FIVE STAR OPEN DATA
The 5 Star Open Data Standard developed by the Open Data Institute grades the openness of data: grade Description practical example […]
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BIGGER ISN’T ALWAYS BETTER
Despite headlines, reports and presentations on the value of ‘Big Data’ when it comes to data, bigger isn’t necessarily better – and […]
SETTING UP A LOCAL OBSERVATORY
Given that the more data you gather and the more open it is, the more likely you will be to be able […]
WHERE DOES DATA COME FROM?
Data probably makes most people think either of strings of digital data in binary code (the 0s and 1s used by computers); […]
WHY DOES OPEN DATA MATTER?
Open Data sounds a bit like ‘Freedom of Information’… if you listen to some local government officers you might imagine the important […]
WHAT IS OPEN DATA?
Data is small bits of information (could be words or numbers) that on its own looks quite meaningless. When put in a […]