The ODI was founded in 2012 by Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Sir Nigel Shadbolt, placing us at the heart of the data economy. Our primary mission is to foster transparency, accountability, and innovation through data.

This guidebook helps people and organisations create, develop and adopt open standards for data. It supports a variety of users, including policy leads, domain experts and technologists.

From October 2024, the ODI will bring Solid - an open standard developed to give individuals and organisations greater control over their data - into its broader data stewardship activities.

This definition is not a completely new one. It builds on existing work and definitions used by others, such as Lilian Edwards’ research on the potential role of data trusts and Sean McDonald and Keith Porcaro’s descriptions of ‘civic data trusts’.. We also propose some characteristics for a good data trust, which we describe later in this blogpost.

Oct 15, 2024 · About us. The ODI is a non-profit company committed to promoting and advancing trust in data, including open data, shared data and closed - or private - data.

Sep 20, 2024 · The ODI was founded in 2012 by Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Sir Nigel Shadbolt, placing us at the heart of the data economy. Our primary mission is to foster transparency, accountability, and innovation through data.

Data assurance is essential to enable trusted and trustworthy data practices – find out more about the ODI's approach to data assurance in this white paper

Open Data Maturity Model. Assess how well your organisation publishes and consumes open data. The model is structured around five themes and five progress levels, offering a comprehensive framework to evaluate your open data practices and …

Sep 20, 2024 · At the ODI, we’ve developed a set of practices and tools designed to strengthen the collection, use, and sharing of data. Our Data Practices Maturity Model helps bridge the gap between high-level strategies and real-world data operations, offering guidance to ensure data is handled in a way which inspires confidence.

Dec 6, 2024 · Read the report. Artificial intelligence (AI) promises opportunities for greater economic efficiency and quality of life around the world, but may also bring new socio-technical challenges and safety risks that governments will need to address, both as regulators and as providers of data.