Open Government Data. 1. The Parties recognise that facilitating public access to and use of government information may xxxxxx economic and social development, competitiveness and innovation.
2. To the extent that a Party makes government information, including data, available to the public, it shall endeavour to ensure that the information is made available as open data.
3. The Parties shall endeavour to cooperate to identify ways in which Parties can expand access to and use of open data, with a view to enhancing and generating business opportunities.
4. Cooperation under this Article may include activities such as:
(a) jointly identifying sectors where open data sets, particularly those with global value, can be used to facilitate technology transfer, talent formation and innovation, among other things;
(b) encouraging the development of new products and services based on open data sets; and
(c) fostering the use and develop open data licensing models in the form of standardised public licences available online, which will allow open data to be freely accessed, used, modified and shared by anyone for any purpose permitted by the Parties’ respective laws and regulations, and which rely on open data formats.
Open Government Data. 1. The Parties recognize that facilitating public access to and use of government information fosters economic and social development, competitiveness, and innovation.
2. To the extent that a Party chooses to make government information available to the public, it shall endeavor to ensure that the government information is in a machine-readable and open format and can be searched, retrieved, used, reused, and redistributed.
3. The Parties shall endeavor to cooperate to identify ways in which each Party can expand access to and use of government information that the Party has made public, with a view to enhancing and generating business opportunities, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises.
Open Government Data. 1. This Article applies to measures by a Party with respect to data held by the central government, disclosure of which is not restricted under domestic law, and which a Party makes digitally available for public access and use (government data)13. 13 For greater certainty, this Article is without prejudice to a Party’s laws pertaining to intellectual property and personal data protection.
2. Parties recognise the benefit of making data held by a regional or local government digitally available for public access and use in a manner consistent with paragraphs 4 through 7.
3. Parties recognise that facilitating public access to and use of government data fosters economic and social development, competitiveness, and innovation. To this end, Parties are encouraged to expand the coverage of such data, such as through engagement and consultation with interested stakeholders.
4. To the extent that a Party chooses to make government data digitally available for public access and use, a Party shall endeavour, to the extent practicable, to ensure that such data is:
(a) made available in a machine-readable and open format;
(b) searchable and retrievable;
(c) updated, as applicable, in a timely manner; and
(d) accompanied by metadata that is, to the extent possible, based on commonly used formats that allow the user to understand and utilise the data.
5. A Party shall further endeavour to make this data generally available at no or reasonable cost to the user.
6. To the extent that a Party chooses to make government data digitally available for public access and use, it shall endeavour to avoid imposing conditions14 that unduly15 prevent or restrict the user of such data from:
(a) reproducing, redistributing, or republishing the data;
(b) regrouping the data; or
(c) using the data for commercial or non-commercial purposes, including in the process of production of a new product or service.
Open Government Data. 1. For the purposes of this Article, “government information” means non-proprietary information, including data, held by the central level of government.
2. The Parties recognise that facilitating public access to and use of government information contributes to stimulating economic and social benefit, competitiveness, productivity improvements and innovation.
3. To the extent that a Party chooses to make government information available to the public, it shall endeavour to ensure:
(a) that the information is appropriately anonymised, contains descriptive metadata and is in a machine readable and open format that allows it to be searched, retrieved, used, reused and redistributed; and
(b) to the extent practicable, that the information is made available in a spatially enabled format with reliable, easy to use and freely available APIs and is regularly updated.
4. The Parties shall endeavour to cooperate to identify ways in which each Party can expand access to and use of government information that the Party has made public, with a view to enhancing and generating business and research opportunities.
Open Government Data. 1. The Parties recognise that facilitating public access to and use of government information contributes to stimulating economic and social benefit, competitiveness, productivity improvements and innovation.
2. To the extent that a Party chooses to make government information available to the public, it shall endeavour to ensure:
(a) that the information is appropriately anonymised, contains descriptive metadata and is in a machine readable and open format that allows it to be searched, retrieved, used, reused and redistributed; and
(b) to the extent practicable, that the information is made available in a spatially enabled format with reliable, easy to use and freely available APIs and is regularly updated.
