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Open Policy Network

2013-08-23T17:37:28Z

Thomasjones1: /* Governance */

As of 2 April 2013.

'''''Open Policy Network: Ensuring open access to publicly funded resources''
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== Overview ==

In 2011-2012, Creative Commons (CC) and other open organizations were contacted by multiple institutions and governments seeking assistance to develop materials and strategies for open policies. The need for open policy support was amplified at the CC 2011 Global Summit in Warsaw, Poland. CC Affiliates from 35 countries called for a central hub where open policies could be shared and discussed. They were clear: without clearly defined support, open policies are significantly less likely to be introduced and adopted. In October 2012 Creative Commons continued this exploration by convening a meeting of “open” leaders to brainstorm possibilities and challenges in developing resources and services to increase open policies.

As open advocates, organizations and policy makers recognize the potential for open policies to significantly increase the amount and quality of publicly funded education, research, data, and software, there is a pressing need to provide them support so they can successfully create, adopt and implement open policies. Open policies promote open licensing of resources financed through public funding in order to maximize the impact of the investment.

:Open Policy = publicly funded resources are openly licensed resources.

If we are going to unleash the power of hundreds of billions of dollars of publicly funded education, research, data, and software, we need broad adoption of open policies. For the purposes of open policies that contribute to the public good, we define policy broadly as legislation, institutional policies, and/or funder mandates.

We have observed that current open policy efforts are decentralized, uncoordinated and insular; there is poor and/or sporadic information sharing. There are at least two major barriers that have prevented broad open policy adoption. (1) There is limited support for open policy advocates, organizations and policy makers who want to create, adopt and implement open policies. (2) Existing policy makers need help in articulating and messaging how open policies can increase the impact of public investments.

The open community needs access to existing open policies, legislation, and action plans for how open policies were created, discussed and passed. Advocates need to know what barriers were encountered and how they were overcome, and because politics and opportunities are local, open advocates may need support customizing an open policy solution and strategy.

If we get this simple idea right, open sustainability could cease to be an issue because: (a) there is plenty of public funding to build and maintain all of the education, research, data, and software the world needs, and (b) “open” becomes the default and “closed” becomes the exception for publicly funded resources.

== Description and rationale ==

Open policies promote access to, and open licensing of, resources financed through public funding. Open policies can maximize the impact of public investments in science, data, education, libraries, archives, museums, software and other resources through the efficient use and reuse of resources for the public good.

The Open Policy Network (OPN) supports the creation, adoption and implementation of open policies around the world. It does this by:

* mapping the open policy space across open sectors;
* identifying open policy gaps and opportunities within and across sectors;
* communicating the social and economic value of open policy;
* networking together those trying to develop open policies with organizations, communities and individuals who have open policy expertise; and
* curating case studies and open policy exemplars for others to use or adapt.

In addition to supporting the creation, adoption and implementation of open policies, it is equally as important to support the updating of existing policy frameworks, so open policies can be effective and long-lasting. Existing policies need to be reviewed and modified as needed to support the implementation of open policies. For example, an open policy that leads to the creation of new open textbooks is less impactful if textbook procurement policies do not allow schools to adopt open textbooks.

Open policy advocates need to present a coordinated case to policymakers that 21st century legal and technical tools can be used to significantly improve the effectiveness of investments in publicly funded resources. The global reach and increasing speed and bandwidth of the Internet; the decreasing cost of hardware and near zero costs of digital storage, copying and distribution; open licensing, and the popularity of mobile devices is making accessibility to digital content universally possible. When policy makers understand the power of open policies, they can avoid the lock-in of stale frameworks and existing financial models, so they can maximize the positive societal impact of publicly funded resources.

== Mission ==

The mission of the Open Policy Network is to foster the creation, adoption and implementation of open policies and practices that advance the public good by supporting open policy advocates, organizations and policy makers, connecting open policy opportunities with assistance, and sharing open policy information.

== Guiding principles ==

* The adoption of open policies can maximize the return on public investments and promote a global commons of resources for innovative reuse.
* Publicly funded resources should be openly licensed resources.
* Open policies should require, as a default, licenses compliant with the [http://opendefinition.org/okd/ Open Definition], with a preference for open licenses that at most require attribution to the author (such as [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC BY]) for publicly funded content and no rights reserved (such as [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ CC0]) for publicly funded data. OPN recognizes there may be limited exceptions to the default.
* The OPN is a open network free for anyone to join as long as they agree to contribute and abide by the mission and guiding principles.
* The OPN work is aligned with the recommendations of:
** [http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/openaccess/boai-10-recommendations Budapest Open Access Initiative: 10 Years On]
** [http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CI/CI/pdf/Events/Paris%20OER%20Declaration_01.pdf Paris Open Educational Resources Declaration]
** [http://www.capetowndeclaration.org/read-the-declaration Cape Town Declaration]
** [http://pantonprinciples.org/ Panton Principles]
** [http://infojustice.org/washington-declaration-html Washington Declaration on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest]

== Operational Work Plan ==

OPN will:
* Connect policy makers and other interested parties to expert open policy advocates and organizations who are able to provide assistance and support when open policy opportunities arise.
* Identify and build new open policy resources and/or services only where capacity and expertise does not currently exist, by providing needed resources, information and advice.
* Provide a baseline level of assistance for open policy opportunities as they arise, to ensure no open policy opportunity goes unfulfilled.
* Link to, catalog and curate existing and new open policies and open policy resources from around the world.
* Connect open policy advocates and organizations on a listserv and monthly phone conference to maximize knowledge transfer and cooperation.
* Build new constituencies and advocates in support of open policies.
* Operate in a manner respectful of member organizations’ existing messaging, communities and business models.
* Release all content produced by the OPN under CC BY and data under CC0, in a fully transparent manner on the OPN web site.
* Release all content produced by the OPN, including the OPN website, under multiple languages.
[[File:OPN_Opportunity_Request_Workflow.jpg|800px]]

== Governance ==

The OPN is comprised of expert individuals, organizations and potentially companies who support the OPN’s mission and guiding principles.

