Friday I headed up to Sebastopol to participate in the first Open Government Working Group meeting, hosted by Tim O'Reilly of O'Reilly Media and Carl Malamud, of Public.Resource.Org, and sponsored by the Sunlight Foundation, Google, and Yahoo!.
It was an amazing gathering of Internet thought leaders, activist technologists, and open government advocates from several countries -- individuals who believe that "governments of the world can become more effective, transparent, and relevant to our lives" by embracing principles of openness and data-sharing. I'm proud of what we accomplished in two days of discussion and collaboration.
Here's more context from the announcement we published:
The Internet is the public space of the modern world, and through it governments now have the opportunity to better understand the needs of their citizens and citizens may participate more fully in their government. Information becomes more valuable as it is shared, less valuable as it is hoarded. Open data promotes increased civil discourse, improved public welfare, and a more efficient use of public resources.
The output of our session is a set of fundamental principles for open government data -- and a Request for Comments via group discussion or directly on the Open Government Data wiki. We agreed that data can be considered open if it is: complete, primary, timely, accessible, machine-processable, non-discriminatory, non-proprietary, and license-free.
Here's a short video by David Orban in conversation with Larry Lessig on Open Government Data principles:
Check out the opengovdata tag on flickr and delicious for added perspective.
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