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International Open Data Charter: Comments by CIS
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Sep 08, 2015
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filed under:
Open Data,
Open Government Data,
Featured,
Policies,
Openness,
International Open Data Charter
The second meeting of Stewards of the International Open Data Charter is in progress in Santiago, Chile, where the revisions made to the Charter based on the comments received during the public consultation period that ended on July 31, 2015, are being re-discussed and finalised by the Stewards. Here we are sharing the comments submitted by us on the first public draft of the Charter published during the International Open Data Conference in Ottawa, Canada, in May 2015. The comments include those submitted by Sumandro and Sharath Chandra Ram.
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Openness
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International Open Data Charter: First Public Draft
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
May 29, 2015
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last modified
Jun 02, 2015 03:51 PM
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filed under:
Open Data,
Homepage,
Openness
The first public draft of the International Open Data Charter was released at the International Open Data Conference in Ottawa, Canada, May 28-29, 2015. It is being developed by a range of organisations led by the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Open Data Working Group (co-chaired by Government of Canada and the Web Foundation), the Government of Mexico, the Open Data for Development (OD4D) Network, and Omidyar Network. CIS has contributed comments to a previous version of the draft, and also took part in the pre-release meeting of potential stewards of the Charter on May 26 in Ottawa. Here is the text of the draft Charter. Please visit opendatacharter.net/charter/ to submit your comments.
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Openness
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Blog
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International Repository Infrastructure Workshop, Amsterdam, 16-17 March 2009: A Report
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by
Sanchia de Souza
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published
Apr 27, 2009
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last modified
Aug 18, 2011 05:01 AM
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filed under:
Open Access
Open Access activist Madhan Muthu recently attended the International Repository Infrastructure Workshop, held in Amsterdam, 16-17 March 2009, in company with CIS Distinguished Fellow Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam. In this entry, as a guest blogger for CIS, he files a report on the proceedings at the workshop.
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Openness
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Blog
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Internet and Open Public Data
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 03, 2013
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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Internet and Society in Asia: Challenges and Next Steps
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Dec 23, 2011
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Research
The ubiquitous presence of internet technologies, in our age of digital revolution, has demanded the attention of various disciplines of study and movements for change around the globe. As more of our environment gets connected to the circuits of the World Wide Web, we witness a significant transformation in the way we understand the politics, mechanics and aesthetics of the world we live in, says Nishant Shah in this peer reviewed essay published in Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, Volume 11, Number 1, March 2010.
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Internet Governance
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Internet becomes vernacular with relaunch of e-bhasha
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 23, 2015
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last modified
Apr 03, 2015 05:49 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Access to Knowledge
With the relaunch of e-bhasha as a mission mode project, there is a fresh urgency to create content and technical solutions in Indian languages.
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Internet Governance
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News & Media
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Internet Engineering Task Force
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by
Anirudh Sridhar
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published
Nov 30, 2013
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last modified
Dec 01, 2013 02:34 AM
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filed under:
Internet Studies
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is an open standards body with no requirements for membership and does not have a formal membership process either.
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Telecom
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Knowledge Repository on Internet Access
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Internet Freedom
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by
Sunil Abraham and Vidushi Marda
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published
Feb 15, 2016
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filed under:
Social Media,
Free Basics,
TRAI,
Net Neutrality,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
The modern medium of the web is an open-sourced, democratic world in which equality is an ideal, which is why what is most important is Internet freedom.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Internet Freedom in India – Open to Debate
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 25, 2013
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
In the aftermath of an Index on Censorship debate in New Delhi, Kirsty Hughes says India’s web users are standing at a crossroads
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News & Media
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Internet Governance and Human Rights: Strategies and Collaborations for Empowerment
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 19, 2010
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last modified
Apr 05, 2011 03:59 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
Leading up to the 2010 IGF, The Association for Progressive Communications (APC), Global Partners, the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), IT for Change, and the Dynamic Coalition on Internet Rights and Principles are hosting, on 13 September 2010 in Vilnius, an event on 'Internet Governance and Human Rights: Strategies and Collaborations for Empowerment'.
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