Option 1 - Loose coalition
* This would be the most nimble framework. Essentially a free-to-join coalition with a listserv and monthly conference calls. Members could choose whether or not to be listed on the OPN website (with relevant contact information). This would primarily be a networking and information sharing structure, and discussion and decisions about the OPN (e.g., funding or mission change) would be made through the listserv and a monthly conference call. One person or organization would be responsible for maintaining a minimal website, open listserv, monthly calls, and routing any unsolicited requests for policy assistance to the appropriate member of the OPN.
* + paid secretariat option

Option 2 - Rotating council
* This framework would include most of the activities in Option 1, except a 5-person rotating council, with input from OPN members, would make administrative decisions. The council would provide leadership in directing open policy inquiries, prioritizing OPN activities, assist with fundraising, and setting the agenda for monthly calls. Any OPN member may nominate her/himself or another OPN member to be on the council. Council members will be voted onto the council by OPN members. The council membership would rotate every year with an annual election. Each newly elected council would elect its chair who would serve for a 1-year term. If organizations directly responsible for maintaining the OPN [http://www.247choppers.co.uk website], open listserv, monthly calls, and/or OPN fundraising are not members of the council, those organizations may choose to have ex-officio seats on the council to keep the council informed of those key activities.
* + paid secretariat option

Paid secretariat option (defined)
* This would be the most formal framework and could contain provisions from both Options 1 and/or 2. The secretariat would be a part- or full-time person responsible for most of the administrative duties, and routing of inquiries to relevant groups at the direction of the council. The secretariat could also be tasked with seeking additional funding, developing a research agenda, managing OPN fellows, or other tasks as directed by the council. This option will require immediate funding considerations.

== Work Product: OPN services and resources ==

Short-term:
* Setup website, listserv, monthly phone call
** Register domain name (in process), create logo
* Secure funding to support OPN activities determined by [insert governance structure]
* Advertise through OPN member websites, email listservs, and conferences
* Develop model open policies and bills
* Develop open policy implementation kits with slides and talking points
* Provide as-needed consulting / mentoring / networking
** establish pool of expertise across OPN organizations to support:
*** updating of existing policy frameworks
*** communication on impact and value of open policy
*** creation, adoption and implementation of open policies
*** customization of open policy solutions and strategies
* Finding, curating and posting existing open policies / laws
**link out to existing open policy sites (e.g., ROARMAP and OER Policy Registry)

Medium-term:
* Messaging: media / public relations work
* Teach key policy stakeholders about open policies through webinars, keynotes, editorials, conference presentations and School of Open classes
* Research: evaluating existing open policies and writing open policy briefs
** identify open policy gaps and opportunities within and across countries and sectors
** provide support for development of new open policy resources
** support global adoption and implementation including translation and localization of resources
* OPN fellows program and/or graduate student researchers
* OPN meetings / convenings for policy makers
* Ongoing recruitment of experts and leaders to join the efforts around open policy, especially in key areas such as OER.

== Funding ==

CC has allocated a small amount of staff time and resources to support the launch phase of the OPN, but more resources will be needed for the OPN to thrive. CC is willing to help explore additional funding, and can act as fiscal agent if useful. Alternatively, CC is happy to partner with other organizations interested in helping to secure funding and managing finances for the OPN.

OPN members / council will also need to discuss how to address advocacy and grassroots / direct lobbying especially with regard to funding restrictions from foundations. It might be helpful to have a pool of unrestricted funds that could be used for lobbying should such an open policy opportunity arise. This should be discussed in detail given the sensitive nature of the topic.

== Roadmap ==
* [[/2012_Convening|Brainstorming meeting in California, October 2012]]
* [http://etherpad.creativecommons.org/p/OPI_call_Nov_27 Conference call notes November 27 2012; December 13 2012]
* [http://etherpad.creativecommons.org/p/OPN_Jan17 Conference call notes January 17 2013]

Data and CC licenses

2013-08-23T17:19:18Z

Thomasjones1: /* Uniprot */

Where CC0 is not desired for whatever reason (business requirements, community wishes, institutional policy…), CC licenses can and should be used for data and databases — with the important caveat that CC 3.0 license conditions do not apply to uses of data and databases that do not implicate copyright. Read more about this [http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/26283 here].

==Data and CC license use cases==
This is a list of uses of CC licenses for data. For uses of the [[CC0]] public domain dedication for data, see [[CC0 use for data]].

===[[Government_use_of_Creative_Commons#Australia|Australia Federal Government]]===
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Three of the largest sources of Australian federal government data sets — [[Case_Studies/Australian_Bureau_of_Statistics|Australian Bureau of Statistics]] (ABS), [http://www.ga.gov.au/ Geoscience Australia] and the still beta
[http://data.australia.gov.au/ data.australia.gov.au] — are all licensed by default under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/ CC Attribution]. Together these sites provide free access to all of Australia's census data, official geoscientific information and knowledge, and other miscellaneous government data (such as the location of public toilets). The [http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/Home/%C2%A9+Copyright?opendocument#from-banner=GB ABS] and [http://www.ga.gov.au/copyright.jsp Geoscience Australia] have detailed copyright and attribution guidelines to assist with user implementation. data.australia.gov.au played a major role in the [http://mashupaustralia.org/ Mashup Australia] competition run by Australia's [http://gov2.net.au/ Government 2.0 Taskforce]. Results from the contest (over 50 datasets) were released on data.australia.gov.au.
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===[[Case_Studies/Government_Information_Licensing_Framework|Australia Queensland State Government]]===
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[http://pan.search.qld.gov.au/search/search.cgi?collection=qld-gov&profile=oesr&num_ranks=10&tiers=off&query=creative+commons Various data] in the Australian state of Queensland's Office of Economic and Statistical Research are licensed under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/au/ CC Attribution]. The Queensland Government Information Licensing Framework (GILF) seeks to create and implement a new standardized CC licensing arrangement for all Queensland Government information.
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===[[Case_Studies/Open Data Austria|Austrian government]]===
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The Austrian government has launched an [http://data.gv.at/ open data portal] with much of its data available under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC BY]. The portal's [http://data.gv.at/nutzungsbedingungen/ terms of use] states (via google translator), "The Cooperation for Open Data OGD recommends the license "Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Austria ( CC BY 3.0 ) ". We must make the data to copy, distribute, publicly accessible, commercial use, and make modifications and adaptations of the work or of the content. It does not mean that everything on this portal, which will be released in the future as open data, necessarily subject to this license. You see, therefore, indicated in the description of data, the appropriate license for that particular record. In the CC BY 3.0 license just mentioned the name of the author or copyright holder is to be mentioned in a fixed manner."
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===[[Case_Studies/ChEMBL|ChEMBL]]===
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http://chem-bla-ics.blogspot.com/2011/04/chembl-09-as-rdf.html?m=1
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===[[Case_Studies/DBpedia|DBpedia]]===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/DBpedia|?Image Header|link=none}}
DBpedia is a community organized effort to extract structured data from Wikipedia and make it available on the web so that it can be queried and linked to other datasets. DBpedia currently describes 3.5 million things, and is available for [http://wiki.dbpedia.org/Downloads36 download] under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ CC Attribution-ShareAlike].
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===Finnish Libraries===
Several Finnish libraries have opened up their data via the CC BY-SA license:
* http://labs.kirjastot.fi/blog/helsingin-kaupunginkirjasto-avasi-helmet-luettelointitiedot-avoimena-datana
* http://www.kirjastot.fi/fi-FI/ajankohtaista/tiedote/ajankohtaista/varsinais-suomen-kirjastojen-data-avoimeksi
* http://data.kirjastot.fi/data.html
* https://app.e2ma.net/app/view:CampaignPublic/id:1403149.7214447972/rid:48e64615892ac6adde9a4066e88c736c

