Global Trends in PSI
Annual Review
Carol Tullo
8 December 2011
UK PSI and Open Data Developments 2010-11
UK Government Licensing
Framework and
Open Government Licence
September 2010
Right to Data clause
Protection of
Freedoms Bill
introduced
February 2011
(intro.)
Public Data
Corporation
plans announced
Budget 2011
March 2011
PM’s letter no. 2
on transparency
and open data
July 2011
UK PSI and Open Data Developments 2010-11
UK Government
Licensing Framework 2.0
Open Parliament Licence
Non-commercial
Government Licence
A Consultation on Data
Policy for a Public Data
Corporation
Making Open Data
Real: A Public
Consultation
July 2011
Autumn Statement 2011
and
Open Data work strand
in the Growth Review
November 2011
August- October 2011
UK PSI and Open Data Developments 2010-11
EC Open Data
Communication
EC proposals to
amend PSI Directive
Image: Jac Depczyk
Feeding into a much
wider landscape…
Where we are now.....
December 2011
December 2011
Global Developments in PSI
Open Government Partnership
Principle:
Transparency
Commitment: Information and data access,
disclosure, publishing and re-use
http://www.opengovpartnership.org/
http://vimeo.com/29259763
Open data portals and data releases
 increase in government data portals around the world
 national, regional and city level
Licensing frameworks worldwide and OGL as model
 Commonwealth countries – especially those with Crown copyright
 OGL models and variants – including British Columbia, South Korea, France
Community activity – international open data and PSI events
Next steps - international
• Digital Agenda for Europe
• PSI Directive refresh
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Member State reports, marginal cost as default, regulatory models, interventions and
business cases
Standardised international licensing principles
• Creative Commons CC4 - Board
Image: velvetkevorkian (Source: Flickr)
• OGP and further data releases
Next steps – UK
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Government responses to consultations
 Making Open Data Real
 A Data Policy for a Public Data Corporation
 ICO publication schemes
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Public Data Group and Data Strategy Board
Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 – datasets clause
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Relaunches of data.gov.uk and beta.gov.uk
White Paper on Open Data
Negotiations on PSI Directive (UK focus eg. cultural bodies)
Unlocking – data releases and demand – inventories and publication schemes
Relationships between regulators
OGL adoption - local government roll out and take up
Hargreaves, Digital Copyright Exchange and IP legislation
2012 challenges
• International licensing principles and models
• Interoperability
• Open data as a business model
• Agendas, policies and legal frameworks working together –
with clear leadership and governance
Potential questions
 Is there a difference between open data and PSI?
 How should the regulatory frameworks adapt in this landscape?
 What are the implications for the UK in the Digital Agenda for Europe?