The Panton Principles are a set of principles which were written to promote open science . They were first drafted in July 2009 at the Panton Arms pub in Cambridge .
20-685: Open Knowledge Foundation ( OKF ) is a global, non-profit network that promotes and shares information at no charge, including both content and data. It was founded by Rufus Pollock on 20 May 2004 in Cambridge , UK. It is incorporated in England and Wales as a private company limited by guarantee . Between May 2016 and May 2019 the organisation was named Open Knowledge International , but decided in May 2019 to return to Open Knowledge Foundation . The aims of Open Knowledge Foundation are: Renata Ávila Pinto joined as
40-437: A European project created to share and organise data from seven countries, which ran from October 2013 to May 2016. Rufus Pollock Rufus Pollock (born 1980) is a British economist, activist and social entrepreneur. He has been a leading figure in the global open knowledge and open data movements, starting with his founding in 2004 of the non-profit Open Knowledge Foundation which he led until 2015. From 2007–2010 he
60-515: A Free Information Infrastructure (2005-6, UK director), Creative Commons UK, Datopian (founder) and Life Itself (co-founder). On 24 May 2004 Pollock founded in Cambridge , UK the Open Knowledge Foundation as a global non-profit network that promotes and shares open knowledge including open data and open content - information that is openly and freely available. In 2007 and 2009, Pollock published two important papers regarding
80-586: A new non-profit "Life Itself". However, he has continued to work actively on the economics and politics of the information age, including publishing "The Open Revolution: Rewriting the Rules of the Information Age" in 2018. Whilst at Open Knowledge International he initiated a variety of projects, many of which continue to be active. In 2005 he created The Open Definition which provided the first formal definition of open content and open data , and which has remained
100-567: Is STRONGLY discouraged. Use a recognized waiver or license that is appropriate for data. 3. The use of licenses which limit commercial re-use or limit the production of derivative works by excluding use for particular purposes or by specific persons or organizations is STRONGLY discouraged. These licenses make it impossible to effectively integrate and re-purpose datasets and prevent commercial activities that could be used to support data preservation. If you want your data to be effectively used and added to by others it should be open as defined by
120-551: Is used by many of the world's governments to host open catalogues of data that their countries possess. The organisation tends to support its aims by hosting infrastructure for semi-independent projects to develop. This approach to organising was hinted as one of its earliest projects was a project management service called KnowledgeForge, which runs on the KForge platform. KnowledgeForge allows sectoral working groups to have space to manage projects related to open knowledge. More widely,
140-1111: The Git version control software . Some of the projects are listed below: Much of the collaboration with other related organisations occurs via events that the foundation hosts. Its premier event is the Open Knowledge Conference (OKCon), which has been held occasionally since 2007. Other events have been organised within the areas of data visualisation and free information network infrastructure. Annually, Open Knowledge Foundation supports International Open Data Day The Panton Principles (for Open Data in Science) in 2010 had large contributions from Open Knowledge people and in 2011 Jonathan Gray and Peter Murray-Rust successfully obtained funding from OSF for two fellowships, held by Sophie Kershaw and Ross Mounce. In 2013 OKF obtained sponsorship from CCIA for 3 fellowships, which were awarded to Rosemarie Graves, Sam Moore, and Peter Kraker. Open Knowledge Foundation also supports Apps for Europe, and D-CENT,
160-603: The Open Knowledge Foundation and officially launched in February 2010. 1. Where data or collections of data are published it is critical that they be published with a clear and explicit statement of the wishes and expectations of the publishers concerning the re-use and re-purposing of individual data elements, the whole data collection, and subsets of the collection. This statement should be precise, irrevocable, and based on an appropriate and recognized legal statement in
180-642: The UK government 's Public Sector Transparency Board . The Prototype Fund is a project of the Open Knowledge Foundation Germany, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). It is a low-threshold funding program for Germany software developers who develop innovative open source software . The foundation places a strong interest in the use of open source technologies. Its software projects are hosted on GitHub , which utilises