=== [[Case_Studies/Freebase|Freebase]] ===
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Freebase is a collaborative project that imports structured data from a [http://wiki.freebase.com/wiki/Data_source variety of sources] on the web, including Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, and the Stanford University Library. Freebase currently contains information about 20 million topics, or entities, and its data is available for reuse under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ CC Attribution].
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=== [[Case_Studies/Geocommons|Geocommons]] ===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/Geocommons|?Image Header|link=none}}
http://geocommons.com/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/creative_commons_mapping_platform_geocommons_launc.php
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=== [[Case_Studes/Google|Google]] ===
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Google Ngram Viewer has released its dataset under CC BY: http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/datasets.
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===[[Government_use_of_Creative_Commons#Greece|Greece Government]]===
Greece has opened up its geospatial data by implementing CC on [http://geodata.gov.gr/geodata/ geodata.gov.gr/geodata]. The data is available under CC Attribution or CC Attribution-ShareAlike [http://geodata.gov.gr/geodata/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2&Itemid=6#how according to the type of data]. Greek geodata is also available at [http://opengeodata.gr opengeodata.gr] [http://www.opengeodata.gr/?p=261 under CC Attribution-ShareAlike], an implementation of the [http://www.inspire-geoportal.eu/index.cfm INSPIRE] directive.

===[[Government_use_of_Creative_Commons#Italy|Italian Government]]===
Italy's National Institute of Statistics has [http://www.istat.it/it/note-legali released all data] on its site under the CC Attribution license. The Italian Chamber of Deputies shares [http://data.camera.it/data/en/ its data] via CC BY-SA. The Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research also launched its [http://archivio.pubblica.istruzione.it/scuola_in_chiaro/open_data/index.html Open Data portal] under CC BY.

=== [[Case_Studies/MusicBrainz|MusicBrainz]] ===
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[http://musicbrainz.org/ MusicBrainz] is a user-maintained database of information about artists and their music, including title, artist, release date, format, and other data. The data on MusicBrainz is available as public domain material free to be reused without restrictions or under the CC Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike. The distinctions between types of data are explained [http://musicbrainz.org/doc/MusicBrainz_License here].
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=== [[Case_Studies/Mydosis Portal|Mydosis Portal]] ===
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The contents of the database Mydosis are licensed under a [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License].
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===[[Government_use_of_Creative_Commons#New_Zealand|New Zealand Government]]===
New Zealand's [http://www.mfe.govt.nz/issues/climate/lucas/data/land-use-mapping.html Ministry for the Environment’s Land Cover Database and the Land Environments New Zealand classification] was released under a [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/nz CC Attribution license] on the [http://koordinates.com/ Koordinates] website. More info is available at [http://www.creativecommons.org.nz/news_and_events/news/koordinates_showcases_govt_cc_datasets CC New Zealand].

=== Open Directory Project (dmoz) ===
CC-BY, http://www.dmoz.org/license.html

=== [[Case_Studies/OpenStreetMap|OpenStreetMap]] ===
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[http://www.openstreetmap.org/ OpenStreetMap] is a user-generated map of the world, amassing geodata collaboratively from around the globe. Its dataset is available under CC Attribution-ShareAlike. After the earthquake in Haiti, OpenStreetMap found an [http://crisiscommons.org/Haiti-Open-Street-Map immediate niche] to fill, launching their [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Haiti Project Haiti page] in an effort to map out what was, at the time, a largely incomplete geographical picture, helping those on the ground in Haiti get to where they needed to be with greater accuracy.
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===[[Case_Studies/Powerhouse_Museum,_Sydney|Powerhouse Museum]]===
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[http://www.powerhousemuseum.com Powerhouse Museum] - releases a large range of material under CC, including its [http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/imageservices/ photo of the day], [http://play.powerhousemuseum.com/ downloadable pdfs] from its Play program and the museum's general [http://www.creativecommons.org.au/node/225 collection information and data].
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===[[Case_Studies/Open Data Euskadi|Spain (Basque) Government - Open Data Euskadi]]===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/Open Data Euskadi|?Image Header|link=none}}
In 2009, the Basque government opened up its data via the portal [http://opendata.euskadi.net/ Open Data Euskadi], licensing all of its public data under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ CC Attribution]. The Basque government listed as its reasoning for opening data, to "generate value and wealth," "create transparency," and "facilitate interoperability between administrations." The government especially encourages reuse of its data by the private sector, other public administrations, and stakeholders to promote transparency in government.
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===[[Case_Studies/StackOverflow.com|Stack Overflow]]===
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*http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/06/stack-overflow-creative-commons-data-dump/
*http://blog.stackoverflow.com/category/cc-wiki-dump/
*CC BY-SA
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=== [[Case_Studies/Uniprot|Uniprot]] ===
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Uniprot, the world’s most comprehensive catalog of information on proteins, is available for reuse under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/ CC Attribution-NoDerivs]. The license is viable for all [http://www.uniprot.org/help/license copyrightable parts] of Uniprot's database.
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===[[Government_use_of_Creative_Commons#United_Kingdom|United Kingdom Government]]===
Through [http://data.gov.uk/ data.gov.uk], the United Kingdom has made available a growing number of government datasets (currently at 5,400) under [http://data.gov.uk/terms-and-conditions terms that are interoperable] with the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC Attribution license]. This portal includes all affiliated websites such as the [http://www.ordinancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/opendata/licence/ Ordinance Survey's] maps.

