Information set free!
The UK National Archives (TNA) has published the annual report for 2009/2010. The report titled: Annual Report and Resource Accounts 2009-2010 (73 pages, HC95, ISBN 9780102967166, ID P002372917 07/10) is the seventh annual report and resource accounts for The National Archives and incorporates the seventh annual report of the Advisory Council on National Records and Archives.
The announcement states:
“The annual report explains what we have done in the past year, and how we have spent the funds allocated to us. It also highlights our key achievements during 2009-10.”
The annual report presents the achievements on public sector information and states:
“Information set free
We share knowledge and expertise with our different audiences while making our collection accessible and supporting government in keeping its information useable. We drive the public sector information re-use agenda, working to ensure that people can access the information they need in formats they can use.
Making it easier to re-use public sector information
Government’s data.gov.uk website provides access to over 3,000 central government datasets available for free re-use. Our Information Policy team has been working closely with Creative Commons, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to promoting legal sharing of information. The team negotiated a straightforward set of licensing terms and conditions for the website, so that the data can be more easily licensed and re-used, both commercially and non-commercially. Ordnance Survey OpenData terms also follow this enabling approach.” (Reference page 9)
“We were closely involved in the planning and creation of government’s data.gov.uk website, which was publicly launched in January and provides access to over 3,000 government datasets available to the public for free re-use. Our work included collaboration with Creative Commons to create user-friendly licensing terms and conditions for the website.” (Reference page 13)
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