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'''Open Knowledge Foundation''' ('''OKF''') is a global, non-profit network that promotes and shares information at no charge, including both content and data.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Open Knowledge: About|url = https://okfn.org/about/|website = okfn.org|accessdateaccess-date = 25 October 2015}}</ref> It was founded by [[Rufus Pollock]] on 20 May 2004 and launched on 24 May 2004<ref>{{cite web |url = http://blog.okfn.org/2004/05/24/open-knowledge-foundation-launched/|title = Open Knowledge Foundation launched|work = Open Knowledge Foundation Weblog|accessdateaccess-date = 25 October 2015|date = 2004-05-24}}</ref> in [[Cambridge]], UK. It is incorporated in [[England]] and [[Wales]] as a [[private company limited by guarantee|company limited by guarantee]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Open Knowledge: About - Legal notice|url = https://okfn.org/about/|website = okfn.org|accessdateaccess-date = 28 July 2019}}</ref> Between May 2016 and May 2019 the organisation was named ''Open Knowledge International'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Open Knowledge International – our new name!|date=23 May 2016|url=https://blog.okfn.org/2016/05/23/open-knowledge-international-our-new-name/}}</ref> but decided in May 2019 to return to ''Open Knowledge Foundation''.<ref>{{cite web|title=For a fair, free and open future: celebrating 15 years of the Open Knowledge Foundation|date=20 May 2019|url=https://blog.okfn.org/2019/05/20/for-a-fair-free-and-open-future-celebrating-15-years-of-the-open-knowledge-foundation/}}</ref>
== Aims ==
[[File:130413 Hume Norham London Wiki 236.jpg|thumb|[[Joris Pekel]]<ref>{{cite web |author=GitHub Account Name jpekel |url=http://okfn.org/members/jpekel/ |title=Joris Pekel | Extended Profiles | Open Knowledge Foundation |publisher=Okfn.org |date=2011-06-17 |accessdateaccess-date=2013-11-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113071007/http://okfn.org/members/jpekel/ |archivedatearchive-date=13 November 2013}}</ref> presenting at GLAM-WIKI 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM-WIKI_2013/Schedule#S3B |title=GLAM-WIKI 2013/Schedule - Wikimedia UK |publisher=Uk.wikimedia.org |accessdateaccess-date=2013-11-14}}</ref>]]
The aims of Open Knowledge Foundation are:<ref name="about-okf" />
[[Catherine Stihler]] joined as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Open Knowledge Foundation in February 2019.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://blog.okfn.org/2018/11/30/catherine-stihler-appointed-new-ceo-of-open-knowledge-international/ | title=Catherine Stihler appointed new CEO of Open Knowledge International| date=2018-11-30}}</ref> Catherine served as CEO until August 2020 when she [[left the Open Knowledge Foundation to become the CEO of Creative Commons]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://blog.okfn.org/2020/07/09/catherine-stihler-to-leave-open-knowledge-foundation-to-lead-creative-commons/ | title=Catherine Stihler to leave Open Knowledge Foundation to lead Creative Commons| date=2020-07-09}}</ref> Between 2015–2017 Pavel Richter took on the role of CEO of Open Knowledge Foundation. Pavel was formerly Executive Director of [[Wikimedia Deutschland]].
The Open Knowledge Foundation Advisory Council includes people from the areas of [[open access]], [[open data]], [[open content]], [[open science]], [[data visualization]] and [[digital rights]]. In 2015, it consisted of:<ref>{{Cite web|title = Open Knowledge: Advisory Council|url = https://okfn.org/about/advisory-council/|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714223530/https://okfn.org/about/advisory-council/|url-status = dead|archive-date = 14 July 2014|website = okfn.org|accessdateaccess-date = 31 October 2015}}</ref>
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*[[Andrew Stott]]
== Network ==
As of 2018, Open Knowledge Foundation has 11 official chapters and 38 groups in different countries.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Open Knowledge: The Global Network|url = https://okfn.org/network/|website = okfn.org|accessdateaccess-date = 7 April 2018}}</ref>
It also supports 19 working groups.
