LinkedGov’s Goals & PrinciplesLinkedGov.orgLGO_a03e0fc4-cf68-11e1-8366-1b21675308cd_a03e11f4-cf68-11e1-8366-1b21675308cdTo create as complete as possible a body of government data that is accessible, discoverable, human-readable, machine readable, comparable and internally linked._a03e1294-cf68-11e1-8366-1b21675308cdOpenness1. Leave things as open as possible for experts to improve upon them (e.g. code, standards, etc). A lot of the expertise we need may be outside of the LinkedGov community or team looking at the problem. For LinkedGov to be useful on an ongoing basis, it will need expertise from lots of areas (both in its technology base and in the standards it uses) An open source model will allow the expertise to be used to provide a best solution where ever possible, and will allow the community to tailor tools where necessary to fit their needs Collaborative techniques should be used as a matter of course to make sure we gather expertise from every possible source. The collaboration should be facilitated to remove blockages if needed. Attractiveness2. Make LinkedGov more attractive than any alternative for cleaning data, as an incentive to use it. LinkedGov will need to be the ‘filter’ of choice when publishing public data. It must be easy to use for technical and non technical people. It provides a public ‘standard’ for cleaning that is widely used It must be simpler for developers to use than cleaning data themselves (manually), so that they will continue to choose to use it as new datasets are released. Engagement3. Engage as many experts as possible in their own areas. Make it easy for them to get involved and help. Crowdsourcing allows those that would like to get involved to get involved All aspects of LinkedGov to be open and transparent LinkedGov should incorporate the industry standards, best practice or most useful approach for all of the data and technology it holds. Involving existing experts is the best way to make this happen. Distributed Ownership4. Spread ownership and direction across the community, including the leaders we still would like to engage. This should prompt them to participate in the future. Allow stakeholders to comment easily Involvement5. Involve others who will champion our cause We must bring a lot of people to LinkedGov for this to work. We should make it easy for everyone to spread the message about our activities. Assimilation6. Assimilate existing technologies and programmes where they are adding value We aren’t here to compete We should incorporate existing technologies, ideas and help wherever feasible. Public Data7. Our main purpose is to deliver cleaner, more usable and more available public data. All decisions should support this. Neither the public data we host nor its meaning should be fundamentally changed in LinkedGov. We are here to clean, link and reformat, not to rewrite. Reuse8. Do things once and only once wherever possible. Leave a trail, comment your code, share your work and learning with the community. Understanding9. These tools should help people understand and learn about open data. The more people understand what we are doing and why, the greater support we will get and the faster we will get through our task list. Economic Growth and InnovationPromoting economic growth and innovation through greater access to immediately usable public data._a03e1348-cf68-11e1-8366-1b21675308cd1_a03e1406-cf68-11e1-8366-1b21675308cdGovernment TransparencyImproving government transparency for citizens, researchers and the media._a03e14b0-cf68-11e1-8366-1b21675308cd2Citizens Researchers Media_a03e155a-cf68-11e1-8366-1b21675308cdEfficienciesPromoting efficiencies through effective use of data within the organisations._a03e1618-cf68-11e1-8366-1b21675308cd3Public Sector_a03e16d6-cf68-11e1-8366-1b21675308cdPublic Sector WorkersSupporting the public sector workers in their own goals and decision-making processes by providing them with greater access to information about their own organisations and colleague organisations across the sector. _a03e178a-cf68-11e1-8366-1b21675308cd4Public Sector WorkersPublic Sector Organisations_a03e1852-cf68-11e1-8366-1b21675308cdData PublicationEncouraging all sections of government and the public sector to publish high quality, standardised data._a03e1910-cf68-11e1-8366-1b21675308cd5Government Public Sector_a03e19d8-cf68-11e1-8366-1b21675308cd2012-07-16http://linkedgov.org/linkedgovs-goals/OwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net