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Digital Public Goods Standard
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Indicator 3 expanded for Open Data #123

Closed prajectory closed 3 weeks ago

prajectory commented 2 years ago

Can we extend this indicator to think of ownership in a more democratic manner? Open Data projects cannot adhere to having ownership of the project itself. They may have ownership over the governance of the project but as a digital public good, they don't have ownership over the data itself. In this case, they are data stewards more than data owners.

Changes to consider: Clear stewardship and not ownership

prajectory commented 2 years ago

This is to be resolved once the CoP on Open Data finds answers for various definitions that are open to interpretation at the moment. Open data projects have custodians, owners and stewards - asking for ownership in this case places liability. Data ownership refers to both the possession of and responsibility for information. Ownership implies power as well as control.

All of these will be discussed with experts and resolved over a period of time. This issue will be updated as we gain more clarity.