Data.gov.uk site launched

Data.gov.uk site launched

This site seeks to give a way into the wealth of government data. As highlighted by the Power of Information Taskforce, this means it needs to be:

• easy to find;
• easy to license; and
• easy to re-use.

We are drawing on the expertise and wisdom of Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Professor Nigel Shadbolt to publish government data as RDF – enabling data to be linked together.

What is our approach?

• Working with the web;

• Keeping things simple: we aim to make the smallest possible

      changes that will make the web work better;

• Working with the grain: we are not looking to rebuild the world. We

      appreciate that some things take time; others can be done relatively
      quickly. Everything has it's own time and pace;

• Using open standards, open source and open data: these are the core elements of a modular, sustainable system; and

• Building communities, and working with and through them (both inside     government and outside).

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