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2 II .DEFINITIONS a.“Data” means statistical, factual, and quantitative information that is regularly maintained or created by or on behalf of a City department.b.“Open Data” means data that is available online, in an open format, with minim al lega l enc umbrances on use or reuse.c.“Open format” means any widely accepted, nonproprietary, platform independent,machine -readable method for formatting data that permits automated processing of suc h dat a and facilitates search capabilities.d.“D ataset” means a named collection of related records, with the collection containing data organized or formatted in a specific or prescribed way, often in tabular form.e.“Protected information” means any dataset or portion thereof to which an agency may deny access pursuant to applicable laws, rules, and regulations.f.“Sensitive information” means any data that, if published on the Open Data We b P ortal, could raise privacy, confidentiality or security concerns or have the potential to jeopardize public health, safety or welfare to an extent that is greater than the potential public benefit of publishing that data.g.“Publishable data” means data that is not protected or sensitive and that has been prepared for release on the Open Data Web Portal.III.I MPLEMENTATION T he City will develop and implement practices that allow it to: 1.C ontinuously advance Open Data practices that move the City closer to the eventual goal of proactive release of all publishable City data, making it freely available i n open fo rmats, with minimal restrictions on use or reuse 1 , and fully accessible to the broadest range of users to use for varying purposes;2.E stablish and maintain an Open Data Web Portal that provides a central location for published City data;1 The Data available via the Open Data Web Portal will be licensed under a standard “Creative Commons” public copyright license which enables the free distribution of otherwise copyrighted data.