Office of Public Sector Information

Posted by: Workshop on Finding and Re-using Public Information

Public Sector Information Holder: Office of Public Sector Information

Information Asset: Information Asset Registers

The problem

At the Open Knowledge Foundation Workshop on Finding and Re-using Public Information, a list of 15-20 key government / public datasets were identified. Information Asset Registers were one of these.

There is a requirement under the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations for organisations to publish a list of main documents available for re-use. The INSPIRE Directive requires similarly well described information assets. These lists should be themselves re-usable.

The Office of Public Sector Information has for some time aggregated Information Asset Registers and provided a search of them. This is a service that anyone should be able to provide.

My ideal solution

Information Asset Registers published in open, reusable formats such as XML or RDF.

What I would do

Build services which allow people to more easily find what information is available for re-use.