Topic Report No. 12: Open data in Finland - bottom up and middle out, but not yet from top down
European Public Sector Information Platform Topic Report No.12 (published 15 July 2010)
Author: Antti Poikola, HILA Open Ltd, Finland
The re-use of public sector information or open government data, whichever term is used, has recently been under close attention both in Finland and in the European Union in general. This topic report summarises the state of debate and the state of actions, and briefly discusses some legal and practical issues in the area of making government data available for re-use in Finland.