Publishing Open Government Data
London: 8 September 2008
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), eGovernment Interest Group, has announced the release of draft guidelines for Publishing Open Government Data.
The news announcement states:
“In line with its anticipated focus on Open Government Data, the eGovernment Interest Group announces today a first draft of Publishing Open Government Data, which provides step-by-step guidelines for putting government data on the Web. Sharing data according to these guidelines enables greater transparency; delivers more efficient public services; and encourages greater public and commercial use and re-use of government information.”
Access the W3C working draft – Publishing Open Government Data, Daniel Bennett and Adam Harvey, W3C working draft, September 8, 2009.
Abstract on draft Guidelines
“Every day, governments and government agencies publish more data on the Internet. Sharing this data enables greater transparency; delivers more efficient public services; and encourages greater public and commercial use and re-use of government information. Some governments have even created catalogs or portals (such as data.gov) to make it easy for the public to find and use this data.
Although the reasons may vary, the logistics and practicalities of opening government data are the same. To help governments open and share their data, the W3C eGov Interest Group has developed the following guidelines. These straightforward steps emphasize standards and methodologies to encourage publication of government data, allowing the public to use this data in new and innovative ways.”
W3C and eGovernment Interest Group
W3C is the World Wide Web Consortium, the standards organization for the Web. The mission of the eGovernment Interest Group (eGov IG) is to explore how to improve access to government through better use of the Web and achieve better government transparency using open Web standards at any government level (local, state, national and multi-national). The eGov IG is designed as a forum to support researchers, developers, solution providers, and users of government services that use the Web as the delivery channel, and enable broader collaboration across eGov practitioners.
Find more in the executive summary. Learn more about eGovernment at W3C.
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