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Blog Entry International Open Data Charter: First Public Draft
by Sumandro Chattapadhyay published May 29, 2015 last modified Jun 02, 2015 03:51 PM — filed under: , ,
The first public draft of the International Open Data Charter was released at the International Open Data Conference in Ottawa, Canada, May 28-29, 2015. It is being developed by a range of organisations led by the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Open Data Working Group (co-chaired by Government of Canada and the Web Foundation), the Government of Mexico, the Open Data for Development (OD4D) Network, and Omidyar Network. CIS has contributed comments to a previous version of the draft, and also took part in the pre-release meeting of potential stewards of the Charter on May 26 in Ottawa. Here is the text of the draft Charter. Please visit opendatacharter.net/charter/ to submit your comments.
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Blog Entry International Repository Infrastructure Workshop, Amsterdam, 16-17 March 2009: A Report
by Sanchia de Souza published Apr 27, 2009 last modified Aug 18, 2011 05:01 AM — filed under:
Open Access activist Madhan Muthu recently attended the International Repository Infrastructure Workshop, held in Amsterdam, 16-17 March 2009, in company with CIS Distinguished Fellow Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam. In this entry, as a guest blogger for CIS, he files a report on the proceedings at the workshop.
Located in Openness / Blog
File Internet and Open Public Data
by Prasad Krishna published Jul 03, 2013
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry Internet and Society in Asia: Challenges and Next Steps
by Nishant Shah published Dec 23, 2011 — filed under: ,
The ubiquitous presence of internet technologies, in our age of digital revolution, has demanded the attention of various disciplines of study and movements for change around the globe. As more of our environment gets connected to the circuits of the World Wide Web, we witness a significant transformation in the way we understand the politics, mechanics and aesthetics of the world we live in, says Nishant Shah in this peer reviewed essay published in Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, Volume 11, Number 1, March 2010.
Located in Internet Governance
Internet becomes vernacular with relaunch of e-bhasha
by Prasad Krishna published Mar 23, 2015 last modified Apr 03, 2015 05:49 AM — filed under: ,
With the relaunch of e-bhasha as a mission mode project, there is a fresh urgency to create content and technical solutions in Indian languages.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Internet Engineering Task Force
by Anirudh Sridhar published Nov 30, 2013 last modified Dec 01, 2013 02:34 AM — filed under:
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is an open standards body with no requirements for membership and does not have a formal membership process either.
Located in Telecom / Knowledge Repository on Internet Access
Blog Entry Internet Freedom
by Sunil Abraham and Vidushi Marda published Feb 15, 2016 — filed under: , , , , ,
The modern medium of the web is an open-sourced, democratic world in which equality is an ideal, which is why what is most important is Internet freedom.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Internet Freedom in India – Open to Debate
by Prasad Krishna published Jan 25, 2013 — filed under: , ,
In the aftermath of an Index on Censorship debate in New Delhi, Kirsty Hughes says India’s web users are standing at a crossroads
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Internet Governance and Human Rights: Strategies and Collaborations for Empowerment
by Prasad Krishna published Aug 19, 2010 last modified Apr 05, 2011 03:59 AM — filed under:
Leading up to the 2010 IGF, The Association for Progressive Communications (APC), Global Partners, the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), IT for Change, and the Dynamic Coalition on Internet Rights and Principles are hosting, on 13 September 2010 in Vilnius, an event on 'Internet Governance and Human Rights: Strategies and Collaborations for Empowerment'.
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Internet Governance Forum
by Anirudh Sridhar published Dec 03, 2013 — filed under:
Anirudh Sridhar provides an analysis of the creation of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), its structure, and the importance of IGF in this unit.
Located in Telecom / Knowledge Repository on Internet Access