European Public Sector Information Platform

Dear governments, here’s a word of advice from game theory: open up your data, especially the spending data. No need to do a large program, you are welcome to stay on the cheap, but do it. Now. Don’t waste time trying to work out what the ROI of that is. That kind of exercise is not cheap and could take years – and trust me, you can afford open data. What’s the ROI of the social contract not breaking down?

Last week, Europeana opened up its huge cultural dataset for re-use under the
Creative Commons Zero Universal Public Domain Dedication. We’re making a
special announcement at the Open Knowledge Festival this Thursday. To mark the
occasion, Europeana’s Jon Purday and David Haskiya tell us how they got there both
strategically and technically…