Thursday 21 January 2010

Free the Data


Tim Berners-Lee was appointed by the government to oversee data.gov.uk, a new venture to provide government data on-line with the objective of facilitating new ways of utilising the information. The idea is that if it is available to a freedom of information request, why not put it on the Internet. This also has the potential to enhance debate, involvement and Interactive Democracy. More here from the BBC.

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