Data.gov set to launch

Rumours abounding that tomorrow will see the launch of data.gov.uk,under the auspices of Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Professor Nigel Shadbolt.

Charles Arthur writes at Media Guardian that

The aim is to encourage British web developers and companies to create websites and information feeds that combine the data with other information such as time, maps or other datasets – and potentially to discover hidden patterns that may not be obvious from the raw information.