Open data

There's a growing movement for governments and other organizations to make public information freely viewable and usable without controls or copyrights. Learn the latest news and trends on open data.

How open is too open?

Last month, we posted a survey asking, " If you could open one of the following data sets tomorrow, which one would you open and why?" We got a great response–279 people voted…

Open Data Handbook version 1.0

The Handbook discusses the ‘why, what and how’ of open data – why to go open, what open is, how to make data open and how to do useful things with it. Read on to find out more…

How far should openness extend?

Selling the idea of open data seems straightforward. If taxpayers paid for it, a government should share it. But there have to be exceptions for National Security and privacy…