Workshop on Finding and Re-using Public Information, 1st November 2008

We are pleased to announce a workshop on ‘Finding and Re-using Public Information’, co-organised with the Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI), the Power of Information (POI) Taskforce and mySociety. Details are as follows:

• When: Saturday 1st November 2008, 1030-1600
• Where: London Knowledge Lab, 23-29 Emerald Street, London, WC1N 3QS. (See map.)
• Wiki: http://okfn.org/wiki/PublicInformation
• Participation: Attendance is free. If you are planning to come along please add your name to the participants list, or email us (info at the okfn domain).

From the wiki page:

The UK Government produces and distributes a vast amount of documents and datasets – from national statistics to environmental information, from socio-economic data to legal material. Recent technologies allow this information to be explored, built upon and made accessible in new ways – whether through visual representation, semantic interlinking, or through social media applications.

This informal, hands-on workshop will bring government information experts together with those who are interested in finding and re-using government information. In addition to focused discussions about legal and technological aspects of re-use, government information assets will be documented and tagged on CKAN, a registry of knowledge resources.

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