2013 08-27 okfn-glasgow_uk_gov_open_standards

2013 08-27 okfn-glasgow_uk_gov_open_standards

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  UKGov Open Standards PeterWinstanley peter.winstanley@scotland.gsi.gov.uk #OKFN Glasgow 2013-08-27
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  A standard basedon the way things are – de facto http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2scissors-clean.jpg
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  A standard basedon a regulation – de jure http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Drive-on-the-left-kent-1b.jpg
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  “A standard on theshop is not licensed to be copied or shared,…” Log in to access bibliographic, citation and full text of over 55,000 British, adopted European and International standards from your desktop. Standard as overhead, not as enabler
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  Are ISO 2602:1980compliant ? Only 50 Swiss Francs for the PDF
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  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-standards-principles/open-standards-principles “Government IT mustbe open - open to the people and organisations that use our services and open to any provider, regardless of their size. “ “The publication of the Open Standards Principles is a fundamental step towards achieving a level playing field for open source and proprietary software and breaking our IT into smaller, more manageable components. “
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  http://standards.data.gov.uk/open-standards-engagement-process
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  What the Boardwill do 1. consider open standards recommendations that relate to software interoperability, data and document formats for use within government 2. make decisions on whether standards recommendations : • meet user need and business outcomes • enable a level playing field for open source and proprietary software • are implementable, mature and supported by the market • are adequately researched, impact of adoption is understood • support open data • aligned with the Open Standards Principles 3. consider whether a recommended standard should be adopted and/or made compulsory across government. 4. influence the work of standards developers to avoid the creation of standards where there is no unique need. Based on http://standards.data.gov.uk/meeting/open-standards-board-terms-reference
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  http://standards.data.gov.uk/
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  https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/fpfis/mwikis/idabc-camss/images/9/9c/CAMSS_-_High-Level_Process.jpg The CAMSS Process– a high level view Common Assessment Method for Standards and Specifications (CAMSS)
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  Assessment Criteria Applicability Openness &Rights Maturity Potential Market Support
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  Some Examples
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  Challenge: Describing andsharing our information If the Government is to make maximum use of the information we hold we must be able to find it, share it responsibly, trust it, know what we publish and allow users to locate and consume that information. We require rules to make sure we describe our information in a standardised way to support sharing and re-use, and to enable us to understand the information created by others. http://standards.data.gov.uk/challenge/describing-and-sharing-our-information
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  Challenge: Persistent resolvableidentifiers Data re-users want to be able to identify things using identifiers that continue to mean the same thing over time, and that can be used to find out information about those things, so that they can easily understand and combine data from different sources about the same thing. Government currently uses a lot of codes and identifiers that can be opaque to people who want to understand the information government produces (including government itself). http://standards.data.gov.uk/challenge/persistent-resolvable-identifiers
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  Thank You