The world of ‘Open data’ is not just an issue being hotly debated across the international stage but it seems to be accelerating.
In just the last month there has been…
http://www.slideshare.net/laura_Cz/open-everything-exploring-open-in-higher-education from South Africa
http://www.globalimpactstudy.org/2012/04/open-data-open-research-discussion-at-ictd-2012/ in the US
http://blog.finnish-institute.org.uk/2012/03/our-new-research-on-open-data-argues.html from Finland
as well as the major news about the Welcome Trust http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/apr/10/government-backs-research-results-public?newsfeed=true
What does all this mean ?
Perhaps it’s too early to say that there is a definite pattern but I would contend that the debate is maturing rapidly and it’s certainly an exciting time to be involved in this area. Especially when you don’t have to be a large organisation to have a voice, as demonstrated by the always entertaining (and informative) http://cameronneylon.net/