Most information produced by central government bodies and government ministers in the UK enjoys Crown copyright status, and the majority of Crown copyright information,...
Historical and policy context Crown copyright came into being as a result of the extensive piracy of government publications during the 19th century, ordnance maps in...
What is open data? In broad terms, ‘open data’ is data that is made publicly available in open, machine-readable format on licence terms that allow users to use and...
The public sector is one of the largest and most significant sources of information in the UK. Promoting the use and re-use of public sector information delivers huge...