Monthly Archives: July 2009

Open government data and Digital Britain

Posted on 15 July 2009 by Jordan

Re-reading the Digital Britain report today and came across this quote: Public Service data and content play an increasingly important role in the digital economy. The Government has embraced the vision of the Power of Information Task Force and, in … Continue reading →

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State of the Map

Posted on 9 July 2009 by Jordan

I’ve been working on my presentation for State of the Map this weekend – thanks everyone for the feedback and for the donations. Rufus called me last night, and currently we have (rough guesstimate due to currency differences) 150£ …which … Continue reading →

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Speaking at OpenTech on Saturday

Posted on 3 July 2009 by Jordan

Just a quick note to say that I’ll be speaking tomorrow afternoon about the Open Database Licnence and Open Data at this year’s OpenTech in London. Stop by and say hi.

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Help me speak at State of the Map!

Posted on 2 July 2009 by Jordan

I’ve booked my travel and am in the midst of preparing my talk at State of the Map (SOTM) 2009 in Amsterdam. Throughout co-founding Open Data Commons and drafting the Open Database Licence (ODbL), I’ve spent several hundred hours of … Continue reading →

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ODbL released

Posted on 2 July 2009 by Jordan

Open Data Commons, an OKF affiliated project, has now released v1.0 of the Open Database License (ODbL) after 6 months of consultation. The Open Database License (ODbL) is an open share-alike license for data and databases. This license, the first … Continue reading →

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