"If there wasn't this worldwide community of public data resources, our company couldn't exist," Silver says.
Unless you employ someone who gets it, who understands the growing importance of public data.
The government already holds vast quantities of public data, but too often it sits in silos – unloved and underused.
One strand of this work will be a version of the US's data.gov repository of public data sets.
She also has a freelance research assistant to help mine the reams of public data published about schools each year.
"We tend to like the idea of public data being online," Mr. Victor wrote.
There is no comparable trove of public data for judging and comparing colleges.
The Institute will help demonstrate the commercial and other value of public data and the impact of open data policies on this value creation.
The UK, which will soon co-chair the OGP with Indonesia, has put the emphasis on creating an economic market through the use of public data.
The government has published its plans on establishing an Open Data Institute in East London to drive economic growth and promote the use of public data.
A Policy Exchange report recently suggested that more efficient use of public data, technology and analytics could save up to £33bn a year by improving efficiency.
