Data.gov.uk open for business
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Don’t expect the fastest web site you’ve ever seen – but data.gov.uk is now open. However, with so much publicity – it even made the Today Programme this morning – the site is obviously being bombarded by people like me trying to write about it.
Data.gov.uk – is all about opening up public data so applications can be wrapped around it (without the need for a freedom of information request).
The site puts it, rather inelegantly, like this:
“This site seeks to give a way into the wealth of government data. As highlighted by the Power of Information Taskforce, this means it needs to be: easy to find;easy to licence; and easy to re-use.
“We are drawing on the expertise and wisdom of Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Professor Nigel Shadbolt to publish government data as RDF – enabling data to be linked together.”
Listen to both talking about the initiative – interviewed by the BBC’s Rory Cellan-Jones. In the interview Nigel mentions Ordnance Survey data. We’re delighted that Peter ter Haar, Director of Products, Ordnance Survey, will be speaking at our Open Technology event on April 22nd.
