JISC, in conjunction with OPSI, held a consultative forum on 18 January to explore the development of a re-use request webchannel, an initiative in response to Recommendation 8 of the Power of Information Review (POIR). The POIR, by Ed Mayo and Tom Steinberg, looks at how the government responds to the various trends loosely described as Web 2.0. The review stated the government should provide better access to the public sector information (PSI) it holds. Among the issues discussed at the forum were
- barriers to the re-use of public sector information
- the kinds of information academics and researchers are interested in
- how rights and licensing issues should be handled
Download the full report from the forum here (Word document):
Report from the JISC/OPSI Power of Information Review forum 18.01.08
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