Transparency is a vital tool in delivering social impact. Greater transparency in the social investment market will help more social ventures get access to the capital they need to grow, and help socially minded investors deploy their funds to greatest …
Good morning everybody “So why are you here?” we were all asked, at the start of a fantastic week on the ‘Open Data in Practice’ course at the Open Data Institute (ODI). “I want to know my open data unknowns, …
...source “Linked Data Registry” solution for managing controlled vocabularies (a.k.a. “Registers”) and the definitions of the terms used therein. The software is based on linked data principles & RDF and...
The UK is leading the world on open data. Open data is publicly released raw data, often from the government or public services, which is made available to everyone so they are free to use or reuse it any way …
Today marks the launch of http://statistics.data.gov.uk as the landing page for access statistical geographies in a linked data format. This linked data site is the culmination of three years' work that started with a request in 2010 by the UK …
The Government of Canada remains committed to fostering the principles of Open Government. It offers Canadians greater opportunities to learn about and participate in government, in the economy, and in our democratic process. The Honourable Tony Clement, President of …
Open Data User Group (ODUG) Response to HMRC data sharing consultation – September 2013 Last December ODUG made the case for the release of the UK Vat Register as Open Data. As a result, in July this year HMRC opened a consultation …
We have published a draft version of a major refresh to the Defra Network Open Data Strategy for your comments. In the spirit of being open this document has been published much earlier than we would normally publish a strategy to make sure we can capture views from the open data community from the start.
On 14 June 2013 the Royal Mail announced a package of measures to improve access to its Postcode Address File (PAF) data, including a consultation to “simplify radically the licensing and pricing regime”. This consultation closed last Friday (20th September).
...ODUG members on Twitter. I would like to extend grateful thanks to the ODUG members who have stepped down this year who all helped make a really positive contribution to...
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