2009-09-06
Australiens motsvarighet till SCB byter affärsmodell. Från att ha tagit betalt för statistik lägger man nu ut stora delar av materialet för fri användning (med Creative Commons-licens):
The Australian Bureau of Statistics which has gone from selling its data behind a closed model to now releasing the bulk of its content under a creative commons licence. This means that provided ABS is acknowledged as the source of the data then people are free to re-use, build upon and distribute that data, even commercially.
Detta är ett av de första initiativen från Australiska regeringens Government 2.0 task force som startade i Juni. Inriktningen verkar följa flera andra länder:
There are two particular themes that I and the government are keen to pursue. The first is transparency, using these technologies to maximise the extent to which government information, data, and material can be put out into the public domain that we can be as accountable as possible, as transparent as possible and that this data is available for use in the general community.
And secondly to improve the ways in which we engage with people in the wider community; in consultation, in discussion, in dialogue, about regulation, about government decisions, about policy generally. These are just two of the key themes that we are very keen pursue to maximise the opportunities we can get from these technologies to improve the way we govern.
Mer detaljer i Australias Government 2.0 Taskforce commissions Semantic Web Project och finansministerns tal:
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