Many of Open Knowledge Foundation's projects are technical in nature. Its most prominent project, [[CKAN]], is used by many of the world's governments to host open catalogues of data that their countries possess.<ref>{{cite web|last=data.gov.uk|title=Project Info: Who is Involved with the project?|url=http://data.gov.uk/about/|publisher=HM Government|quote=These include the Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network (CKAN): CKAN stores the catalogue behind data.gov.uk and a growing number of open data registries around the world.}}</ref>
The organisation tends to support its aims by hosting infrastructure for semi-independent projects to develop. This approach to organising was hinted as one of its earliest projects was a project management service called KnowledgeForge, which runs on the [[KForge]] platform. ''KnowledgeForge'' allows sectoral [[working group]]s to have space to manage projects related to open knowledge. More widely, the project infrastructure includes both technical and [[Face-to-face (philosophy)|face-to-face]] aspects. The organisation hosts several dozen mailing lists<ref>{{cite web|last = Open Knowledge Foundation|title = lists.okfn.org Mailing Lists|url = http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo|accessdateaccess-date = 1 November 2015}}</ref> for virtual discussion, utilises [[IRC]] for real-time communications and also hosts events.
=== Advocacy ===
Open Knowledge Foundation is an active partner with organisations working in similar areas, such as open educational resources.<ref>{{cite web|last = Open Educational Resources Commons|title = About|url = http://www.oercommons.org/about|accessdateaccess-date = 1 November 2015|quote = Strategic Development and Outreach Partners ... Open Knowledge Foundation}}</ref>
Open Knowledge Foundation has produced the [[Open Knowledge Definition]], an attempt to clarify some of the ambiguity surrounding the terminology of openness,<ref>{{cite web|url = http://opendefinition.org/|title = Open Definition|publisher = Open Definition|date = 2011-06-17|accessdateaccess-date = 1 November 2015}}</ref> as well as the [[Open Software Service Definition]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://blog.okfn.org/2008/07/14/open-software-service-definition-launched/|title = Open Software Service Definition Launched|accessdateaccess-date = 1 November 2015|date = 2008-07-14}}</ref> It also supported the development of the [[Open Database License]] (ODbL).<ref>{{cite web |last = Creative Commons|title = CC Salon Berlin and openeverything focus – Feb. 26|url = https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/12919|accessdateaccess-date = 29 October 2015|date = 2009-02-23}}</ref>
Outside of technology, Open Knowledge Foundation plays a role in advocating for openness broadly. This includes supporting the drafting of reports, facilitating consultation<ref>{{cite web|last = Open Society Foundations|title = Public Feedback Solicited on Access to Information and Open Government Data|url = http://www.soros.org/initiatives/information/focus/communication/news/access-consultation-20100910|accessdateaccess-date = 1 November 2015|date = September 2010|quote = Information Program grantee Access Info Europe, together with the Open Knowledge Foundation, are holding a public consultation on open government data and the right of access to information.|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110108145856/http://www.soros.org/initiatives/information/focus/communication/news/access-consultation-20100910|archive-date = 8 January 2011|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last = Electronic Frontier Foundation|title = Digital Rights Management: A failure in the developed world, a danger to the developing world|url = https://www.eff.org/wp/digital-rights-management-failure-developed-world-danger-developing-world|accessdateaccess-date = 1 November 2015|date = 2005-03-23}}</ref> and producing guides.<ref>{{cite web|last = Dietrich|first = Daniel|title = Open Data Manual|url = http://opendatamanual.org/|accessdateaccess-date = 1 November 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130827053435/http://opendatamanual.org/|archive-date = 27 August 2013|url-status = dead}}</ref>
Rufus Pollock, one of Open Knowledge Foundation's founders, and current board secretary sits on the [[UK government]]'s [[Public Sector Transparency Board]].<ref>{{cite web|last = data.govt.uk|title = New Public Sector Transparency Board and Public Data Transparency Principles|url = http://data.gov.uk/blog/new-public-sector-transparency-board-and-public-data-transparency-principles|publisher = HM Government|accessdateaccess-date = 1 November 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110925185118/http://data.gov.uk/blog/new-public-sector-transparency-board-and-public-data-transparency-principles|archive-date = 25 September 2011|url-status = dead}}</ref>
=== Technical ===
[[File:Geo-datos.jpeg|frame|Banner for the [[Geodata]] project in [[Spanish language|Spanish]]]] [[File:OpenGLAM Logo.svg|thumb|OpenGLAM logo]]
The foundation places a strong interest in the use of [[open source]] technologies. Its software projects are hosted on [[GitHub]], which utilises the [[Git (software)|Git]] [[version control software]]. Some of the projects are listed below:<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.okfn.org/projects|title = projects - The Open Knowledge Foundation|accessdateaccess-date = 1 November 2015}} Open Knowledge Projects</ref>
*[[CKAN]], a tool that provides store for metadata. This enables governments to quickly and cheaply provide a catalogue of their data.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Feature Tour {{!}} ckan - The open source data portal software|url = http://ckan.org/features/|website = ckan.org|accessdateaccess-date = 1 November 2015|date = 2012-03-28}}</ref>
* Datahub,<ref>{{cite web|url = http://datahub.io/|title = datahub.io|publisher = datahub.io|date = 2006-06-23|accessdateaccess-date = 1 November 2015}}</ref> a community-run catalogue of useful sets of data on the Internet. Depending on the type of data (and its conditions of use), Datahub may also be able to store a copy of the data or host it in a database, and provide some basic visualisation tools.
