Excellent news. Great signal too! Kudos,
Lodewijk On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 7:00 AM Eric Luth <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > We – Wikimedia Sverige – put together a brief translation on Diff > <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/07/19/statistics-sweden-adopts-cc0-license-for-open-data/>,[1] > of an article where we help Statistics Sweden > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistics_Sweden>, the Swedish government > agency responsible for national statistics, announce that they have marked > all their open data with CC0. > > This means of course that their open data can be imported to Wikidata. > They are responsible for data on, among other things, population, > demographics, economics, politics, education, geography, etc. We have just > started looking together with them on what to prioritize for Wikidata. One > area where we are looking into possibilities for collaboration is around > data on the global goals, as Statistics Sweden is responsible for most of > this data. It will be interesting to explore how to, where possible, model > such data on Wikidata. > > We will also use this piece of news to urge more government agencies in > Sweden to adopt CC0. Perhaps this can also encourage conversations with > statistical agencies in other countries? > > Best, > *Eric Luth* > Projektledare engagemang och påverkan | Project Manager, Involvement and > Advocacy > Wikimedia Sverige > [email protected] > +46 (0) 765 55 50 95 > > Stöd fri kunskap, bli medlem i Wikimedia Sverige. > Läs mer på blimedlem.wikimedia.se > > [1] > https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/07/19/statistics-sweden-adopts-cc0-license-for-open-data/ > <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/07/19/statistics-sweden-adopts-cc0-license-for-open-data/> > _______________________________________________ > Publicpolicy mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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