Open Data culturel : enfin des archives libres, sous le signe du partage à l’identique | :: S.I.Lex ::

"I had the opportunity to write on numerous occasions : the open data has proven difficult in the cultural field and this is particularly true for archives, where there was up 'last week no example of that approach can be truly described as Open Data. But the Municipal Archives of the City of Toulouse issued a new on the reuse of their data regulation demonstrating that Open Data is possible for archives. Beyond the cultural sector alone, this regulation is also important, because for the first time, it includes a clause ShareAlike (Share Alike) built directly from the law of 17 July 1978 . But this mechanism, already well-known industry free software , is likely to play a regulatory role in the relationship between public and private sectors, preventing the return of enclosures on the data ... As explained on his blog Jordi Navarro , who took part in the drafting of this regulation, the first major change introduced by this text, it is the transition to free, including for commercial reuse. We can never say it enough: it is impossible to speak of Open Data as commercial uses public data are subject to the application of a fee. Jordi Navarro clearly explains the reasons for the choice of the city of Toulouse to move to free, including the desire to simplify the operation of the administration ..."