Forme e gradi di apertura dei dati: I nuovi alfabeti dell’Open Biblio tra scienza e società

Presentation to the National Congress Stelline 2012. Data is not only the “new oil of knowledge” but also a new fertile soil which we can water with networks and connectivity. In other terms data is the new soil because they are created from one side by research communities and from the other by public information sector and if data are really open and interconnected, they become a fertile ground that creates not only intellectual wealth, but even the basis for economic recovery. Any restriction on data and on its re-use limits any progress of research and communities development. Between Open Science and Open Government, we can place a third place that connects them both and that concerns the meta information. This middle land is called Open Bibliographic Data or OpenBiblio. This virtual place includes OPACs, databases and open archives. Speaking of Open Data means to place the defining elements within the framework of the Open Knowledge, in a dimension of knowledge that must analyse also the issue of Open Data licenses.