Should the Open Source Initiative adopt the Open Knowledge Definition?
Russ Nelson, License Approval Chair at the Open Source Initiative (OSI), recently proposed a session at OSCON about OSI adopting a definition for open data: I’m running a BOF at…
What UK government data should be opened up next?
The Telegraph ask Open Knowledge Foundation Director Rufus Pollock and Chris Taggart of OpenlyLocal about what UK government datasets they’d like to see opened up next…
Opening up European public sector information: two recommendations
Last week I participated in the third (and sadly final!) conference of Communia project, a European thematic network on the digital public domain. The theme of this conference was University…
Hacks and Hackers, Birmingham, 23rd July 2010
The good folks at Scraperwiki are organising an event for developers and journalists later this month in Birmingham, UK. Great to see them helping to connect the dots between people…
Interview with Rufus Pollock for Guardian Activate event
Open Knowledge Foundation Director Rufus Pollock has been interviewed by the Guardian in the run up to its Activate Summit 2010 which will take place on Thursday. From the interview:…
New UK transparency board and public data principles
On Friday the data.gov.uk team announced the first meeting of a new Public Sector Transparency Board: The Board will drive forward the Government’s transparency agenda, making it a core part…
Panton Principle authors win SPARC Innovator prize!
We are delighted to announce that the authors of the Panton Principles have been awarded the SPARC Innovator prize! The principles are currently maintained by the Open Knowledge Foundation’s Working…
Open government data in the UK, US and further afield: new report
We’re extremely proud that data.gov.uk – the UK Government’s open data portal – uses CKAN, OKF’s open source registry of open data. In the months in 2009 that led up…
Consultation on standard for opening up information on aid funding flows
The Technical Advisory Group for the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) is currently soliciting for comments on a consultation paper about a new standard for opening up data on international…
Data Hunt events for Open Government Data?
At the Open Knowledge Foundation we have been working hard to support the development of open data catalogues around the world. The main purpose of these is to make official…