Vancouver Going Open in a Big Way

Interesting item from eaves.ca...

vancouver enters the age of the open city

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City of Vancouver endorses the principles of:

- Open and Accessible Data - the City of Vancouver will freely share with citizens, businesses and other jurisdictions the greatest amount of data possible while respecting privacy and security concerns;
- Open Standards - the City of Vancouver will move as quickly as possible to adopt prevailing open standards for data, documents, maps, and other formats of media;
- Open Source Software - the City of Vancouver, when replacing existing software or considering new applications, will place open source software on an equal footing with commercial systems during procurement cycles; and...