Working Groups

The Open Knowledge Foundation’s Working Groups are groups of interested individuals who meet virtually and in-person to focus on a particular area of open knowledge. For more details on how they work, see the guide on our wiki. You can track Working Group meetings on our public calendar.

Current Working Groups

Active working groups typically maintain a website and a wiki. All groups have a discursive mailing list where anyone can post questions and share news. Many also hold regular Skype calls. Some organise sprints and meet-ups, and collaborate on specific projects.

Working Group on EU Open Data
Working Group on Open Access
Working Group on Open Archaeology
Working Group on Open Bibliographic Data
Working Group on Open Design
Working Group on Open Development
Working Group on Open Economics
Working Group on Open Government Data
Working Group on Open Linguistics
Working Group on Open Resources in the Humanities
Working Group on Open Science
Working Group on Open Spending Data
Working Group on the Public Domain
Coordination Group (aka Projects Committee)
Infrastructure Group (aka Sysadmin)

Incubating Groups

Incubating groups are less active at present. Many have been founded very recently and don’t yet have e.g. a website. If you would like to help kick-start a group which is currently incubating, or found an entirely new one, please do get in touch!