"Besides descriptive metadata which is already covered in other documents also non-sensitive data produced by libraries and related institutions is subject of the recommendations, e.g. statistical data or circulation data. Furthermore, the recommendations don't only cover open licensing but also open access, open standards and the documentation, sustainability as well as other apsects of open data."
"For society to reap the full benefits from bibliographic endeavours, it is imperative that bibliographic data be made open - that is available for anyone to use and re-use freely for any purpose."