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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>

Rufus Pollock, one of Open Knowledge Foundation's founders, and current board secretary sits on the [[UK government]]'s [[Public Sector Transparency Board|Public Sector Tryonansparency 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|access-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>

The Prototype Fund is a project of the Open Knowledge Foundation Germany, funded by the [[Federal Ministry of Education and Research]] (BMBF). It is a low-threshold funding program for Germany software developers who develop innovative [[open source software]].

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=== 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|version control software]]. Some of the projects are listed below:<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.okfn.org/projects|title = projects - The Open Knowledge Foundation|access-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|access-date = 1 November 2015|date = 2012-03-28}}</ref>