Data has been variously described as the new oil or the new raw material of the 21st century. Like other raw materials, its value is not always immediately evident – specialist tools and effort are required to locate, extract and refine data before it yields actionable information. And, unlike natural raw materials, data is not
This guest blog by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and founder of the World Wide Web Foundation, was originally posted on Wired.co.uk. Originally, the acute frustration which led me to invent the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989 was all about documents. The frustration was that all kinds of documents were sitting in
Last month’s post on how open data is a major factor of economic growth was an important analysis of the wider debate on the impact open data has on governance. Worldwide, businesses and public bodies are unfortunately facing a lack of quality data, which is inhibiting efficiency. This lack of efficiency is one of the biggest barriers
One of our Facebook followers, Paul Beentjes, posted on our page: You hear this a lot these days: “Open data is a driver of economic growth”. But how can you explain this? True, the link is not always evident, but OGP believes it is there. Open (data) for business At OGP when we say open