Big Data

[Stephen]

Maybe Nominet can learn something about providing domain data to help the UK namespace.

Some statistics would have been so useful in building alternative models,
for those wanting .uk or providing more facts for those who didn't want .uk.

An article in The Guardian featuring Nominet Trust:

http://www.theguardian.com/voluntary-sector-network/2013/sep/10/charity-voluntary-sector-open-data

Open data, big data, raw data: if you only have a vague idea of what these are or how they are relevant to your organisation, then you're not alone.

As the Open Data and Charities report from the Nominet Trust puts it, "The understanding, use and publishing of open data within the third sector is still very much in its infancy. Many organisations are unaware of the open government data resources that are now available to them."

The report concludes that better use of data – namely the statistical information held by local and central government, multilateral institutions, private firms and NGOs – could see just about any charity improve its research, intelligence and planning capacity...........