From Civic Commons Wiki

Principles

• 8 Principles of Open Data - Open Government Working Group (original source)
  • "Open Data is Civic Capital" - Joshua Tauberer
  • Ten Open Data Principles - Sunlight Foundation (PDF)
• Key Principles of Government Information - American Library Association
• Principles for Transparency in Government - Sunlight Foundation
• Open Knowledge Definition - OKFN
• Eight principles of financial transparency - Association of Government Accountants (PDF)

Guidelines & Best Practices

• Open Data Manual
• Guidelines for different levels of government - Sunshine Review
• Publishing Open Government Data - W3C
• Putting Government Data online - Tim Berners-Lee
• Reporting of Government Finances: Recommendations - OKFN
• Government Data Catalog Guidelines - Sunlight Labs
• Data Quality and Effectiveness - World Bank
• Ten Open Data Guidelines - Transparency International Georgia
• Qualities of Open Data - AusGOAL
• Open Data Cookbook - Open Government Data Camp London

Prioritization Strategies

• Notes on Open Data Priorities

Open Data Checklists

• Sunshine Review Transparency Checklist
• Tim Berners-Lee - 5 Stars of Open Linked Data
• Open Government Implementation per federal agency
• Public Transit Openness Index

Managing Private Information

• See Privacy Policy
• Seattle has developed a Risk Evaluation system for their open data processes.

Other Resources

• Evaluating open government data initiatives: can a 5-star framework work? by Tim Davies on November 23, 2011
• AP global review of FOIA responsiveness - November 2011
• http://www.opencongress.org/wiki/Open_Data_Principles_and_Database_Creation_Principles
• An attempt to aggregate and merge the resources above is being drafted, see Building a Better Transparency Website
• There's a discussion about these kinds of principles on the Sunlight Labs list: http://groups.google.com/group/sunlightlabs/browse_frm/thread/ea269a39173c0c