Open Source One

Hot on the heels of open source, open data has been coming into fashion — but finding it is not always easy and few projects have given much thought to managing the data after its release. O’Reilly’s Nat Torkington has, though, and has put up a thoughtful post about the importance of not only releasing open data, but applying the best practices of open source to open data. A truly successful open source project requires more than tossing code over the wall where others can download it.