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Open Government Data

A 2007 working group held in Sebastopol, California developed the 8 Principles of Open Government Data. These principles have become the de facto starting point for evaluating openness in government records. The principles define open government data as public data which is complete, primary, timely, accessible, machine processable, non-discriminatory, non-proprietary, and license-free, and when compliance is reviewable.

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