Segnaliamo l'interessante articolo di Leslie Johnston, pubblicato sul blog The signal digital preservation della Library of Congress. L'articolo descrive lo stato dell'arte negli Stati Uniti , in merito alla "politica dei dati aperti", ponendo l'accento in particolare sul problema della conservazione dei dataset.
"May 9, 2013, the U.S. government issued an executive order and an open data policy mandating that federal agencies collect and publish new datasets in open, machine-readable, and, whenever possible, non-proprietary formats. The new policy gives agencies six months to create an inventory of all the government-produced datasets they collect and maintain; a list of datasets that are publicly accessible; and an online system to collect feedback from the public as to how they would like to use the data. The goals are twofold — greater access to government data for the public, and the availability of data in forms that businesses and researchers can better use. This builds on the earlier White House Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government. [...]"
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In Italia Giovanni Bruno ha commentato tale politica, con riferimenti alla situazione del nostro paese e link ad altre risorse, in un interessante intervento sul magazine di Regesta.exe: