Open Data Institute
ODI
Co-founded in 2012 by Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Sir Nigel Shadbolt to build an open, trustworthy data ecosystem through research, training and practical tools.
What they publish
- The Data SpectrumFramework
- Places data on a line from closed, through shared, to open, so organisations can decide how widely each dataset should be accessible.
- Data Ethics CanvasFramework
- A structured set of questions for spotting ethical issues in a data project.
Working on similar things
OECD
Intergovernmental · since 1961
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
An intergovernmental organisation that sets policy standards for its members, including on open government data and data governance in the public sector.
EC
Public body · since 1958
European Commission
The executive of the European Union: it proposes EU data law and tracks how member states progress on open data every year.
OKF
Non-profit · since 2004
Open Knowledge Foundation
A global non-profit that has shaped the open data movement since 2004: it wrote the Open Definition, created the CKAN portal software and ran the Global Open Data Index.