City of Vancouver gets online with open data

http://www.straight.com/article-222955/bobbie-bees-city-vancouver-supports-opensource-software-open-standards-and-open-data

In which state that they will move towards providing data, documents, maps and other media in open standards; and to ensure that "Data provided to the city by third parties, including developers, contractors, and consultants are licenced in an open format."
Meaning that understanding open formats and tools is now a strong benefit when working with the city.

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