Talk:Open Data
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[edit] Scope of Open Data
I have started this page (it is of course our page, not my page) with the idea of collecting current usage of the term "Open Data" and trying to formulate a definition. There are a number of areas which (in my opinion) are distinct from Open Data - they may be supersets or may overlap - and the section "Relation to other Open Activities" was created to allow these to be mentioned briefly and contrasted.
[edit] Relation to Open Data
There is a danger that this section becomes (a) larger than the main article and (b) the primary place for describing activities and philosophies which are not mainstream Open Data. There is a particular need to discuss Open Access in relation to OD as it is of great current interest, has a large WP entry and there is great confusion. I suggest that this section is used only to (a) list areas where distinction is necessary and (b) each entry is limited to a sentence of two.
Petermr 23:43, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
I have trimmed all the entries in this section as there are references to the primary definitions elsewhere. Petermr 00:13, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