Data and CC licenses

2013-08-23T17:18:49Z

Thomasjones1: /* Uniprot */

Where CC0 is not desired for whatever reason (business requirements, community wishes, institutional policy…), CC licenses can and should be used for data and databases — with the important caveat that CC 3.0 license conditions do not apply to uses of data and databases that do not implicate copyright. Read more about this [http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/26283 here].

==Data and CC license use cases==
This is a list of uses of CC licenses for data. For uses of the [[CC0]] public domain dedication for data, see [[CC0 use for data]].

===[[Government_use_of_Creative_Commons#Australia|Australia Federal Government]]===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/Australian_Bureau_of_Statistics|?Image Header|link=none}}
Three of the largest sources of Australian federal government data sets — [[Case_Studies/Australian_Bureau_of_Statistics|Australian Bureau of Statistics]] (ABS), [http://www.ga.gov.au/ Geoscience Australia] and the still beta
[http://data.australia.gov.au/ data.australia.gov.au] — are all licensed by default under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/ CC Attribution]. Together these sites provide free access to all of Australia's census data, official geoscientific information and knowledge, and other miscellaneous government data (such as the location of public toilets). The [http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/Home/%C2%A9+Copyright?opendocument#from-banner=GB ABS] and [http://www.ga.gov.au/copyright.jsp Geoscience Australia] have detailed copyright and attribution guidelines to assist with user implementation. data.australia.gov.au played a major role in the [http://mashupaustralia.org/ Mashup Australia] competition run by Australia's [http://gov2.net.au/ Government 2.0 Taskforce]. Results from the contest (over 50 datasets) were released on data.australia.gov.au.
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===[[Case_Studies/Government_Information_Licensing_Framework|Australia Queensland State Government]]===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/Government_Information_Licensing_Framework|?Image Header|link=none}}
[http://pan.search.qld.gov.au/search/search.cgi?collection=qld-gov&profile=oesr&num_ranks=10&tiers=off&query=creative+commons Various data] in the Australian state of Queensland's Office of Economic and Statistical Research are licensed under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/au/ CC Attribution]. The Queensland Government Information Licensing Framework (GILF) seeks to create and implement a new standardized CC licensing arrangement for all Queensland Government information.
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===[[Case_Studies/Open Data Austria|Austrian government]]===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/Open_Data_Austria|?Image Header|link=none}}
The Austrian government has launched an [http://data.gv.at/ open data portal] with much of its data available under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC BY]. The portal's [http://data.gv.at/nutzungsbedingungen/ terms of use] states (via google translator), "The Cooperation for Open Data OGD recommends the license "Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Austria ( CC BY 3.0 ) ". We must make the data to copy, distribute, publicly accessible, commercial use, and make modifications and adaptations of the work or of the content. It does not mean that everything on this portal, which will be released in the future as open data, necessarily subject to this license. You see, therefore, indicated in the description of data, the appropriate license for that particular record. In the CC BY 3.0 license just mentioned the name of the author or copyright holder is to be mentioned in a fixed manner."
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===[[Case_Studies/ChEMBL|ChEMBL]]===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/ChEMBL|?Image Header|link=none}}
http://chem-bla-ics.blogspot.com/2011/04/chembl-09-as-rdf.html?m=1
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===[[Case_Studies/DBpedia|DBpedia]]===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/DBpedia|?Image Header|link=none}}
DBpedia is a community organized effort to extract structured data from Wikipedia and make it available on the web so that it can be queried and linked to other datasets. DBpedia currently describes 3.5 million things, and is available for [http://wiki.dbpedia.org/Downloads36 download] under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ CC Attribution-ShareAlike].
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===Finnish Libraries===
Several Finnish libraries have opened up their data via the CC BY-SA license:
* http://labs.kirjastot.fi/blog/helsingin-kaupunginkirjasto-avasi-helmet-luettelointitiedot-avoimena-datana
* http://www.kirjastot.fi/fi-FI/ajankohtaista/tiedote/ajankohtaista/varsinais-suomen-kirjastojen-data-avoimeksi
* http://data.kirjastot.fi/data.html
* https://app.e2ma.net/app/view:CampaignPublic/id:1403149.7214447972/rid:48e64615892ac6adde9a4066e88c736c

=== [[Case_Studies/Freebase|Freebase]] ===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/Freebase|?Image Header|link=none}}
Freebase is a collaborative project that imports structured data from a [http://wiki.freebase.com/wiki/Data_source variety of sources] on the web, including Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, and the Stanford University Library. Freebase currently contains information about 20 million topics, or entities, and its data is available for reuse under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ CC Attribution].
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=== [[Case_Studies/Geocommons|Geocommons]] ===
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http://geocommons.com/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/creative_commons_mapping_platform_geocommons_launc.php
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=== [[Case_Studes/Google|Google]] ===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/Google|?Image Header|link=none}}
Google Ngram Viewer has released its dataset under CC BY: http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/datasets.
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===[[Government_use_of_Creative_Commons#Greece|Greece Government]]===
Greece has opened up its geospatial data by implementing CC on [http://geodata.gov.gr/geodata/ geodata.gov.gr/geodata]. The data is available under CC Attribution or CC Attribution-ShareAlike [http://geodata.gov.gr/geodata/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2&Itemid=6#how according to the type of data]. Greek geodata is also available at [http://opengeodata.gr opengeodata.gr] [http://www.opengeodata.gr/?p=261 under CC Attribution-ShareAlike], an implementation of the [http://www.inspire-geoportal.eu/index.cfm INSPIRE] directive.

