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| name = Open Knowledge Foundation

| abbreviation = OKF

| logo = Open Knowledge Foundation logo - landscape.pngsvg

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| type = [[Nonprofit organisation]]

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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 = 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 = Open Knowledge |access-date = 31 October 2015}}</ref>

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*[[Andrew Stott]]

*[[Becky Hogge]]

*[[Benjamin Mako Hill]]

*[[Carolina Rossini]]

*[[Christopher Corbin]]

*[[Daniel Dietrich]]

*[[Denis Parfenov]]

*[[Peter Murray-Rust]]

*[[Sören Auer]]

*[[Glyn Moody]]

*[[Hannes Gassert]]

*[[Lynn M.Combs-Heard]]

*[[Jordan S. Hatcher]]

*[[Jo Walsh]]

*[[Mark Surman]]

*[[Mayo Fuster Morell]]

*[[Nat Torkington]]

*[[Pieter Colpaert]]

*[[Hans Rosling]]

*[[John Naughton]]

*[[Nigel Shadbolt]]

*[[Panagiotis Bamidis]]

*[[Peter Suber]]

*[[Yasodara Cordova]]

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It also supports 19 working groups.

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* [[Lobbying Transparency]]

* [[Open Access]]

* [[Open Bibliography]]

* [[The Open Definition|Open Definition]]

* [[Open Design & Hardware]]

* [[Open Development]]

* [[Open Economics]]

* [[Open Education]]

* [[OpenGLAM]]

* [[Open Government Data]]

* [[Open Humanities]]

* [[Linguistic Linked Open Data|Open Linguistics]]

* [[Open Product Data]]

* [[Open Science]]

* [[OpenSpending]]

* [[Open Sustainability]]

* [[Open Transport (project)]]

* [[Personal Data and Privacy]]

* [[Public Domain]]

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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|access-date = 1 November 2015|quote = Strategic Development and Outreach Partners ... Open Knowledge Foundation}}</ref>

Open Knowledge Foundation has produced the [[The Open Definition|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|access-date = 1 November 2015}}</ref> as well as the [[Open Software Service Definition]].<ref>{{cite web|url = https://blog.okfn.org/2008/07/14/open-software-service-definition-launched/|title = Open Software Service Definition Launched|access-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|access-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|access-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|access-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/|access-date = 1 November 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130827053435/http://opendatamanual.org/|archive-date = 27 August 2013|url-status = dead}}</ref>

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* Datahub,<ref>{{cite web|url = http://datahub.io/|title = datahub.io|publisher = datahub.io|date = 2006-06-23|access-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 |access-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|access-date = 1 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://openbiblio.net/|title = Open bibliography and Open Bibliographic Data &#124; Open Bibliographic Data Working Group of the Open Knowledge Foundation|work = Openbiblio.net|access-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]], [[Public Domain Works]], Open Shakespeare,<ref>{{cite web|url = http://openshakespeare.org/|title = Open Shakespeare|publisher = Open Shakespeare|date = 2012-04-27|access-date = 1 November 2015}}</ref> Open Text Book<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.opentextbook.org/|title = Open Text Book|access-date = 1 November 2015|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150912064713/http://opentextbook.org/|archive-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|access-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|access-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>{{Cite web |url=https://okfn.org/get-involved/working-groups/ |title=Open Knowledge: Working Groups |access-date=21 May 2021 |archive-date=14 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514084626/https://okfn.org/get-involved/working-groups/ |url-status=dead }}</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|access-date = 1 November 2015}}</ref>