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However, the open data initiative also raises some concerns.
Another recent example of an open data initiative is Cabi's Plantwise Knowledge Bank.
Interestingly, the crime map is now the Government's most popular open data initiative - and it broke the rules too.
The government's open data initiative, outlined in its white paper on 27 June, is a move towards making government data publicly available, to encourage its reuse.
No technology is without concomitant risks, but provided we tread carefully, with an awareness of the problems, the open data initiative holds immense promise for a better society.
In general, the open data initiative ignores such feedback effects – that the very act of publishing the data will influence the quality of future data.
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European Commission representatives are quietly listening to and learning from (PDF) open data initiatives across Europe.
But while nationally open data initiatives are taking small and tentative steps, in Berlin the story is a little different.
This not-for-profit tech startup has been making a huge impact on communities since 2011 with its open data initiatives.
Last year's event helped to catalyse dozens of grassroots and official open data initiatives, established lasting contact between pioneering advocates and public officials.
Our research finds that 55% of countries surveyed have open data initiatives in place, yet less than 10% of key government datasets across the world are truly open for reuse.
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