===[[Government_use_of_Creative_Commons#Italy|Italian Government]]===
Italy's National Institute of Statistics has [http://www.istat.it/it/note-legali released all data] on its site under the CC Attribution license. The Italian Chamber of Deputies shares [http://data.camera.it/data/en/ its data] via CC BY-SA. The Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research also launched its [http://archivio.pubblica.istruzione.it/scuola_in_chiaro/open_data/index.html Open Data portal] under CC BY.

=== [[Case_Studies/MusicBrainz|MusicBrainz]] ===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/MusicBrainz|?Image Header|link=none}}
[http://musicbrainz.org/ MusicBrainz] is a user-maintained database of information about artists and their music, including title, artist, release date, format, and other data. The data on MusicBrainz is available as public domain material free to be reused without restrictions or under the CC Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike. The distinctions between types of data are explained [http://musicbrainz.org/doc/MusicBrainz_License here].
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=== [[Case_Studies/Mydosis Portal|Mydosis Portal]] ===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/Mydosis Portal|?Image Header|link=none}}
The contents of the database Mydosis are licensed under a [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License].
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</div>

===[[Government_use_of_Creative_Commons#New_Zealand|New Zealand Government]]===
New Zealand's [http://www.mfe.govt.nz/issues/climate/lucas/data/land-use-mapping.html Ministry for the Environment’s Land Cover Database and the Land Environments New Zealand classification] was released under a [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/nz CC Attribution license] on the [http://koordinates.com/ Koordinates] website. More info is available at [http://www.creativecommons.org.nz/news_and_events/news/koordinates_showcases_govt_cc_datasets CC New Zealand].

=== Open Directory Project (dmoz) ===
CC-BY, http://www.dmoz.org/license.html

=== [[Case_Studies/OpenStreetMap|OpenStreetMap]] ===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/OpenStreetMap|?Image Header|link=}}
[http://www.openstreetmap.org/ OpenStreetMap] is a user-generated map of the world, amassing geodata collaboratively from around the globe. Its dataset is available under CC Attribution-ShareAlike. After the earthquake in Haiti, OpenStreetMap found an [http://crisiscommons.org/Haiti-Open-Street-Map immediate niche] to fill, launching their [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Haiti Project Haiti page] in an effort to map out what was, at the time, a largely incomplete geographical picture, helping those on the ground in Haiti get to where they needed to be with greater accuracy.
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===[[Case_Studies/Powerhouse_Museum,_Sydney|Powerhouse Museum]]===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/Powerhouse_Museum,_Sydney|?Image Header|link=none}}
[http://www.powerhousemuseum.com Powerhouse Museum] - releases a large range of material under CC, including its [http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/imageservices/ photo of the day], [http://play.powerhousemuseum.com/ downloadable pdfs] from its Play program and the museum's general [http://www.creativecommons.org.au/node/225 collection information and data].
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</div>

===[[Case_Studies/Open Data Euskadi|Spain (Basque) Government - Open Data Euskadi]]===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/Open Data Euskadi|?Image Header|link=none}}
In 2009, the Basque government opened up its data via the portal [http://opendata.euskadi.net/ Open Data Euskadi], licensing all of its public data under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ CC Attribution]. The Basque government listed as its reasoning for opening data, to "generate value and wealth," "create transparency," and "facilitate interoperability between administrations." The government especially encourages reuse of its data by the private sector, other public administrations, and stakeholders to promote transparency in government.
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===[[Case_Studies/StackOverflow.com|Stack Overflow]]===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/Stack Overflow|?Image Header|link=none}}
*http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/06/stack-overflow-creative-commons-data-dump/
*http://blog.stackoverflow.com/category/cc-wiki-dump/
*CC BY-SA
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=== [[Case_Studies/Uniprot|Uniprot]] ===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/Uniprot|?Image Header|link="http://www.247choppers.co.uk"}}
Uniprot, the world’s most comprehensive catalog of information on proteins, is available for reuse under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/ CC Attribution-NoDerivs]. The license is viable for all [http://www.uniprot.org/help/license copyrightable parts] of Uniprot's database.
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</div>

===[[Government_use_of_Creative_Commons#United_Kingdom|United Kingdom Government]]===
Through [http://data.gov.uk/ data.gov.uk], the United Kingdom has made available a growing number of government datasets (currently at 5,400) under [http://data.gov.uk/terms-and-conditions terms that are interoperable] with the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC Attribution license]. This portal includes all affiliated websites such as the [http://www.ordinancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/opendata/licence/ Ordinance Survey's] maps.

Data and CC licenses

2013-08-23T17:17:49Z

Thomasjones1: /* OpenStreetMap */

Where CC0 is not desired for whatever reason (business requirements, community wishes, institutional policy…), CC licenses can and should be used for data and databases — with the important caveat that CC 3.0 license conditions do not apply to uses of data and databases that do not implicate copyright. Read more about this [http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/26283 here].

==Data and CC license use cases==
This is a list of uses of CC licenses for data. For uses of the [[CC0]] public domain dedication for data, see [[CC0 use for data]].

