My certificate in open data...
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, …
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Linked data, registries and talking about the weather
...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...
Bringing the National Information Infrastructure to life!
Focus: Earlier this year the government invited Stephan Shakespeare, CEO of YouGov and Chair of the Data Strategy Board, to carry out a review of Public Sector Information. In his conclusions Stephan suggested that it would be helpful to set …
What did open data ever do for us?
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 …
Launch of the statistics.data.gov.uk linked data site
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 …
Now is the Time to Collaborate on Cultural Change
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
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 …
Open for comment – refresh of the Defra Network Open Data Strategy
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.
Open Data User Group Response to RM Postcode Address File licensing consultation – September 2013
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).
Open Data User Group (ODUG) – Membership Refresh – September 2013
...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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