Dear All
There is currently a lively debate on how to measure openness and transparency going on. In the latest development, transparency activists from Spain have criticised the Web Foundation's Open Data Index for being inaccurate and over-generous in its rating of open data in Spain: http://www.access-info.org/en/open-government-data/302-spain-is-a-world-lead er-in-open-data-says-who There are also discussions around Sheila Coronel's paper Measuring Openness: A Survey of Transparency Ratings and the Prospects for a Global Index by Sheila Coronel, see www.access-info.org for more details. A clarification by Sheila Coronel to comments by Helen Darbishire and Toby Mendel has been posted today. Access Info Europe is looking at how to link these debates to our proposals under the Open Government Standards initiative www.opengovstandards.org so that we advance to more precise measures of transparency which accurately reflect levels of access to information in practice. best, Helen _________________________ Helen Darbishire, Executive Director Access Info Europe, <http://www.access-info.org/> www.access-info.org mobile tel: + 34 667 685 319 Skype: helen_darbishire Twitter: @Access_Info, @helen_access