===[[Government_use_of_Creative_Commons#Australia|Australia Federal Government]]===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/Australian_Bureau_of_Statistics|?Image Header|link=none}}
Three of the largest sources of Australian federal government data sets — [[Case_Studies/Australian_Bureau_of_Statistics|Australian Bureau of Statistics]] (ABS), [http://www.ga.gov.au/ Geoscience Australia] and the still beta
[http://data.australia.gov.au/ data.australia.gov.au] — are all licensed by default under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/ CC Attribution]. Together these sites provide free access to all of Australia's census data, official geoscientific information and knowledge, and other miscellaneous government data (such as the location of public toilets). The [http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/Home/%C2%A9+Copyright?opendocument#from-banner=GB ABS] and [http://www.ga.gov.au/copyright.jsp Geoscience Australia] have detailed copyright and attribution guidelines to assist with user implementation. data.australia.gov.au played a major role in the [http://mashupaustralia.org/ Mashup Australia] competition run by Australia's [http://gov2.net.au/ Government 2.0 Taskforce]. Results from the contest (over 50 datasets) were released on data.australia.gov.au.
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===[[Case_Studies/Government_Information_Licensing_Framework|Australia Queensland State Government]]===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/Government_Information_Licensing_Framework|?Image Header|link=none}}
[http://pan.search.qld.gov.au/search/search.cgi?collection=qld-gov&profile=oesr&num_ranks=10&tiers=off&query=creative+commons Various data] in the Australian state of Queensland's Office of Economic and Statistical Research are licensed under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/au/ CC Attribution]. The Queensland Government Information Licensing Framework (GILF) seeks to create and implement a new standardized CC licensing arrangement for all Queensland Government information.
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===[[Case_Studies/Open Data Austria|Austrian government]]===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/Open_Data_Austria|?Image Header|link=none}}
The Austrian government has launched an [http://data.gv.at/ open data portal] with much of its data available under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC BY]. The portal's [http://data.gv.at/nutzungsbedingungen/ terms of use] states (via google translator), "The Cooperation for Open Data OGD recommends the license "Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Austria ( CC BY 3.0 ) ". We must make the data to copy, distribute, publicly accessible, commercial use, and make modifications and adaptations of the work or of the content. It does not mean that everything on this portal, which will be released in the future as open data, necessarily subject to this license. You see, therefore, indicated in the description of data, the appropriate license for that particular record. In the CC BY 3.0 license just mentioned the name of the author or copyright holder is to be mentioned in a fixed manner."
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===[[Case_Studies/ChEMBL|ChEMBL]]===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/ChEMBL|?Image Header|link=none}}
http://chem-bla-ics.blogspot.com/2011/04/chembl-09-as-rdf.html?m=1
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===[[Case_Studies/DBpedia|DBpedia]]===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/DBpedia|?Image Header|link=none}}
DBpedia is a community organized effort to extract structured data from Wikipedia and make it available on the web so that it can be queried and linked to other datasets. DBpedia currently describes 3.5 million things, and is available for [http://wiki.dbpedia.org/Downloads36 download] under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ CC Attribution-ShareAlike].
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</div>

===Finnish Libraries===
Several Finnish libraries have opened up their data via the CC BY-SA license:
* http://labs.kirjastot.fi/blog/helsingin-kaupunginkirjasto-avasi-helmet-luettelointitiedot-avoimena-datana
* http://www.kirjastot.fi/fi-FI/ajankohtaista/tiedote/ajankohtaista/varsinais-suomen-kirjastojen-data-avoimeksi
* http://data.kirjastot.fi/data.html
* https://app.e2ma.net/app/view:CampaignPublic/id:1403149.7214447972/rid:48e64615892ac6adde9a4066e88c736c

=== [[Case_Studies/Freebase|Freebase]] ===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/Freebase|?Image Header|link=none}}
Freebase is a collaborative project that imports structured data from a [http://wiki.freebase.com/wiki/Data_source variety of sources] on the web, including Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, and the Stanford University Library. Freebase currently contains information about 20 million topics, or entities, and its data is available for reuse under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ CC Attribution].
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=== [[Case_Studies/Geocommons|Geocommons]] ===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/Geocommons|?Image Header|link=none}}
http://geocommons.com/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/creative_commons_mapping_platform_geocommons_launc.php
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=== [[Case_Studes/Google|Google]] ===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/Google|?Image Header|link=none}}
Google Ngram Viewer has released its dataset under CC BY: http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/datasets.
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</div>

===[[Government_use_of_Creative_Commons#Greece|Greece Government]]===
Greece has opened up its geospatial data by implementing CC on [http://geodata.gov.gr/geodata/ geodata.gov.gr/geodata]. The data is available under CC Attribution or CC Attribution-ShareAlike [http://geodata.gov.gr/geodata/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2&Itemid=6#how according to the type of data]. Greek geodata is also available at [http://opengeodata.gr opengeodata.gr] [http://www.opengeodata.gr/?p=261 under CC Attribution-ShareAlike], an implementation of the [http://www.inspire-geoportal.eu/index.cfm INSPIRE] directive.

===[[Government_use_of_Creative_Commons#Italy|Italian Government]]===
Italy's National Institute of Statistics has [http://www.istat.it/it/note-legali released all data] on its site under the CC Attribution license. The Italian Chamber of Deputies shares [http://data.camera.it/data/en/ its data] via CC BY-SA. The Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research also launched its [http://archivio.pubblica.istruzione.it/scuola_in_chiaro/open_data/index.html Open Data portal] under CC BY.

=== [[Case_Studies/MusicBrainz|MusicBrainz]] ===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/MusicBrainz|?Image Header|link=none}}
[http://musicbrainz.org/ MusicBrainz] is a user-maintained database of information about artists and their music, including title, artist, release date, format, and other data. The data on MusicBrainz is available as public domain material free to be reused without restrictions or under the CC Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike. The distinctions between types of data are explained [http://musicbrainz.org/doc/MusicBrainz_License here].
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</div>

=== [[Case_Studies/Mydosis Portal|Mydosis Portal]] ===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/Mydosis Portal|?Image Header|link=none}}
The contents of the database Mydosis are licensed under a [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License].
<br style="clear: left;"/>
</div>

===[[Government_use_of_Creative_Commons#New_Zealand|New Zealand Government]]===
New Zealand's [http://www.mfe.govt.nz/issues/climate/lucas/data/land-use-mapping.html Ministry for the Environment’s Land Cover Database and the Land Environments New Zealand classification] was released under a [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/nz CC Attribution license] on the [http://koordinates.com/ Koordinates] website. More info is available at [http://www.creativecommons.org.nz/news_and_events/news/koordinates_showcases_govt_cc_datasets CC New Zealand].

=== Open Directory Project (dmoz) ===
CC-BY, http://www.dmoz.org/license.html

=== [[Case_Studies/OpenStreetMap|OpenStreetMap]] ===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/OpenStreetMap|?Image Header|link=}}
[http://www.openstreetmap.org/ OpenStreetMap] is a user-generated map of the world, amassing geodata collaboratively from around the globe. Its dataset is available under CC Attribution-ShareAlike. After the earthquake in Haiti, OpenStreetMap found an [http://crisiscommons.org/Haiti-Open-Street-Map immediate niche] to fill, launching their [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Haiti Project Haiti page] in an effort to map out what was, at the time, a largely incomplete geographical picture, helping those on the ground in Haiti get to where they needed to be with greater accuracy.
<br style="clear: left;"/>
</div>

