Tag Archives: Data re-use

Measuring the value of data reuse

I went to the Open Government Data barcamp in the weekend, where I starting a discussion on how to measure the value of reusing government held data.
I shared the ways that I had found it had being done overseas:

The District of Columbia estimated the cost developing the software that won their reuse of data [...]

Draft Open Access and Licensing Framework released

Today the State Services Commission is releasing the draft New Zealand Government Open Access and Licensing framework (NZGOAL) (HTML with comments). This document provides guidance for State Services agencies on:

open access to non-copyright information; and
open licensing of copyright works,

in both cases with a view to allowing their re-use by others. (It does not apply to [...]

Exposing non-personal data in new ways

As many readers of this blog will know, SSC has been pursuing various work-streams under the rubric of the Open Government Information and Data Re-use work Project. It is continuing to do so in collaboration with, among others, the ICT Group at the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA).
One of the many issues we’ve encountered along [...]