Finnish Guide to Open Government Data
Source: Ministry of Transport and Communications, Finland and blog post by Antti Poikola
Participate in the Making of the Guidebook
Helsinki: 3 March 2010
The Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications’ news announcement describes work underway on a Finnish ‘Open Government Data Guidebook’ and invites participation in its making (news English translation).
The co-ordinator of the Guidebook project, Antti Poikola, suggests that those interested in following and commenting on the work can use this blog link (Finnish language). Another useful source is Antti Poikola’s blog post (English language) on the Guidebook inviting feedback from Finnish and international communities.
Plans are to publish the Finnish language version of the Guidebook by the 25th March 2010 using a Creative Commons Licence.
The authors of the Guidebook are:
Antti Poikola (HILA Open Oy)
Petri Kola (Aalto University)
Kari A. Hintikka (University of Jyväskylä)
Key points about the Open Data Guidebook
- The Guide will cover concrete and topical issues of what the provision of open data should be taken into account. In addition, manual will review the benefits of open government data to society.
- To draft the Guidebook, interviews were undertaken with Finnish and international politicians civil servants, entrepreneurs, developers, and experts. This is in addition to information collected from other sources.
- The Guidebook has an important role to play in inspiring government to open data. It will also provide valuable and current information for the Finnish Government’s ‘Working Group’ that was recently established to enhance the use of public sector information plus the Finnish Government’s work on developing a new national information society strategy for the upcoming term of government.
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