Open data: the Public Data Group publishes a statement of future actions | Briefings | The Lawyer

"On 15 July 2014, the Public Data Group (PDG) — which brings together Companies House, the Land Registry, the Met Office and Ordnance Survey — published an open data statement, which will be of interest to any business that uses public data and/or wants to develop products and services built using public data. The PDG has stated that, given the growing interest and importance of open data to the economy and society, it feels that it is important to provide a description of the kind of data that these organisations already make available and to set out the PDG’s commitments to future open data releases and activity. The PDG organisations have a commitment to make as much data freely available as possible, but have to balance this commitment with other requirements such as maintaining the quality of data and covering the costs of the collection and distribution of the data. The PDG, in its open data statement, sets out four pricing categories under which data can be made available…"