[8/8] 🆕 Updating the #OpenDataCommons and revisiting the #OpenDefinition: They both form a strong digital commons helping advance #SDGs and will undergo a legal review to be updated and adapted to the current legislation and social norms.

Implementing and caring for open standards is the core of our work at @okfn – e.g. #opendefinition, #frictionlessdata, #opendatacommons etc. Now, in a key moment for democracies worldwide, we are turning our attention to electoral processes 🧵

We created the #OpenDefinition and can help you solve the technical, social and legal challenges of opening up data. If you need an #opendata strategy, just drop us an email 📧 https://okfn.org/our-services/tech-services/

It's starting in two hours! Come on in! #Wikimania #OpenDefinition #Wikidata #FrictionlessData

1️⃣ https://eventyay.com/e/8f889410/session/8324
2️⃣ https://eventyay.com/e/8f889410/session/8325

It's happening tomorrow! Here's what you need to know about our two #Wikimania sessions this year 👇🏾

After sessions in Europe and Latin America, our workshop to review the #OpenDefinition now comes to Asia: a hands-on discussion about what "open" means today, in a more diverse and inclusive way.

🗓️ 15 August 2023
⏰ 10:00 UTC
📍 Room 324 and Online
⚠️ Register now: https://eventyay.com/e/8f889410/session/8325

Calling all South Asian communities present at #Wikimania in #Singapore 🇸🇬 to exchange ideas about what, why and how the #OpenDefinition should be updated! Come join us for a hybrid and collaborative workshop.

🗓️ Aug, 15th
🕙 10 am UTC
➕ Details: https://blog.okfn.org/2023/08/02/calling-south-asian-communities-involved-with-open-knowledge/

We are very proud ✨ to be one of the supporting partners of the annual #Wikimedia2023 global conference, this year in #Singapore 🇸🇬 from 16-19 August.

Stay tuned for schedule details coming 🔜 – @okfn will host 2️⃣ online sessions, on the #OpenDefinition and on #FrictionlessData.

Register now: https://eventyay.com/e/8f889410?code=PartnershipsWM2023

Save the dates!

#Wikimania 16-19 August – OKFN is running two sessions at #Wikimania #Singapore 🇸🇬 about #FrictionlessData and the #OpenDefinition – stay tuned for the programme to be announced in the next weeks. 👉🏾 https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Wikimania

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BTW the #OpenDefinition discussion is getting traction on our forum. The more people join, the more diverse the result will be! Join the conversation 👉🏾https://discuss.okfn.org/c/opendefinition/66

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Debriefing the #OpenDefinition workshop with Latin American communities at #RightsCon

This time we sought a greater level of detail. "Machine readability" was the most discussed topic. Check out the full documentation 👉🏾
https://blog.okfn.org/2023/06/26/debriefing-the-open-definition-workshop-at-rightscon/

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Here it is! It took us a few days to compile everything we heard at #RightsCon about the #OpenDefinition, and now we're reopening the process as it takes shape.

🤓 Spoiler alert: the "Machine Readable" article was the most discussed!

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https://blog.okfn.org/2023/06/26/debriefing-the-open-definition-workshop-at-rightscon/

It's already many moons old, but I still like the elegance and simplicity of the #OpenDefinition:

“Open data and content can be freely used, modified, and shared by anyone for any purpose”

I only wonder if open data isn't a subset of open content. Perhaps there's some potential for a little more reduction.

https://github.com/okfn/opendefinition

#OpenContent #OpenScience #OpenData #OpenAccess

The #OpenDefinition discussion is starting to gain traction on our forum 🗣️ https://discuss.okfn.org/t/key-takeaways-from-the-mozfest-session/11589/5

The more people join, the more diverse the result will be!

(🗓️✨ Stay tuned - we are about to confirm the date of the next face-to-face session!)

📣 Our forum is open. Join in to help rethink and update the #OpenDefinition.

Link to category → https://discuss.okfn.org/c/opendefinition/66
Link to latest topic → https://discuss.okfn.org/t/key-takeaways-from-the-mozfest-session/11589

RT from Open Knowledge Foundation (@OKFN)

⭐ Debriefing the #OpenDefinition workshop at #MozFest ⭐

One week ago at @mozillafestival, we began the process of rethinking and updating the Open Definition for today’s challenges and contexts. This is what we heard and here are the main takeaways → https://blog.okfn.org/2023/03/30/debriefing-the-open-definition-workshop-at-mozfest/

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/OKFN/status/1641504076000026640

⭐ Debriefing the #OpenDefinition workshop at #MozFest ⭐

One week ago at
the Mozilla Festival @moznews, we began the process of rethinking and updating the Open Definition for today’s challenges and contexts. This is what we heard and here are the main takeaways → https://blog.okfn.org/2023/03/30/debriefing-the-open-definition-workshop-at-mozfest/

Summary of the #OpenDefinition v2.1, full text here: https://opendefinition.org/od/2.1/en/

🤔 How could it be better, more diverse, and safer from the traps of new technologies?

Come discuss with us tomorrow at #MozFest at 13:45 CET (session in 🇬🇧🇪🇸🇧🇷). Register now: https://schedule.mozillafestival.org/session/JH39CT-1

Open Knowledge Foundation are kicking off a process to update the Open Definition: https://blog.okfn.org/2023/03/16/updating-the-open-definition-to-meet-the-challenges-of-today/

The #OpenDefinition was a defining tool in #opendata advocacy, providing a focal point for action by groups with often quite divergent interests - but who could coalesce common point of pushing for 'open' against a binary opposite of 'closed'.

But as Paradox of Open (https://paradox.openfuture.eu/) essay explores, open is more complex today - and new approaches needed.

~50 people have already bookmarked our #MozFest session. It will be great to (re)discuss the #OpenDefinition with so many people. Don't miss it!

Reminder: it will be a multilingual session in 🇬🇧🇪🇸🇧🇷

🗓️ 23rd March 2023
⏰ 13:45 CET
⚠️ Register https://schedule.mozillafestival.org/session/JH39CT-1

Why did we decide to rethink the #OpenDefinition in 2023? Learn directly from our CEO @avilarenata:

"Creating a bridge between old definitions and new discourses is important to keep the open ecosystem alive and current."

🔖 Full blog post → https://blog.okfn.org/2023/03/16/updating-the-open-definition-to-meet-the-challenges-of-today/