G8 Science Ministers met in London on Wednesday 12 June with
Presidents of our respective national science academies, as part of the
UK’s G8 Presidency
i. To the greatest extent and with the fewest constraints possible
publicly funded scientific research data should be open, while at the
same time respecting concerns in relation to privacy, safety, security
and commercial interests, whilst acknowledging the legitimate concerns
of private partners.
ii. Open scientific research data should be easily discoverable,
accessible, assessable, intelligible, useable, and wherever possible
interoperable to specific quality standards.
Under Expanding Access, 7 items including
iv. We recognise that there are different routes to open access
(green, gold and other innovative models) which need to be explored and
potentially developed in a complementary way.
v. We recognise that the long-term preservation of the increasingly
digitized body of scientific publications and data requires careful
consideration at the national and international levels to ensure that
the scientific results of our time will be available also to future
generations.
vi. We recognise that further work is required to optimise increasing
public access to peer-reviewed, publicly funded published research and
its underlying data and that international coordination and
cooperation will provide for an efficient transition to “open access”.
Canada's minister is Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for Science & Technology
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today formally adopted an Open Data
Charter with other G-8 Leaders at the Lough Erne Summit in Northern
Ireland. In keeping with the Charter, the Prime Minister announced the
upcoming launch of a new Government Open Data Portal, data.gc.ca, which
will provide Canadians with unprecedented access to government data
and information. The next-generation Open Data Portal will be
officially launched on June 18, 2013, by Treasury Board President Tony
Clement.
UPDATE: Down in the technical annex there are some very specific commitments, including metadata mapping on GitHub.
Action 1: G8 National Action Plans
We will publish individual action plans detailing how we will
implement the Open Data Charter according to our national frameworks
(October 2013)
We will report progress on an annual basis (via the G8 Accountability Working Group) (2014 and 2015)
Action 2: Release of high value data
As a first step, we will collectively make key datasets on National
Statistics, National Maps, National Elections and National Budgets
available and discoverable (from June 2013), and we will work towards
improving their granularity and accessibility (by December 2013)
We recognise that collective action by all G8 members has the
potential to unlock barriers and foster innovative solutions to some of
the challenges we are facing. We therefore agree on a mutual effort to
increase the supply of open government data available on key functions
of our States, such as democracy and environment. We will work on
identifying datasets in these areas by December 2013, with an aim to
release them by December 2014.
We will set out in our national action plans how and when we will
release data under the remaining categories according to our national
frameworks (October 2013).
Action 3: Metadata mapping
We have contributed to and commit to maintaining the G8 metadata mapping exercise (June 2013)
This mapping can be viewed on Github and comprises a collective mapping ‘index’ across G8 member’s metadata, and a detailed page on each G8 member use of metadata within their national portal.
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2013 Lough Erne G8 Leaders' Communiqué
UPDATE 2013-06-19: The communiqué contains additional commitments in the Open Data section, including
48. This Open Data Charter will increase the supply of open government data across a
number of key categories including health, environment and transport; support
democratic processes; and ensure that all data supplied are easy to use. We encourage
others to adopt this Charter. G8 members will, by the end of this year, develop action
plans, with a view to implementation of the Charter and technical annex by the end of
2015 at the latest. We will review progress at our next meeting in 2014.
49. In keeping with the Open Data Charter principles, transparent data on G8 development
assistance are also essential for accountability. We have all agreed to implement the
Busan Common Standard on Aid Transparency, including both the Creditor Reporting
System of the OECD Development Assistance Committee and the International Aid
Transparency Initiative (IATI), by 2015. To show greater G8 leadership we will ensure
data on G8 development assistance is open, timely, comprehensive and comparable.
50. G8 members should over time apply the Busan common transparency standards to their
respective Development Finance Institutions and international public climate finance
flows consistent with the reporting of climate finance under the UN Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
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Updated National Open Data Portal
Updated http://data.gc.ca/ site, now running CKAN data engine with Drupal web front-end.
Working with the Director, and with internal and external delivery
partners, the Senior Foresight Analyst will help to shape and deliver a
world-class foresight program for NRC to address long-range issues
(10-30 years forward) important to Canada, which includes providing
strategic advice that will assist current and future investment
decisions.
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