Open government data is data that can be freely used by anyone without technical, financial, or legal restrictions, and also reused and published while considering the legal license requirements under which this data was published.
Open government data helps bridge the gap between government agencies and citizens, who benefit from the open data provided in various aspects, including:
Understanding how government agencies operate.
Evaluating the performance of different administrative units, and expressing their opinions supported by information about government policies.
Allowing the use of information in conducting research, writing reports, expressing observations, and opinions.
Creating online or smart device applications based on open government data.
The open data platform in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is one of the important initiatives, aimed at creating a government database, setting a general strategy to enable transparency, encouraging electronic participation, and stimulating creativity. The main role of the portal is to publish datasets of ministries and government agencies in the form of open data, and make them available to all beneficiaries.
If you transfer a dataset or any derived dataset, or a dataset as part of a dataset, or it is used within a specific application or study, you must:
Include a copy of the open data license with the dataset or derived dataset, and in any related documents.
Maintain any copyright notices and notifications related to the dataset rights that refer to the open data license.
If it is not possible to place the required notices in a specific file due to the file structure, then you must include the notices in a place or accompanying file (such as a related guide).
You must not use this data for political purposes or to support illegal or criminal activity or in racist or discriminatory comments or incitement or negative influence on culture or equality or incitement or any illegal or non-conforming activity to the customs and traditions of the Kingdom. You can refer to the usage policy in detail in the sixth section of the open data license. The availability and use of open government data in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are subject to the following key principles issued by the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA).
All visitors to the National Open Data Portal have the right to use and reuse the datasets available on the portal in accordance with the usage policy.
Last Update: 08/10/2024
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