The document outlines 3 principles that the Norwegian Meteorological Institute's open data policy is based on: 1) The decision for an open data policy is made by management, while how the data is made available considers users; 2) What meets the Institute's needs also meets re-users' needs; and 3) Dialogue with re-user communities incorporates their feedback. It also notes some lessons learned: data will be used in new ways, re-users help with expertise, and re-users gain competence to understand provided data, while legal issues in this field provide no simple solutions.

1. @kristinlyng / kristin.lyng@met.no
IT Law Professional / Data Manager
The Norwegian Meteorological Institute

3. 3 Principles our open data
policy is based on
(that makes our strategy)
+
A few of those things we have
learned

4. Principle #1
The decision on an open data
policy is not user-oriented
How you make data available is
user-oriented

5. The decision is the GDs

6. Principle #2
What is good enough for us is
good enough for the re-user

7. Principle #3
Dialogue with the
re-user community, making use
of the feedback we receive

8. What we have learned
Data is going to be used, in so many
new ways
We are still experts on our data,
- but hey, do we have many helpers
out there

9. The expert argument
No one will be able to understand
your data?
Well, the re-user is going to obtain
the necessary competence
to make sense of it

10. And most important:
There are no legal solutions in this
field that will make any non-techy
lawyer sleep well