London: 22 July 2008

The UK Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) published the annual report on the status of the Re-use of Public Sector Information regulations within the UK.

References

Title: The United Kingdom Report on the Re-use of Public Sector Information 2008 - Unlocking PSI Potential ISBN: 9 78 010174 4621Pages: 65

Report Contents

Foreword

Executive Summary

1. The Office of Public sector Information

• PSI Finances

2. The European Context

• ePSIplus
• ePSIplus Scorecard

3. Law and Regulation

• Scope
• Status of Transposition
• Links between access and re-use
• Links with other European legislation
• Practical issues including licence models, asset lists and transparency of terms
• Intellectual Property Rights and copyright issues
  • Automated Content Access Protocol (ACAP)
• Dispute mechanisms
  • Statutory complaints process
  • Mediation
• The approach regarding exclusivity
• The possibility of extending the scope of the Directive to cover documents held by cultural, education and scientific research sectors

4. Public Sector Culture

• Scope
• Improving standards and compliance
  • Expansion of the Information Fair Trader Scheme (IFTS)
  • IFTS online
  • The Licensing Forum
• Local government and health service engagement
• Links with public-private partnerships
• Harnessing technology
  • The web and re-use
  • Power of Information (POI) Review
  • Re-use request webchannel
  • Semantic Web Standards
  • OpenSpace
• Spreading Awareness

Timeline

5. PSI Re-use Business

• Scope
• Encouraging re-use across the private sector
  • Click-Use Licence
• Analysis of sector and markets for PSI
  • Future of Click-Use
  • Click-Use web services
• Links with industry including trade association and representative bodies
  • Office of Fair Trading and OPSI workshops
  • Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information
  • The Locus Association
  • PSI Alliance
  • Digital Content Forum
  • National Endowment for Science and Technology (NESTA)

6. Financial Impact

• Scope
• Costs of creating information and pricing and licensing
  • Organisation for Economic and Co-operation Development
• UK government initiatives focussing on the charging mechanisms
  • OFT Commercial Use of Public Information Report
  • The Cambridge Report and Analysis of Pricing Models
  • Shareholder Executive Assessment of Trading Funds

7. Information Management Standards and Data Quality

• Scope
• UK Government initiatives on information management
  • The Knowledge Council
  • Information Management Assessments
  • Information Asset Registers
  • Metadata
  • Links between the Office of Public Sector Information and the Information Commissioners
  • Web Continuity
  • Data Sharing Review
  • Cabinet Office Data Handling Review
  • Managing Information Risk

8. Driving Change

• Scope ChallengesConclusion

Annex A Progress on 2007 Action Plan

Annex B Glossary