In democracy and disaster, emerging world embraces 'open data'

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In democracy and disaster, emerging world embraces 'open data'

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/democracy-disaster-emerging-world-embraces-open-data-213027854--business.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/PMeIlAp0NXa_aATo3ufReg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-08-27T213954Z_1_LYNXMPEA7Q10D_RTROPTP_2_TECH-DATA-EMERGING.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="IT consultant Ainun speaks about his work on the Indonesian elections in Singapore" align="left" title="IT consultant Ainun speaks about his work on the Indonesian elections in Singapore" border="0" /></a>By Jeremy Wagstaff SINGAPORE (Reuters) - 'Open data' - the trove of data-sets made publicly available by governments, organizations and businesses - isn't normally linked to high-wire politics, but just may have saved last month's Indonesian presidential elections from chaos. The embrace of open data has had few tangible benefits, but created a buzz and fostered a culture that prodded Indonesia's election commission to tweak the way it handles vote results.</p><br clear="all"/>

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