WRI’s Open Data Commitment | World Resources Institute

"WRI believes that sound policies and informed decisions require the free flow of information. To that end, we commit to making our data and the results of our research freely available for all to use.

WRI strives to make our data and the results of our research open to anyone, enabling users to create their own products, conduct their own analyses, and draw their own conclusions. To support this vision, WRI commits to three key principles of open data:

1. Data should be licensed openly for free, allowing anyone to use, share, and adapt our work.
2. Data should be easily accessible and downloadable, thoroughly described, machine-readable, and maintained over time, to enable reuse.
3. Data should be complete and primary, such that others are able to test and examine our work."