===[[Case_Studies/Powerhouse_Museum,_Sydney|Powerhouse Museum]]===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/Powerhouse_Museum,_Sydney|?Image Header|link=none}}
[http://www.powerhousemuseum.com Powerhouse Museum] - releases a large range of material under CC, including its [http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/imageservices/ photo of the day], [http://play.powerhousemuseum.com/ downloadable pdfs] from its Play program and the museum's general [http://www.creativecommons.org.au/node/225 collection information and data].
<br style="clear: left;"/>
</div>

===[[Case_Studies/Open Data Euskadi|Spain (Basque) Government - Open Data Euskadi]]===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/Open Data Euskadi|?Image Header|link=none}}
In 2009, the Basque government opened up its data via the portal [http://opendata.euskadi.net/ Open Data Euskadi], licensing all of its public data under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ CC Attribution]. The Basque government listed as its reasoning for opening data, to "generate value and wealth," "create transparency," and "facilitate interoperability between administrations." The government especially encourages reuse of its data by the private sector, other public administrations, and stakeholders to promote transparency in government.
<br style="clear: left;"/>
</div>

===[[Case_Studies/StackOverflow.com|Stack Overflow]]===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/Stack Overflow|?Image Header|link=none}}
*http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/06/stack-overflow-creative-commons-data-dump/
*http://blog.stackoverflow.com/category/cc-wiki-dump/
*CC BY-SA
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=== [[Case_Studies/Uniprot|Uniprot]] ===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/Uniprot|?Image Header|link=none}}
Uniprot, the world’s most comprehensive catalog of information on proteins, is available for reuse under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/ CC Attribution-NoDerivs]. The license is viable for all [http://www.uniprot.org/help/license copyrightable parts] of Uniprot's database.
<br style="clear: left;"/>
</div>

===[[Government_use_of_Creative_Commons#United_Kingdom|United Kingdom Government]]===
Through [http://data.gov.uk/ data.gov.uk], the United Kingdom has made available a growing number of government datasets (currently at 5,400) under [http://data.gov.uk/terms-and-conditions terms that are interoperable] with the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC Attribution license]. This portal includes all affiliated websites such as the [http://www.ordinancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/opendata/licence/ Ordinance Survey's] maps.

Data and CC licenses

2013-08-23T17:15:12Z

Thomasjones1: /* OpenStreetMap */

Where CC0 is not desired for whatever reason (business requirements, community wishes, institutional policy…), CC licenses can and should be used for data and databases — with the important caveat that CC 3.0 license conditions do not apply to uses of data and databases that do not implicate copyright. Read more about this [http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/26283 here].

==Data and CC license use cases==
This is a list of uses of CC licenses for data. For uses of the [[CC0]] public domain dedication for data, see [[CC0 use for data]].

===[[Government_use_of_Creative_Commons#Australia|Australia Federal Government]]===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/Australian_Bureau_of_Statistics|?Image Header|link=none}}
Three of the largest sources of Australian federal government data sets — [[Case_Studies/Australian_Bureau_of_Statistics|Australian Bureau of Statistics]] (ABS), [http://www.ga.gov.au/ Geoscience Australia] and the still beta
[http://data.australia.gov.au/ data.australia.gov.au] — are all licensed by default under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/ CC Attribution]. Together these sites provide free access to all of Australia's census data, official geoscientific information and knowledge, and other miscellaneous government data (such as the location of public toilets). The [http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/Home/%C2%A9+Copyright?opendocument#from-banner=GB ABS] and [http://www.ga.gov.au/copyright.jsp Geoscience Australia] have detailed copyright and attribution guidelines to assist with user implementation. data.australia.gov.au played a major role in the [http://mashupaustralia.org/ Mashup Australia] competition run by Australia's [http://gov2.net.au/ Government 2.0 Taskforce]. Results from the contest (over 50 datasets) were released on data.australia.gov.au.
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===[[Case_Studies/Government_Information_Licensing_Framework|Australia Queensland State Government]]===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/Government_Information_Licensing_Framework|?Image Header|link=none}}
[http://pan.search.qld.gov.au/search/search.cgi?collection=qld-gov&profile=oesr&num_ranks=10&tiers=off&query=creative+commons Various data] in the Australian state of Queensland's Office of Economic and Statistical Research are licensed under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/au/ CC Attribution]. The Queensland Government Information Licensing Framework (GILF) seeks to create and implement a new standardized CC licensing arrangement for all Queensland Government information.
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</div>

===[[Case_Studies/Open Data Austria|Austrian government]]===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/Open_Data_Austria|?Image Header|link=none}}
The Austrian government has launched an [http://data.gv.at/ open data portal] with much of its data available under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC BY]. The portal's [http://data.gv.at/nutzungsbedingungen/ terms of use] states (via google translator), "The Cooperation for Open Data OGD recommends the license "Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Austria ( CC BY 3.0 ) ". We must make the data to copy, distribute, publicly accessible, commercial use, and make modifications and adaptations of the work or of the content. It does not mean that everything on this portal, which will be released in the future as open data, necessarily subject to this license. You see, therefore, indicated in the description of data, the appropriate license for that particular record. In the CC BY 3.0 license just mentioned the name of the author or copyright holder is to be mentioned in a fixed manner."
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</div>

===[[Case_Studies/ChEMBL|ChEMBL]]===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/ChEMBL|?Image Header|link=none}}
http://chem-bla-ics.blogspot.com/2011/04/chembl-09-as-rdf.html?m=1
<br style="clear: left;"/>
</div>

===[[Case_Studies/DBpedia|DBpedia]]===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/DBpedia|?Image Header|link=none}}
DBpedia is a community organized effort to extract structured data from Wikipedia and make it available on the web so that it can be queried and linked to other datasets. DBpedia currently describes 3.5 million things, and is available for [http://wiki.dbpedia.org/Downloads36 download] under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ CC Attribution-ShareAlike].
<br style="clear: left;"/>
</div>

===Finnish Libraries===
Several Finnish libraries have opened up their data via the CC BY-SA license:
* http://labs.kirjastot.fi/blog/helsingin-kaupunginkirjasto-avasi-helmet-luettelointitiedot-avoimena-datana
* http://www.kirjastot.fi/fi-FI/ajankohtaista/tiedote/ajankohtaista/varsinais-suomen-kirjastojen-data-avoimeksi
* http://data.kirjastot.fi/data.html
* https://app.e2ma.net/app/view:CampaignPublic/id:1403149.7214447972/rid:48e64615892ac6adde9a4066e88c736c

