Web Directions Podcast

The USA and UK governments have made significant progress with linked, open data in recent months. Several fundamental datasets from the Australian Government are on the cusp of being exposed as meaningful, reusable, machine-​​​​readable assets, further driving the adoption of linked data within and around government. Making better use of online data offerings using a combination of top-​​​​down policy and guidance, together with bottom-​​​​up development efforts from agency web teams, would seem to describe a sustainable, organic growth in linked government data. Learn about the path to the first release of data​.gov​.au; a draft roadmap to future releases; the barriers to linked data and open public sector information (PSI); and the real-​​​​world questions this technology aims to solve. Based in the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO), Gordon has been working on whole-​​of-​​government websites and Australian Government web policies since early 2006. Gordon likes making attract