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The ultimate goal is to provide health information for every person on the planet in the language of their choice.

 Medicine Translation Task Force

There is a paradigm shift in public sector governance from government centricity to citizen centricity.

Gov 2.0 is the use of Web 2.0 tools, such as wikis, blogs, and social networking sites, by government to engage with citizens, develop policy and deliver services.

les internautes concernés par la question des maladies rares pourront poser des questions en direct à l’équipe de Maladies Rares Info Services, sur le site www.maladiesraresinfo.org.

Open Data in Canada describes the capacity for the Canadian Federal Government and other levels of government in Canada to provide online access to internal data in a standards-compliant Web 2.0 way. Government 2.0 is a way to engage individuals and businesses in government decisionmaking and services. Integration of tools such as wikis, development of government-specific social networking sites and the use of blogs, RSS feeds and Google Maps are all helping governments provide information to people in a manner that is more immediately useful to the people concerned.[1] There are also aspects of improving Freedom of information in Canada but the main focus of Government 2.0 is citizen engagement.