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"Tim Davies has published the results of his MSc dissertation research into the impact of open government data. It is suggested reading for those interested in how Open Government Data can strengthen the public sphere. "

"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."

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"Poligraft takes in a block of text, parses it for entities like politicians and corporations, and returns a result set representing the political influence contained in that text."

"Hrynaszkiewicz, said, "Increasing online open data availability in formats than can be readily re-used and analyzed by others puts the processing power into journalists' hands; rather than relying on outside specialists such as policy makers to provide insights, raw data can now be analyzed and interpreted in newsrooms. This is the emerging field of data-driven journalism, in which journalists gather, analyze and visualize 'big' data and combine it with compelling, credible storytelling. "Ensuring open data can be readily used by others adds real value to the, occasionally challenging, data sharing-process." "

"This paper takes a pragmatic mixed-methods approach to exploring uses of data from the UK national open government data portal, data.gov.uk, and identifies how the emerging practices of OGD use are developing."

The National Archives launched a Open Government Licence, which makes it faster and easier to re-use public sector information. The UK Open Government Licence is a key element of the Government's commitment to greater transparency. It provides a single set of terms and conditions for anyone wishing to use or license government information and removes some of the existing barriers to re-use.

"a project by the Open Library Society, supported by the Open Bibliographic Data Working Group of the Open Knowledge Foundation. We improve the access to and the use of freely available scholarly metadata. Most of the records discussed here are already used in the Society's AuthorClaim service. We are making the records available here for others to use them. The idea is to build over time a large freely available dataset for academic performance evaluation and data mining. "

"Maantieteellistä tietoa hyödyntäviin teknisen palvelun toimialan yrityksiin keskittyvä aineistoanalyysi vuosilta 2000-2007 osoittaa, että julkisen tiedon hinnoittelu vaikuttaa selvästi yritysten liikevaihdon kasvuun. Yritykset maissa, joissa julkinen maantieteellinen tieto on ollut ilmaista tai enintään rajakustannusten perusteella hinnoiteltua ovat kasvaneet vuositasolla keskimäärin 15 prosenttia enemmän kuin yritykset maissa, joissa julkisen maantieteellisen tiedon hinnoittelu on ollut kustannusperusteista. Rajakustannushinnoitteluun siirtymisen jälkeen on havaittavissa positiivinen kasvuvaikutus jo seuraavana vuonna, mutta selvästi voimakkaampi kasvusysäys nähdään kahden vuoden päästä hinnoittelumuutoksesta. Julkisen maantieteellisen tiedon rajakustannushinnoittelu ei ole kuitenkaan vaikuttanut merkittävästi suurten yritysten kasvuun; PK-yritykset ovat hyötyneet eniten halvemmasta maantieteellisestä tiedosta."

"A utility built on top of Transparency Data, Poligraft takes in a block of text, parses it for entities like politicians and corporations, and returns a result set representing the political influence contained in that text."

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"We believe it's much better to publish the following five components to provide transparent and auditable disclosure: 1. The raw data 2. The circumstances of its collection 3. The method and assumptions used to process the data (in words and equations) 4. The results of the processing 5. The known limitations on the method and significance of the assumptions"

"The business model we're imposing on top of this two-fold: * Some features of the system, such as personal dashboards, scheduled email reports and API access is only available to paying subscribers. * Access to premium data, such as market research, financial market data and analyst forecasts is sold for a fee. As the company name implies, this is a market for data, even though a lot of the "merchandise" is free of charge."

"As I wrote in the past, wearing my typical analyst cynical hat, response to these contests has not been overwhelming. Sure we have seen a handful of original ideas, but often far from being ready for prime time, or difficult to sustain in the longer term."

""Linked Open Data: The Essentials," a new quick-start guide for decision-makers who need to quickly get up to speed with the LOD concept, and who want to make their government or organization a part of the movement."

"Clearly data release can reduce fraud and curb unnecessary spending. The MPs' expenses scandal has stimulated more interest in this area but there are already websites dedicated to examining how public money is spent. Releasing full financial breakdown of spend can save millions, as a recent case in Canada proved. A $3.2 billion tax evasion fraud was exposed when financial data was made publicly available."

the approach to open and linked data in the context of the UK Government, the emergence data.gov.uk as part of the previous administration's Making Public Data Public initiative; and the subtle change of emphasis accompanying the new administrations name change to the Transparency Programme.

"This article reviews the need for Open Data, shows examples of why Open Data are valuable and summarizes some early initiatives in formalizing the right of access to and re-use of scientific data."

"This productivity map for Google Earth is an example of such an application. It renders the university buildings in 3D - the building height indicates the number of publications written by researchers working in the respective building."