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why open data 85 captures 03 aug 2014 02 dec 2025 oct nov dec 26 2021 2022 2023 success fail about this capture timestamps the wayback machine http web archive org web 20221126095420 https okfn org opendata why open data open knowledge foundation open the menu facebook twitter donate subscribe what we do training services community and campaigns examples of our work who we are team board of directors governance funders the open knowledge network what is open definition how to open data why open data about mission our impact press contact us jobs code of conduct blog search submit cancel why open data open data especially open government data is a tremendous resource that is as yet largely untapped what we do training services community and campaigns examples of our work facilitating data validation and reuse versatile visualisation of open budget data creating an open data publication toolkit celebrating open data with communities across the world building an open database of information on all clinical trials frictionless publication and use of fiscal data mapping the state of open government data across the globe improving geolocation data for schools in tanzania open knowledge justice programme who we are team board of directors board meeting minutes governance funders the open knowledge network what is open definition how to open data why open data about mission our impact ckan the open definition frictionless data school of data open spending open knowledge labs the open data handbook the data journalism handbook global network the public domain review open data day csvconf press press releases press resources contact us jobs code of conduct blog many individuals and organisations collect a broad range of different types of data in order to perform their tasks government is particularly significant in this respect both because of the quantity and centrality of the data it collects but also because most of that government data is public data by law and therefore could be made open and made available for others to use there are many areas where we can expect open data to be of value and where examples of how it has been used already exist there are also many different groups of people and organisations who can benefit from the availability of open data including government itself at the same time it is impossible to predict precisely how and where value will be created in the future the nature of innovation is that developments often comes from unlikely places why should data be open the answer of course depends somewhat on the type of data however there are three common reasons 1 transparency in a well functioning democratic society citizens need to know what their government is doing to do that they must be able freely to access government data and information and to share that information with other citizens transparency isn t just about access it is also about sharing and reuse often to understand material it needs to be analyzed and visualized and this requires that the material be open so that it can be freely used and reused 2 releasing social and commercial value in the digital age data is a key resource for social and commercial activities everything from finding your local post office to building a search engine requires access to data much of which is created or held by government by opening up data government can help drive the creation of innovative business and services that deliver social and commercial value 3 participation and engagement participatory governance or for business and organizations engaging with your users and audience much of the time citizens are only able to engage with their own governance sporadically maybe just at an election every 4 or 5 years by opening up data citizens are enabled to be much more directly informed and involved in decision making this is more than transparency it s about making a full read write society not just about knowing what is happening in the process of governance but being able to contribute to it be more open to find out more about how we can help your organisation become more open get in touch support a fair free and open future donate now open knowledge foundation privacy policy ip policy cookie policy terms of use jobs contact source code available under the mit license cc by content on this site made by open knowledge foundation is licensed under a creative commons attribution 4 0 international license refer to our attributions page for attributions of other work on the site what we do training services community and campaigns examples of our work facilitating data validation and reuse versatile visualisation of open budget data creating an open data publication toolkit celebrating open data with communities across the world building an open database of information on all clinical trials frictionless publication and use of fiscal data mapping the state of open government data across the globe improving geolocation data for 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