Two weeks ago, together with our friends at Provenance and Hub Westminster, we organised a two part event to discuss the what, why and how of opening up product data. The seeds for this event w...
https://product.okfn.org/2014/02/11/opening-up-product-data-2/
Our goal: Collaborate to build the largest open product database in the world. Join us if you are interested in open data, smart things and the future of retail and product design. No prior k...
https://product.okfn.org/2014/01/23/opening-up-product-data/
Dear GS1 and GS1 Member Organisations, For over 40 years, GS1 has succeeded in creating a unique and standard identifier, what we know as the barcode, for the vast majority of commercialised prod...
https://product.okfn.org/2013/12/23/open-letter-to-gs1-the-benefits-and-potential-of-an-open-gepir/
In order to build a meaningful database of all the products in the world, it is important that we are able to link essential attributes of the product to the product itself. One obvious attribute...
Products are part of our everyday life but it is not always easy to know who actually produces the products that we buy. GS1 has developed a solution but have, of late, been restricting access ...
https://product.okfn.org/2013/10/16/who-is-hiding-behind-the-barcode/
The world’s largest open product database joins Open Knowledge Foundation and you can get involved! We vote with our wallet everyday, but are rarely aware of everything we endorse through our p...
By Philippe Plagnol: Founder of Product Data on the products we buy is rarely viewed as something to be opened. But in fact, the international standards that make it possible for products to be...
https://product.okfn.org/2013/09/13/opening-product-data-for-a-more-responsible-world/