3. The Parties shall endeavour to cooperate to identify ways in which each Party can expand access to and use of government information that the Party has made public, with a view to enhancing and generating business and research opportunities.
Open Government Data. 1. The Parties recognize the benefit of making data held by a regional or local government digitally available for public access and use in a manner consistent with paragraphs 2 to 4.
2. The Parties recognise that facilitating public access to and use of government data fosters economic and social development, competitiveness, and innovation. To this end, each Party shall endeavour to expand the coverage of such data, such as through engagement and consultation with interested stakeholders.
3. To the extent that a Party chooses to make government data digitally available for public access and use, each Party shall endeavour, to the extent practicable, to ensure that such data is:
(a) made available in a machine-readable and open format;
(b) searchable and retrievable;
(c) updated, as applicable, in a timely manner; and
(d) accompanied by metadata that is, to the extent possible, based on commonly used formats that allow the user to understand and utilise the data. A Party shall further endeavour to make this data generally available at no or reasonable cost to the user.
4. To the extent that a Party chooses to make government data digitally available for public access and use, it shall endeavour to avoid imposing conditions (3) that unduly prevent or restrict the user of such data from:
(a) reproducing, redistributing, or republishing the data;
(b) regrouping the data; or
(c) using the data for commercial and non-commercial purposes, including in the process of production of a new product or service.
5. The Parties shall endeavour to cooperate in matters that facilitate and expand public access to and use of government data, including exchanging information and experiences on practices and policies, with a view to encouraging the development of digital trade and creating business opportunities, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Open Government Data. 1. The Parties recognize that facilitating public access to and use of government information can xxxxxx economic and social development, competitiveness and innovation.
2. To the extent that a Party makes government information, including data, publicly available, it shall endeavour to ensure that the information is made available as open data.
3. The Parties shall seek to cooperate to identify ways in which Parties can expand access to and use of open data, with a view to improving and generating business opportunities.
4. Cooperation under this Article may include activities such as:
(a) jointly identify sectors where open data sets, particularly those of global value, can be used to facilitate technology transfer, talent development and innovation, among others;
(b) encourage the development of new products and services based on open data sets, and
(c) encourage the use and develop open data licensing models in the form of standardized public licenses available online, which will allow anyone to freely access, use, modify and share open data for any purpose permitted by the Parties' respective laws and regulations, and which are based on open data formats.
Open Government Data. 1. The Parties recognise that facilitating public access to and use of government information may xxxxxx economic and social development, competitiveness, and innovation.
Open Government Data. 1. Parties recognise that facilitating public access to and use of government data fosters economic and social development, competitiveness, productivity, and innovation. To this end, Parties are encouraged to expand the coverage of such data, such as through engagement and consultation with interested stakeholders.
2. To the extent that a Party chooses to make government data digitally available for public access and use, a Party shall endeavour, to ensure that such data is:
a) made available in a machine-readable, and open format;
b) made available in a spatially-enabled format, if relevant;
c) in a format that allows it to be easily searched, retrieved, used, reused, and redistributed;
d) is made available via reliable, user-friendly and freely available Application Programming Interfaces;
e) is made available for re-use in full compliance with a Party’s personal data protection rules;
f) updated, as applicable, in a timely manner; and,
g) accompanied by metadata that is, to the extent possible, based on commonly used formats that allow the user to understand and utilise the data.
Open Government Data. 1. For the purposes of this Article, “government information” means non-proprietary information, including data, held by the central level of government.
2. The Parties recognise that facilitating public access to and use of government information contributes to stimulating economic and social benefit, competitiveness, productivity improvements and innovation.
3. To the extent that a Party chooses to make government information available to the public, it shall endeavour to ensure: that the information is appropriately anonymised, contains descriptive metadata and is in a machine readable and open format that allows it to be searched, retrieved, used, reused and redistributed; and
