British government bets big on open data for growth — Tech News and Analysis

Connotea Imports 2012-07-31

Summary:

"[U]nlike other countries, the U.K. is not just talking about creating jobs or encouraging infrastructural projects: it’s also taking a gamble on data. This involves opening up a whole range of new government-owned data sets to the public, as well as encouraging greater sharing of information to try and boost the amount of innovation and development in Britain around this material. In addition, there’s going to be a new organization led in part by Sir Tim Berners-Lee — known as the Open Data Institute — to help foster this process and lead development...."

Link:

http://gigaom.com/2011/11/29/british-government-bets-big-on-open-data-for-growth/

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Tags:

ru.no oa.new oa.psi oa.uk oa.data

Authors:

petersuber

Date tagged:

07/31/2012, 12:10

Date published:

11/30/2011, 16:59