Re: When are "open" data open?

Dear Stephan,

Is this a last call comment on any of the specifications produced by the GLD working group? If so, on which one?

Thanks,
Richard


On 25 Mar 2013, at 15:02, Stephan.Engberg@Priway.com wrote:

> Dear Sir,
> 
> Creating semantic interoperability represent huge possibilities for
> cost-redcution, improving quality and enabling new kinds of previously
> unseen solutions.
> 
> However, when studying the available work on linked data, 2 vital aspects
> not incorporated jumps to my mind - one about innovation or continous
> change and one about Empowerment or the assurances that control rests with
> the entity at risk and defining the demand (mostly the citizen)
> 
> a) The approach assume standardisation around a single univeral definition
> b) The approach fail to separate between data that are safe to share and
> data that represent a risk to someone.
> 
> Ad a) Making strucgtures arund a single univesal standard would make
> everything stalemate by legacy.
> We need structures that are much more resilient to continous change in many
> directions. And yes this means that we must accept that we cannot FORCE the
> world into a standard bucket unless such as bucket is able to crasp the
> world reality.
> 
> I sugest a nested approach without any assumptions on outcome. We applied
> such an approach in the EU HYDRA project which is partly implemented
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/linksmart/
> 
> 
> Ad b) Even more important is the need to respect fundamental rights and
> society needs.
> 
> Buracurats and cynical corporate interests wants to ecxhange data ABOUT
> someone as that increase their power and ability to profit. However such a
> structure represent a failure by design. EVEN if "anonymised" or
> "pseudonymised" such an approach represent a certain failure as it drives
> linkage in sources without security.
> 
> I kindly refer you to this presentation that are in essence stating the key
> elements.
> https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/sites/digital-agenda/files/Stephan.pdf
> 
> As can be seen the definition of what can constitute "open" data and how
> data must be incapsulated to maintain or eliminate linkage to context is
> not a simple question.
> 
> We should be extremely carefull NOT to see this from a system-centric or
> bureaucrat perspective for WHATEVER excuse, e.g. assuming researchers or
> even security administrators CAN access and link data on individuals for
> research perspectives.
> 
> 
> I kindly suggest to you that failure to incorporate the two above issues
> represents a failure to the economy not smaller than that of former Eastern
> European Communism as it leads to legacy-based ineffectiveness and massive
> centraslisation of power and control at the expense of citizens and
> society.
> 
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Stephan Engberg
> Priway - Security in Context
> 
> ..  because the alternative is not an option
> 
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