Semantics and gov20

Lessons of the last two weeks;

• Open Government != gov20
• gov20 != Open Government
• Open Data != gov20
• Open Data != Open Government
• gov20 != open data
• Open Government != Open Data
• eGovernment != Open Data
• gov20 != eGovernment
• blah blah blah…
• etc.

At the same time there is no debate that they all feed off each other.

For me the OpenGovt2010 event in Wellington on Monday was fascinating in this respect, many of the folks leading each of these independent (but dependant) conversations in New Zealand in one room finding their common ground and discovering places where work and opportunities overlapped.