Alan Dix Snip!t: World’s first REAL commercial open data curation project!

Snip summary	Can you think of an open data curation project where the... In the mid 1990s, as open source code began to boom, the ... For years I’ve asked, where are the equivalent project ... Nada. ... and how it was finally opened up in an incomplete form. World’s first REAL commercial open data curation project! \| Open Knowledge Foundation Blog http://blog.okfn.org/...worlds-first-real-commercial-open-data-curation-project/

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Can you think of an open data curation project where the...
In the mid 1990s, as open source code began to boom, the ...
For years I’ve asked, where are the equivalent project ...
Nada.
... and how it was finally opened up in an incomplete form.

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Can you think of an open data curation project where the people who work on it come from multiple commercial companies?

In the mid 1990s, as open source code began to boom, the equivalent was commonplace. Geeks working at ISPs would together patch the Apache webserver into shape. Startups like RedHat would pay for staff to work on lots of projects in order to produce a whole operating system.

For years I’ve asked, where are the equivalent projects in open data?

Nada.

Not one.

Until today. I finally found one.

It’s the UK’s Statute Law database, which is maintained by the National Archives. I explained back in 2006 how it used to be proprietary data, and how it was finally opened up in an incomplete form.

HTML	<p>Can you think of an open <em>data curation </em>project where the people who work on it come from multiple commercial companies?</p> <p>In the mid 1990s, as open <em>source</em> code began to boom, the equivalent was commonplace. Geeks working at ISPs would together patch the Apache webserver into shape. Startups like RedHat would pay for staff to work on lots of projects in order to produce a whole operating system.</p> <p>For years I’ve asked, where are the equivalent projects in open data?</p> <p>Nada.</p> <p>Not one.</p> <p>Until today. I finally found one.</p> <p><a href="http://www.quora.com/John-Sheridan-2"><img class="alignright wp-image-11371" src="http://blog.okfn.org/files/2012/10/john-medium2.jpeg" alt="" height="134" width="200"></a></p> <p>It’s the UK’s <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/">Statute Law database</a>, which is maintained by the National Archives. I <a href="http://blog.okfn.org/2006/09/11/free-access-to-the-laws-that-bind-us">explained back in 2006</a> how it used to be proprietary data, and how it was finally <a href="http://blog.okfn.org/2006/12/20/a-great-day-for-the-law-and-for-the-people">opened up</a> in an incomplete form.</p>

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Can you think of an open data curation project where the people who work on it come from multiple commercial companies? In the mid 1990s, as open source code began to boom, the equivalent was commonplace. Geeks working at ISPs would together patch the Apache webserver into shape. Startups like RedHat would pay for staff to work on lots of projects in order to produce a whole operating system. For years I’ve asked, where are the equivalent projects in open data? Nada. Not one. Until today. I finally found one. <a href="http://www.quora.com/John-Sheridan-2"><img class="alignright wp-image-11371" src="http://blog.okfn.org/files/2012/10/john-medium2.jpeg" alt="" height="134" width="200"></a> It’s the UK’s <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/">Statute Law database</a>, which is maintained by the National Archives. I <a href="http://blog.okfn.org/2006/09/11/free-access-to-the-laws-that-bind-us">explained back in 2006</a> how it used to be proprietary data, and how it was finally <a href="http://blog.okfn.org/2006/12/20/a-great-day-for-the-law-and-for-the-people">opened up</a> in an incomplete form.

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