GILF For The Nation Project (May 2008 - April 2009)
The GILF for the Nation Project is developing a new approach to assigning clear and simple use rights to public sector information. Based on the Queensland Government sponsored GILF, the GILF for the Nation Project supports the adoption of information management practices that:
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makes it easier for users to understand what they can do with the information
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ensure that the government has the authority to publish or distribute information (i.e. not contravening privacy, confidentiality, security, intellectual property or copyright)
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reduce the risk of the government and its customers using information inappropriately.
National Coordination
The Cross Jurisdictional Chief Information Officers Committee (CJCIOC) reporting to the Ministerial Online and Communications Council (OCC) identified licensing as an issue requiring a national solution. In May 2008, the CJCIOC approved a work plan for a Government information licensing framework for the Nation Project. To be an effective national solution for information licensing, the CJCIOC recognised that it would be important to allow all Australian jurisdictions time to review the work completed to date by the Queensland Government and to validate the proposed model in each jurisdiction.
The work plan for the GILF for the Nation Project is funded jointly by all jurisdictions and includes:
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provides a site for the framework that is widely accessible
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educates information creators, publishers and users about licensing of public sector or government information
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provides a decision support tool (the Licensing Review) to assist information creators and publishers to apply appropriate licences to copyright works and materials or information products.
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Identification of an information licensing champion in each jurisdiction.
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The opportunity for key information officers from all Australian jurisdictions to learn about the framework and to validate it for use by:
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attending the GILF for the Nation Round Table on 11 November 2008
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attending a seminar on the website to be held on
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Presentations from the round table in November 2008
GILF Framework for the Nation (PDF 3,300KB)
Access and Reuse as a Driver of Innovation (PDF 144KB)
GILF Legal Status Review (PDF 313KB)
Presentations from the seminar in April 2009 will be uploaded when they are available.
Policy Statement and Supporting Principles
The GILF for the Nation policy is to use standard licences to assist customers to understand the lawful uses they may make of public sector information.
The framework introduces information management practices to reduce the risk of legal liability and encourage the appropriate use of public sector information:
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identify and protect personal and other confidential information
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identify and respect the IP and © contained in any information
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confirm which legal entity has the right to control the use
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determine the rights of use to be granted under a licence
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ensure that metadata describes the product and original purpose for creating it.
It also encourages custodians to think more broadly: about who the potential users of public sector information might be; to help some agencies in preparing information for publication; and to make it easier for these customers to understand how they can use public sector information (in a legally appropriate way):
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apply a GILF licence (embedded in product) and relevant marking
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use metadata to aid discovery.
Guidelines
This document provides practical advice to information custodians, creators and publishers about how to use the framework. The guidelines include the use of the Licensing Review to assist custodians within the public sector to license their products and services. They also help to determine the copyright owner of an information product, the intellectual property contained in an information product, and the use rights or licence that can be applied to an information product. Once the Queensland Government releases the guidelines, they will be available on: http://www.qgcio.qld.gov.au/qgcio/architectureandstandards/geapolicies/Pages/index.aspx
www.gilf.gov.au Website
The GILF website has been developed as an online e-learning site that incorporates materials developed during the GILF project in
Nationally, it is recommended that all jurisdictions adopt the GILF licenses.
Supporting Technology
This includes prototype licence injector software within a web content management system used for web publishing.
