Working Groups are domain-specific groups to focus on discussion and activity around a given area of open knowledge. They provide an opportunity for people with similar interests to gather online (and sometimes in person) to hack, discuss, lobby, promote and explore particular areas of Open Knowledge and/or Open Data.
To get involved please find the group you are interested in below and click through to join their mailing list. If you have a question or want to propose a new working group then please refer to the FAQ
Open Government Data- This group is for everyone interested in Open Government Data and a hub for the global community
OpenGLAM- Promotes open access to digital cultural heritage held by Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums.
Open Economics- Identify standards and best practice for open economic data, and a hub for projects and discussion.
Open Science- The open science community builds tools, apps, datasets and guidelines to promote all aspects of open science.
Open Development- Central point of reference and support for people who are interested in open knowledge in development.
Open Sustainability- Seeks to advocate and promote the opening up of sustainability information and datasets.
Open Education- Binds together people to promote open data, open educational resources (OER) and open educational practises.
Open Design & Hardware- A community of designers and makers interested in implementing openness in design and hardware.
Public Domain- A community interested in exploring and facilitating the use and reuse of public domain works.
Open Product Data- Building the world's largest product database & empowering consumers to make informed decisions
Open Transport- Central point of reference and support for people who are interested in open transport data.
Open Spending- Central point of reference and support for people who are interested in open spending data.
Open Humanities- Discussing and implementing openness in humanities research and reporting on open projects and resources.
Open Bibliography- A group to provide information, documentation and solutions around Open Bibliographic Data
Open Linguistics- Promote the idea and definition of open data in Linguistics and in relation to language data.
Open Access- This group is dedicated to the promotion of “Open Access” as defined by the Budapest Open Access Initiative.
Open Archaeology- Act as a central point of reference and support for people interested in open archaeological data.
Open Definition- A community that is dedicated to promote, discuss, and further develop the Open Definition.
Lobbying Transparency- The Open Knowledge Foundation and the Sunlight Foundation are teaming up to convene a new global group on lobbying transparency.
Personal Data and Privacy- A working group dedicated to exploring the intersection of open data, my data and privacy.
Incubating Groups
Incubating groups are less active at present. Many have been founded very recently and don’t yet have e.g. a website. If you would like to help kick-start a group which is currently incubating, or set up an entirely new one, please do get in touch!
