Open-Data-Debatte revisited: Was wir tun müssten, damit Daten wirklich offen werden

From Google Translate: "The advantages of OpenData (open data) have often been sung. The song was voiced by very different voices, among them representatives of the economy, authorities and also activists - mostly half-harmonic. Making data accessible to citizens, that sounds reasonable! But the mood is changing because, despite a consensus on the meaning and usefulness of OpenData, the implementation in practice is bad. The digital expert and Berlin Gazetteauthor Chris Piallat reported.

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The open data concept is inspired by the idea that openness is good for social innovations. OpenData means that data, in particular those produced by public institutions, should be freely available to the public and be usable further. Not only multinational data giants, but also the federal government, municipalities, public institutions such as ministries, authorities or administrations, are producing a huge amount of data, which so far have hardly been productive for the common good.

The data are very different in nature. It can be raw data such as climatic data from measuring stations, geodata of landscape surveys, traffic data of public transport or processed data in the form of laws, judgments, expert opinions and regulations."