5 Stars Open Data

Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the Web and Linked Data initiator, suggested a 5 star deployment scheme for Open Data. Here, we give examples for each step of the stars and explain costs and benefits that come along with it.


http://5stardata.info/

★	make your stuff available on the Web (whatever format) under an open license1	example ...
★★	make it available as structured data (e.g., Excel instead of image scan of a table)2	example ...
★★★	use non-proprietary formats (e.g., CSV instead of Excel)3	example ...
★★★★	use URIs to identify things, so that people can point at your stuff4	example ...
★★★★★	link your data to other data to provide context5