APPSI has released the first version of a new glossary containing definitions for some 70 terms related to Open Data and PSI. The aim is to encourage consistency of use of the vocabulary to avoid confusion in this developing area. The glossary and an introduction are on the APPSI Web site:

In collaboration with the Cabinet Office, APPSI will also conduct an open consultation on the glossary using a 'wiki' style approach. In the meantime, any comments and suggestions for additions are welcome.

If you have comments on the glossary, please email them to secretariat@appsi.gsi.gov.uk.

About APPSI
Government’s Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information (APPSI) is an independent UK-wide Non-Departmental Public Body of the Ministry of Justice. APPSI advises Ministers and the Director of the Office of Public Sector Information (The National Archives) on matters relating to Public Sector information re-use. Its members are drawn from the business and entrepreneurial, economic, academic, ICT, legal and public sector communities, also including local government and health sector experience and representing all three Devolved Administrations. Members have operated at senior level in numerous different organisations, acquiring many years of relevant experience. Members give their time for free.