word

Open data

OH-pen DAY-tah

/ˈoʊpən ˈdeɪtə/

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Opendata

Dictionary meaning

Government-held or publicly funded data that is made freely available to any person to access, use, and redistribute without restrictions, with the goal of promoting transparency and enabling civic innovation.

Examples

The municipality published its budget figures as open data so journalists could analyse spending patterns.
Open data portals allow developers to build apps that improve public transport information.

Synonyms: public data, government data transparency

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