Department of Information Science and Media Studies, University of Bergen (Norway)
Matthew Pearce, The National Archives (UK)
Pranesh Prakash, Centre for Internet and Society (India)
Scott Primeau, Open Colorado initiative (USA)
Kate Sahota, Warwickshire Open Data, (UK)
John Sheridan, The National Archives (UK)
- Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza, Fundação Getulio Vargas (Brazil)
- Richard Stirling, Making Public Data Public, Cabinet Office (UK)
Matthias Stürmer, digitale Nachhaltigkeit (Switzerland)
Chris Taggart, Openly Local (UK)
Josh Tauberer, Independent software developer, civic hacker, and student (USA)
Julian Todd, ScraperWiki & PublicWhip (UK)
Mireille van Eechoud, Institute for Information Law University of Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Paul Uhlir, Director, NRC Board on Research Data and Information (USA)
Glover Wright, Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore (India)
Ton Zijlstra, OurData (Netherlands)
Bienes Comunes, Ariel Vercelli (Argentina)
Augusto Herrmann, Ministério do Planejamento, Orçamento e Gestão (Brazil)
Projects
Principles for open government
Guidelines on making government data open, building on the Open Knowledge Definition.
Will be developed at:
Open Government Data Directory
Directory and guide to open government data initiatives around the world. History of laws, policies, practices and projects related to accessing and reusing official information. Examples of open government data initiatives around the world.
Will be developed at:
Open Government Data Catalogues
Support development of open government data catalogues around the world, and ensure different platforms are technically interoperable. Work will include:
Technical support for setting up instances of CKAN in countries around the world
- Introductory guide to open government data catalogues
RawDataNow.com
A website to introduce the concept of 'raw data' to the general public - including technical information, guidance and tutorials.
Will be developed at:
Created: 2010-02
Participate
To participate in discussion, you can join the open-government mailing list. To become a member of the Working Group, please get in touch.
Tasks
Meetings
