Gavin Baker at Open Access News is reporting that the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has posted a draft document on publishing open government data. The W3C is responsible, in part, for development of HTML, XML and other web standards. From the post:
Although the reasons may vary, the logistics and practicalities of opening government data are the same. To help governments open and share their data, the W3C eGov Interest Group has developed the following guidelines. These straightforward steps emphasize standards and methodologies to encourage publication of government data, allowing the public to use this data in new and innovative ways.
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