* Frictionless Data,<ref>{{cite web |title=Frictionless Data |url=https://frictionlessdata.io/ |website=Frictionless Data |accessdateaccess-date=2 February 2019}}</ref> a collection of standards and tools for publishing data.
* Open bibliography, broadly construed as efforts to catalogue and build tools for working with and publishing bibliographic resources,<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/inf11/jiscexpo/jiscopenbib.aspx|title = Open Bibliography|publisher = JISC|accessdateaccess-date = 1 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://openbiblio.net/|title = Open bibliography and Open Bibliographic Data | Open Bibliographic Data Working Group of the Open Knowledge Foundation|work = Openbiblio.net|accessdateaccess-date = 1 November 2015}}</ref> with particular emphasis on those works that are in the [[public ___domain]] and [[public ___domain calculators]]. Examples include the [[Bibliographica]],<ref>{{cite web|url = http://bibliographica.org/|title = Open bibliography and Open Bibliographic Data|work = Bibliographica|date = 2010-05-20|accessdateaccess-date = 1 November 2015}}</ref> [[Public Domain Works]],<ref>{{cite web|url = http://publicdomainworks.net/|title = Home|work = Public Domain Works|accessdateaccess-date = 1 November 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151025023434/http://www.publicdomainworks.net/|archive-date = 25 October 2015|url-status = dead}}</ref> [[Open Shakespeare]],<ref>{{cite web|url = http://openshakespeare.org/|title = Open Shakespeare|publisher = Open Shakespeare|date = 2012-04-27|accessdateaccess-date = 1 November 2015}}</ref> [[Open Text Book]]<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.opentextbook.org/|title = Open Text Book|accessdateaccess-date = 1 November 2015|url-status = dead|archiveurlarchive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150912064713/http://opentextbook.org/|archivedatearchive-date = 12 September 2015}}</ref> and [[The Public Domain Review]]<ref>{{cite web|title = ABOUT|url = http://publicdomainreview.org/about/|work = The Public Domain Review|publisher = Open Knowledge Foundation|accessdateaccess-date = 1 November 2015}}</ref> projects.
* OpenGLAM,<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Open Definition - Open Definition - Defining Open in Open Data, Open Content and Open Knowledge|url = http://opendefinition.org|website = opendefinition.org|accessdateaccess-date = 1 November 2015}}</ref> an initiative that promotes free and open access to [[digital cultural heritage]], held by GLAMs: Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums.<ref>http://okfn.org/get-involved/working-groups/</ref> OpenGLAM is co-funded by the [[European Commission]] as part of the DM2E (Digitised Manuscripts to [[Europeana]]) project.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dm2e.eu/community-building/|title=Workpackage 4: Community building|date=31 January 2014}}</ref>
* Open Economics<ref>{{Cite web|title = Open Economics|url = http://openeconomics.net|website = openeconomics.net|accessdateaccess-date = 1 November 2015}}</ref>
* Open Knowledge Forums<ref>{{Cite web|title = Open Knowledge Forums|url = https://discuss.okfn.org|website = discuss.okfn.org|accessdateaccess-date = 1 November 2015}}</ref>
* Information Accessibility Initiative
* Open [[geodata]]<ref>{{Cite web|title = Open Geodata Community {{!}} OSGeo.org|url = http://www.osgeo.org/geodata/community|website = www.osgeo.org|accessdateaccess-date = 1 November 2015}}</ref>
* Guide to open data licensing
* "Get the Data" — a web-site for questions and answer on how to get data sets.
