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Open data, open access, open standards and free software. 883 items.
8 Oct 2009
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After 15 Years, Is Free Access to Law Here to Stay?CIS, in collaboration with partners LexUM and SAFLII, is undertaking a Global Free Access to Law Study. Being the first of its kind within the Free Access to Law Movement, this comparative study will examine what free access to law …
15 Sep 2009
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Wiki AcademyAn article by Hari Prasad Nadig on Wiki Academy, a workshop based on usage of Indian languages, editing and its applications in academics of Wikipedia - the free online encyclopedia, was held at Eric Mathias hall in St Aloysius College in …
7 Jul 2009
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Second Response to Draft National Policy on Open Standards for e-GovernanceThe government is in the process of drafting a national policy on open standards for e-governance. The National Informatics Centre recently released draft version 2 of the policy, and CIS sent in its comments on the draft.
19 May 2009
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Letter to Education Secretary, Government of Karnataka, Advocating Adoption of FOSS in State IT AcademiesThe Centre for Internet and Society is a signatory to a letter being sent to the Education Secretary, Government of Karnataka, advocating the adoption of FOSS at state IT academies.
28 Apr 2009
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An Interview With Arjen KamphuisIn an email interview with the Centre for Internet and Society, Dutch open source activist Arjen Kamphuis discussed his experience of successfully working with the government for a policy mandating open standards for all government IT in …
27 Apr 2009
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International Repository Infrastructure Workshop, Amsterdam, 16-17 March 2009: A ReportOpen Access activist Madhan Muthu recently attended the International Repository Infrastructure Workshop, held in Amsterdam, 16-17 March 2009, in company with CIS Distinguished Fellow Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam. In this entry, as a guest …
7 Apr 2009
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Journals, Open Access, Copyright, RepositoriesProf N. Mukunda, Editor of Publications, The Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, discusses open access in his keynote address at the 26 March 2009 one-day conference on 'Scholarly Communications in the Age of the Commons'.
30 Mar 2009
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RTI Application to Visvesvaraya Technological UniversityThe Centre for Internet and Society filed an RTI application to Visvesvaraya Technological University asking it to provide details about its curriculum design, and its tie-ups with various software vendors.
24 Feb 2009
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Department of Information Technology Meeting on a National Policy on E-AccessibilityOn 30 January 2009, the Department of Information Technology hosted a meeting in New Delhi bringing together important stakeholders to discuss the issue of electronic accessibility for the disabled and persons with special needs in India.
23 Jan 2009
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Updated List of Signatories for Letter Supporting WIPO Treaty for the Reading DisabledThe list of signatories to a letter in support of the WIPO Treat for the Reading Disabled has been updated.
8 Dec 2008
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Workshop on Reforming the International ICT Standardization SystemOn Day 4, the last day, of the Internet Governance Forum, a workshop was conducted by the Dynamic Coalition on Open Standards on the reforming the international ICT standardisation system. The panellists were Bob Jolliffe of Freedom to …
8 Dec 2008
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Report on Open Standards for GISW2008In this report, Sunil Abraham lays out the importance and the policy implications of Open Standards.
6 Dec 2008
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DCOS Agreement on ProcurementOn December 6, 2008, at the closing of the third Internet Governance Forum in Hyderabad, India, the Dynamic Coalition on Open Standards (DCOS), of which the Centre for Internet and Society is a member, released an agreement entitled the …
21 Oct 2008
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Open Access Day celebrated in IndiaThe Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore and the Centre for Culture, Media and Governance co-organised joint celebrations of Open Access Day in Jamia Millia Islamia campus on the 14th of October 2008. Around 50 people attended the …
4 Oct 2008
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The National Public Meeting on Software PatentsOn Saturday, October 4, 2008, the Centre for Internet and Society, with the support of eighteen other organization, held a meeting on the National Public Meeting on Software Patents in the United Theological College campus. The aim of the …
23 Sep 2008
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A2K3 Panel XI: Open Access to Science and ResearchProf. Subbiah Arunachalam participated in the third Access to Knowledge hosted by The Information Society Project (ISP) at Yale Law School between September 8-10, 2008, in Geneva, Switzerland. The conference held at the Geneva International …
22 Sep 2008
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Essay Competition for Software Freedom DayThe Free Software Users Group of Bangalore and the Centre for Internet and Society in collaboration organise an essay competition for schools and colleges in Bangalore on the topic of "Software Freedom"