200-563: The Open Knowledge/Data Definition – in particular non-commercial and other restrictive clauses should not be used. 4. Furthermore, in science it is STRONGLY recommended that data, especially where publicly funded, be explicitly placed in the public domain via the use of the Public Domain Dedication and Licence or Creative Commons Zero Waiver. This is in keeping with the public funding of much scientific research and
220-610: The ambiguity surrounding the terminology of openness, as well as the Open Software Service Definition. It also supported the development of the Open Database License (ODbL). Outside of technology, Open Knowledge Foundation plays a role in advocating for openness broadly. This includes supporting the drafting of reports, facilitating consultation and producing guides. Rufus Pollock, one of Open Knowledge Foundation's founders, and current board secretary sits on
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#1732844224740240-539: The areas of open access , open data , open content , open science , data visualization and digital rights . In 2015, it consisted of: As of 2018, Open Knowledge Foundation has 11 official chapters and 38 groups in different countries. In November 2022, the Open Knowledge Network was relaunched with two new projects. It also supports 19 working groups. Many of Open Knowledge Foundation's projects are technical in nature. Its most prominent project, CKAN ,
260-457: The form of a waiver or license. When publishing data make an explicit and robust statement of your wishes. 2. Many widely recognized licenses are not intended for, and are not appropriate for, data or collections of data. A variety of waivers and licenses that are designed for and appropriate for the treatment of data are described here. Creative Commons licenses (apart from CCZero), GFDL, GPL, BSD, etc. are NOT appropriate for data and their use
280-537: The general ethos of sharing and re-use within the scientific community. Explicit dedication of data underlying published science into the public domain via PDDL or CCZero is strongly recommended and ensures compliance with both the Science Commons Protocol for Implementing Open Access Data and the Open Knowledge/Data Definition. Between the launch of the project and December 2011 the principles gained 150 endorsements from researchers. One researcher said
300-617: The new Chief Executive Officer of the Open Knowledge Foundation in October 2021. From February 2019 to August 2020, Catherine Stihler served as CEO. She left the Open Knowledge Foundation to become the CEO of Creative Commons . Between 2015–2017 Pavel Richter took on the role of CEO of Open Knowledge Foundation. Pavel was formerly Executive Director of Wikimedia Deutschland . The Open Knowledge Foundation Advisory Council includes people from
320-546: The optimal copyright term , where he proposed based on an economical model with empirically-estimable parameters an optimal duration of 15 years, significantly shorter than any currently existing copyright term. He has held the Mead Research Fellowship in economics at Emmanuel College , Cambridge . In 2009, he was credited by web inventor Tim Berners-Lee for starting the Raw Data Now meme . In 2010 he
340-521: The project infrastructure includes both technical and face-to-face aspects. The organisation hosts several dozen mailing lists for virtual discussion, utilises IRC for real-time communications and also hosts events. Open Knowledge Foundation is an active partner with organisations working in similar areas, such as open educational resources. Open Knowledge Foundation has produced the Open Knowledge Definition , an attempt to clarify some of
360-509: The standard reference definition. In 2005–06 he created the first version of CKAN , open source software for finding and sharing datasets, especially open datasets. CKAN has evolved and is the leading open data platform software in the world, used by governments including the US and UK, to publish millions of public datasets. He helped to lead or co-found other organizations including Open Rights Group (2005, co-founder and board member), Foundation for
380-480: Was appointed as one of the four founding members of the UK Government's Public Sector Transparency Board . In 2018 he published his first book The Open Revolution: Rewriting the Rules of the Information Age, making it openly available for download online. Panton Principles The principles were written by Peter Murray-Rust , Cameron Neylon , Rufus Pollock , and John Wilbanks . They were then refined by
400-712: Was the Mead Fellow in Economics at Emmanuel College, Cambridge and from 2010–2013 he was a Shuttleworth Foundation fellow. In 2012 was appointed an Ashoka Fellow and remains an Associate of the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law at the University of Cambridge and continues to serve on the board of Open Knowledge International. Since leaving Open Knowledge International, his work has moved to focus more on broader issues of social transformation and in 2016 he co-founded
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