=== Events ===
Much of the collaboration with other related organisations occurs via events that the foundation hosts.<ref>{{cite web|last = Holloway|first = Michael|title = PUBLIC SECTOR INFORMATION: OFFICIALLY BETTER WHEN SHARED|url = http://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2008/public-sector-information-officially-better-when-shared|publisher = Digital Rights Group|accessdateaccess-date = 1 November 2015|date = March 2008|quote = And if you get excited by material that's free to access, reuse or re-distribute, then please come down to tomorrow's OKCon, for a day of seminars and workshops around the theme of 'Applications, Tools and Services'.}}</ref> Its premier event is the '''Open Knowledge Conference''' (OKCon), which has been held occasionally since 2007.<ref>{{cite web|last = Open Knowledge Foundation|title = About|url = http://okcon.org/about/|accessdateaccess-date = 1 November 2015|quote = The Annual [sic] Open Knowledge Conference (OKCon)}}</ref> Other events have been organised within the areas of data visualisation<ref>{{cite web|last = Gehelenborg|first = Nils|title = Workshop on Open Visualization|url = http://network.nature.com/groups/scivis/forum/topics/1498|publisher = Nature Network|accessdateaccess-date = 1 November 2015|url-status = dead|archiveurlarchive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023413/http://network.nature.com/groups/scivis/forum/topics/1498|archivedatearchive-date = 4 March 2016}}</ref> and free information network infrastructure.<ref>{{cite web|last = Doctorow|first = Cory|title = Free Information Infrastructure event in London next weekend|url = http://www.boingboing.net/2005/09/26/free-information-inf.html|accessdateaccess-date = 1 November 2015}}</ref>
Annually, Open Knowledge Foundation supports [[International Open Data Day]]
===Panton Principles and Fellowships (Open data in Science)===
The [[Panton Principles]] (for Open Data in Science) in 2010 had large contributions from Open Knowledge people and in 2011 Jonathan Gray and [[Peter Murray-Rust]] successfully obtained funding from OSF for two fellowships, held by Sophie Kershaw<ref>{{cite web|url = http://sophiekershaw.wordpress.com/author/sophiekershaw/|title = Sophie Kershaw | The Stilettoed Mathematician|publisher = Sophiekershaw.wordpress.com|accessdateaccess-date = 1 November 2015}}</ref> and Ross Mounce.<ref>{{cite web|last = Mounce|first = Ross|title = CV|url = http://rossmounce.co.uk/cv/|work = Ross Mounce|accessdateaccess-date = 1 November 2015|date = 2012-06-06}}</ref> In 2013 OKF obtained sponsorship from [[Computer & Communications Industry Association|CCIA]]<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.ccianet.org/|title = ccianet.org|publisher = ccianet.org|accessdateaccess-date = 1 November 2015}}</ref> for 3 fellowships, which were awarded to Rosemarie Graves,<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/physics/research/eos/rosie-graves|title = Rosie Graves - University of Leicester|accessdateaccess-date = 1 November 2015}}</ref> Sam Moore<ref>{{cite web|url = http://scholarlyskywritings.wordpress.com/|title = scholarly skywritings|accessdateaccess-date = 1 November 2015}}</ref> and Peter Kraker.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://science20.wordpress.com/|title = Science and the Web|accessdateaccess-date = 1 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://pantonprinciples.org/panton-fellowships/|title = Panton Principles: Panton Fellowships|accessdateaccess-date = 1 November 2015|date = 2012-01-12}}</ref>
===Other===
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Open Knowledge Foundation also supports Apps for Europe,<ref>{{Cite web|title = Apps for Europe {{!}} turning data into business|url = http://www.appsforeurope.eu|website = www.appsforeurope.eu|accessdateaccess-date = 29 October 2015}}</ref> and D-CENT, a European project created to share and organise data from seven countries, which is running from October 2013 to May 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|title = D-CENT|url = http://dcentproject.eu|website = dcentproject.eu|accessdateaccess-date = 29 October 2015}}</ref>
== See also ==
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