オープンデータ社会（８０）海外のオープンデータを推進する団体・プロジェクト

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The Open Knowledge Foundation （イギリス）

The Open Knowledge Foundation (OKF) is a non-profit organisation founded in 2004 and dedicated to promoting open data and open content in all their forms – including government data, publicly funded research and public domain cultural content.

http://okfn.org/

The Open Knowledge Foundation (HQ)が推進する主なプロジェクト

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CKAN (Okfn Project)

CKAN is a complete out-of-the-box software solution that makes data accessible – by providing tools to streamline publishing, sharing, finding and using data.

http://ckan.org/

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Open Spending (Okfn Project)

The aim of Open Spending is to track every government financial transaction across the world and present it in useful and engaging forms.

http://openspending.org/

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School of Data (Okfn Project)

School of Data works to empower civil society organizations, journalists and citizens with the skills they need to use data effectively – evidence is power. Online training for data ‘wrangling’ skills. Develop the ability to find, retrieve, clean, manipulate, analyze, and represent different types of data.

http://schoolofdata.org/

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The Public Domain Review (Okfn Project)

The Public Domain Review is an online journal and serves as a bounteous gateway into the vast knowledge commons that is the public domain.

http://publicdomainreview.org/

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The Open Data Handbook (Okfn Project)

This handbook introduces you to the legal, social and technical aspects of open data. It can be used by anyone but is especially useful for those working with government data. It discusses the why, what and how of open data – why to go open, what open is, and the how to do open.

http://opendatahandbook.org/

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Open Government Data (Okfn Project)

This website is a project and home of the Working Group on Open Government Data at the Open Knowledge Foundation

http://opengovernmentdata.org/

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OpenGLAM (Okfn Project)

OpenGLAM is an initiative run by the Open Knowledge Foundation that promotes free and open access to digital cultural heritage held by Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums.

http://openglam.org/

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Linkeddata.org

Linked Data is about using the Web to connect related data that wasn't previously linked, or using the Web to lower the barriers to linking data currently linked using other methods. More specifically, Wikipedia defines Linked Data as "a term used to describe a recommended best practice for exposing, sharing, and connecting pieces of data, information, and knowledge on the Semantic Web using URIs and RDF."

http://linkeddata.org/

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Open Government Partnership

The Open Government Partnership is a global effort to make governments better. We all want more transparent, effective and accountable governments -- with institutions that empower citizens and are responsive to their aspirations.

http://www.opengovpartnership.org/

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Open Data Institute （イギリス）

The Open Data Institute will catalyse an open data culture that has economic, environmental and social benefits. It will unlock supply, generate demand, create and disseminate knowledge to address local and global issues.
We will convene world-class experts to collaborate, incubate, nurture and mentor new ideas, and promote innovation. We will enable anyone to learn and engage with open data, and empower our teams to help others through professional coaching and mentoring.

http://www.theodi.org/

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Global Open Data Initiative

The Global Open Data Initiative (GODI) is an initiative led by civil society organizations to share principles and resources for governments and societies on how to best harness the opportunities created by opening government data. It is intended to provide a roadmap of policies and institutions that countries can use to build meaningful new open data reforms and initiatives, informed by the successes of others.

http://globalopendatainitiative.org/

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Sunlight Foundation （アメリカ）

The Sunlight Foundation is a nonpartisan nonprofit founded in 2006 that uses the power of the Internet to catalyze greater government openness and transparency. We do so by creating tools, open data, policy recommendations, journalism and grant opportunities to dramatically expand access to vital government information to create accountability of our public officials.

http://sunlightfoundation.com/

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the Open Institute （ケニア）

The Open Institute is a catalyst think-do tank of Domain Experts that provide technical and advisory services in the Open Data and Open Governance Space to Governments, CSO’s, Media and Corporate Companies. In doing this, the Institute supports governments and other civic organizations to implement successful Open Data and Open Government Initiatives and deepen public engagement for these initiatives. Please browse through our website to get to know more about us and our programs.

http://www.theopeninstitute.com/

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The Data Hub

The Datahub provides free access to many of CKAN's core features, letting you search for data, register published datasets, create and manage groups of datasets, and get updates from datasets and groups you're interested in. You can use the web interface or, if you are a programmer needing to connect the Datahub with another app, the CKAN API.

http://datahub.io/

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PROJECT OPEN DATA

The White House developed Project Open Data – this collection of code, tools, and case studies – to help agencies adopt the Open Data Policy and unlock the potential of government data. Project Open Data will evolve over time as a community resource to facilitate broader adoption of open data practices in government. Anyone – government employees, contractors, developers, the general public – can view and contribute. So dive right in andhelp to build a better world through the power of open data.

http://project-open-data.github.io/

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Code for America

Code for America envisions a government that works by the people, for the people, in the 21st century.

http://codeforamerica.org/

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Code for Europe

We strive to solve local civic challenges, by agile temporary teams of developers, in a way that the solutions are easily reuseable for other European cities.

http://codeforeurope.net/