Case Studies/Piemonte Regional Government
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Overview
The regional government of Piedmont adopted a CC0 “license” for its open data portal (dati.piemonte.it). Piedmont is leading the open data movement in Italy (at the governmental level) with a preeminent role in the Italian Conference of Regions in this domain.
Please provide an overview of the work. Describe the author or organization (location, funding/business model, partner organizations), objectives, current projects.
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License Usage
CC BY 2.5 Italy for content of the website CC0 for available databases (all to date: Oct 8, 2010)
Please specify the license adopted. How is the license applied? Can you provide any available statistics? What has been the author or organization's experience with Creative Commons licenses so far – what have been the benefits and lessons learned?
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Motivations
How did the author or organization first hear about Creative Commons? Why did they choose to license under Creative Commons? Which license did they select and why? Any other issues you may have come across/comments you’d like to make.
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Impact
What is the impact of this CC-enabled project or resource? Specifically, what has the license enabled that otherwise would not exist? Provide statistics or other data if possible.
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Technical Details
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Media
- "What does the Future Hold for Open Data in Italy?" - EPSIplatform blog post that describes the Italian scenario and the Piedmont open data portal
- Open Data, Open Society a research project about openness of public data in EU local administration
- § 3.6 mentions the status of open data in Italy, with specific reference to the Piedmont open data portal (dati.piemonte.it)