=== [[Case_Studies/Freebase|Freebase]] ===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/Freebase|?Image Header|link=none}}
Freebase is a collaborative project that imports structured data from a [http://wiki.freebase.com/wiki/Data_source variety of sources] on the web, including Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, and the Stanford University Library. Freebase currently contains information about 20 million topics, or entities, and its data is available for reuse under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ CC Attribution].
<br style="clear: left;"/>
</div>

=== [[Case_Studies/Geocommons|Geocommons]] ===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/Geocommons|?Image Header|link=none}}
http://geocommons.com/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/creative_commons_mapping_platform_geocommons_launc.php
<br style="clear: left;"/>
</div>

=== [[Case_Studes/Google|Google]] ===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/Google|?Image Header|link=none}}
Google Ngram Viewer has released its dataset under CC BY: http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/datasets.
<br style="clear: left;"/>
</div>

===[[Government_use_of_Creative_Commons#Greece|Greece Government]]===
Greece has opened up its geospatial data by implementing CC on [http://geodata.gov.gr/geodata/ geodata.gov.gr/geodata]. The data is available under CC Attribution or CC Attribution-ShareAlike [http://geodata.gov.gr/geodata/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2&Itemid=6#how according to the type of data]. Greek geodata is also available at [http://opengeodata.gr opengeodata.gr] [http://www.opengeodata.gr/?p=261 under CC Attribution-ShareAlike], an implementation of the [http://www.inspire-geoportal.eu/index.cfm INSPIRE] directive.

===[[Government_use_of_Creative_Commons#Italy|Italian Government]]===
Italy's National Institute of Statistics has [http://www.istat.it/it/note-legali released all data] on its site under the CC Attribution license. The Italian Chamber of Deputies shares [http://data.camera.it/data/en/ its data] via CC BY-SA. The Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research also launched its [http://archivio.pubblica.istruzione.it/scuola_in_chiaro/open_data/index.html Open Data portal] under CC BY.

=== [[Case_Studies/MusicBrainz|MusicBrainz]] ===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/MusicBrainz|?Image Header|link=none}}
[http://musicbrainz.org/ MusicBrainz] is a user-maintained database of information about artists and their music, including title, artist, release date, format, and other data. The data on MusicBrainz is available as public domain material free to be reused without restrictions or under the CC Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike. The distinctions between types of data are explained [http://musicbrainz.org/doc/MusicBrainz_License here].
<br style="clear: left;"/>
</div>

=== [[Case_Studies/Mydosis Portal|Mydosis Portal]] ===
<div class="smimg">{{#show: Case_Studies/Mydosis Portal|?Image Header|link=none}}
The contents of the database Mydosis are licensed under a [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License].
<br style="clear: left;"/>
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===[[Government_use_of_Creative_Commons#New_Zealand|New Zealand Government]]===
New Zealand's [http://www.mfe.govt.nz/issues/climate/lucas/data/land-use-mapping.html Ministry for the Environment’s Land Cover Database and the Land Environments New Zealand classification] was released under a [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/nz CC Attribution license] on the [http://koordinates.com/ Koordinates] website. More info is available at [http://www.creativecommons.org.nz/news_and_events/news/koordinates_showcases_govt_cc_datasets CC New Zealand].

=== Open Directory Project (dmoz) ===
CC-BY, http://www.dmoz.org/license.html

=== [[Case_Studies/OpenStreetMap|OpenStreetMap]] ===
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[http://www.openstreetmap.org/ OpenStreetMap] is a user-generated map of the world, amassing geodata collaboratively from around the globe. Its dataset is available under CC Attribution-ShareAlike. After the earthquake in Haiti, OpenStreetMap found an [http://crisiscommons.org/Haiti-Open-Street-Map immediate niche] to fill, launching their [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Haiti Project Haiti page] in an effort to map out what was, at the time, a largely incomplete geographical picture, helping those on the ground in Haiti get to where they needed to be with greater accuracy.
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===[[Case_Studies/Powerhouse_Museum,_Sydney|Powerhouse Museum]]===
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[http://www.powerhousemuseum.com Powerhouse Museum] - releases a large range of material under CC, including its [http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/imageservices/ photo of the day], [http://play.powerhousemuseum.com/ downloadable pdfs] from its Play program and the museum's general [http://www.creativecommons.org.au/node/225 collection information and data].
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===[[Case_Studies/Open Data Euskadi|Spain (Basque) Government - Open Data Euskadi]]===
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In 2009, the Basque government opened up its data via the portal [http://opendata.euskadi.net/ Open Data Euskadi], licensing all of its public data under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ CC Attribution]. The Basque government listed as its reasoning for opening data, to "generate value and wealth," "create transparency," and "facilitate interoperability between administrations." The government especially encourages reuse of its data by the private sector, other public administrations, and stakeholders to promote transparency in government.
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===[[Case_Studies/StackOverflow.com|Stack Overflow]]===
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*http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/06/stack-overflow-creative-commons-data-dump/
*http://blog.stackoverflow.com/category/cc-wiki-dump/
*CC BY-SA
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=== [[Case_Studies/Uniprot|Uniprot]] ===
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Uniprot, the world’s most comprehensive catalog of information on proteins, is available for reuse under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/ CC Attribution-NoDerivs]. The license is viable for all [http://www.uniprot.org/help/license copyrightable parts] of Uniprot's database.
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===[[Government_use_of_Creative_Commons#United_Kingdom|United Kingdom Government]]===
Through [http://data.gov.uk/ data.gov.uk], the United Kingdom has made available a growing number of government datasets (currently at 5,400) under [http://data.gov.uk/terms-and-conditions terms that are interoperable] with the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC Attribution license]. This portal includes all affiliated websites such as the [http://www.ordinancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/opendata/licence/ Ordinance Survey's] maps.

Tanzania

2013-08-18T21:14:43Z

Thomasjones1:

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|region=Africa
|affiliated=The Open University of Tanzania
|affurl=http://www.out.ac.tz/
|afftype=academic institution
|plead1=Paul Kihwelo
|pemail1=paulkih@yahoo.com
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}}
Tanzania CC group has not been formed yet. Stay tuned.

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