We are working towards allowing our data to be open so it can be shared and used easily.
Open data is about sharing our information to a wider audience. The datasets must be in an open, machine readable formats that can be easily reused. (XML, RSS, RDF or CSV)
We’ve created an open data area to help:
- make data we hold available online (unless private or sensitive)
- encourage residents, businesses and other interested parties to interrogate the data and develop applications, hacks and widgets
- increase transparency and accountability
Below is the start of listing our open data and we’ll be adding more information and datasets as time progresses:
- Latest news (An RSS feed of the latest news articles)
Linked data and the semantic web
To find out more about why open data is so important to the future of the web view the video of Sir Tim Berners-Lee talking about linked data and the semantic web.
