Hi all, Together with the Public Knowledge Workshop[1], a non-profit organization whose mission is to release public information, we signed a Declaration of Principles with the Israeli Parliament regarding the Open Law Book project on Wikisource[2]. This project began in 2004 and is an initiative to make all the laws and regulations passed by the parliament accessible to the public in a clear and reliable manner. Recently, the Israeli Parliament launched the National Legislation Database, which contains all information and data regarding the state's laws. In the collaboration agreement signed between the three stakeholders, it is agreed that the Nationals Legislation Database will include links to the corresponding information in the Open Law Book, while vice versa the database may freely use any information from the Open Law Book. This collaboration will allow the public to have the most up-to-date information in a clear and understandable way, and thus also increase the transparency of legislation in Israel. This groundbreaking achievement is an example to the kind of impact that open knowledge initiatives can have on civil life.
*Michal Lester,*
*Executive DirectorWikimedia Israel* *http://www.wikimedia.org.il http://www.wikimedia.org.il/ *
* [1] http://www.hasadna.org.il/en/about/ http://www.hasadna.org.il/en/about/[2] https://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%98%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7... https://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%98%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%98:%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%97%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%97 *
Hi Michal,
Congrats for the initiative, that is, indeed, an awesome achievement!
Just some nitpicky points:
* It would be desirable to clarify to Hasadana [1] that Wikimedia Israel is an independent organization, and that they are jointly working with "Wikimedia Israel", not "Wikimedia". [1] * It is also important that they do not say that Wikisource is their website [2], because it is not.
[1] ".This is what Hasada and Wikimedia’s joint project, Open Law Book https://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%97%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%AA_%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C?utm_source=Test&utm_campaign=c830d400b6-Donors_Newsletter3_14_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a885ddb65c-c830d400b6-" http://www.hasadna.org.il/en/2015/03/5728/ [2] " It is a Wikisource based website, making Israel’s laws open, accessible and free. Needless to say – we published the Tax Ordinance on our website, and it can be found here" (link points to Wikisource) http://www.hasadna.org.il/en/2015/03/5728/ http://www.hasadna.org.il/en/projects/
Best,
MarioGom
On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 3:25 PM, Michal Lester mlester@wikimedia.org.il wrote:
Hi all, Together with the Public Knowledge Workshop[1], a non-profit organization whose mission is to release public information, we signed a Declaration of Principles with the Israeli Parliament regarding the Open Law Book project on Wikisource[2]. This project began in 2004 and is an initiative to make all the laws and regulations passed by the parliament accessible to the public in a clear and reliable manner. Recently, the Israeli Parliament launched the National Legislation Database, which contains all information and data regarding the state's laws. In the collaboration agreement signed between the three stakeholders, it is agreed that the Nationals Legislation Database will include links to the corresponding information in the Open Law Book, while vice versa the database may freely use any information from the Open Law Book. This collaboration will allow the public to have the most up-to-date information in a clear and understandable way, and thus also increase the transparency of legislation in Israel. This groundbreaking achievement is an example to the kind of impact that open knowledge initiatives can have on civil life.
*Michal Lester,*
*Executive DirectorWikimedia Israel* *http://www.wikimedia.org.il http://www.wikimedia.org.il/ *
http://www.hasadna.org.il/en/about/[2] https://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99% D7%98%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%98:%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%97% D7%95%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%97 https://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99% D7%98%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%98:%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%97% D7%95%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%97
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