Locus publishes position paper on PDC
As the UK Locus Association celebrates its fifth anniversary the Association has a position paper on the UK Governments proposed Public Data Corporation that sets out the Locus perspective on the planned Public Data Corporation.
The states:
“Locus is concerned, however, that the PDC announcement has done little to improve clarity regarding Government's plans for PSI; if anything, the situation is even murkier than it was before.”
The paper sets out a number of key principles that include:
- “Government must define the PDC's Public Task or at least define what core reference data (“CRD”) it needs in order to govern. CRD should be confined to data that is very widely used across government, paid for by taxation and available free as PSI. CRD can be created by government entities, or contracted out to the private sector. Government should not be in the business of creating data that it does not require for its own purposes.
- Government must provide free access to all data that it requires.
- Where refined data products are charged for, the market must be fair and competitive.
- Government must satisfy itself that the PDC is creating data cost effectively; any new products or product adaptations should be competed to ensure Government receives value for money.
- We do not believe that Government should commit any funding for products that are not explicitly part of the PDC Public Task. Any funding would inevitably provide the PDC with a competitive advantage over alternative suppliers, and also prevent new players from entering and investing in the market.
- There must be full structural and accounting separation between a PDC data creation company and a product company that sells data.”
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