Open source and open standards

Guidance and regulation

• Using Open Document Formats (ODF) in your organisation
  • Detailed guide
  • 18 December 2018
  • Government Digital Service and Closed organisation: Central Digital and Data Office
• The Technology Code of Practice
  • Detailed guide
  • 18 February 2025
  • Government Digital Service and Closed organisation: Central Digital and Data Office
• Government technology standards and guidance
  • Detailed guide
  • 5 October 2023
  • Government Digital Service and Closed organisation: Central Digital and Data Office
• Be open and use open source
  • Detailed guide
  • 31 March 2021
  • Government Digital Service and Closed organisation: Central Digital and Data Office
• Using CSV file format
  • Detailed guide
  • 12 March 2021
  • Government Digital Service and Closed organisation: Central Digital and Data Office

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News and communications

How GCHQ made its CyberChef app open source

7 July 2021 — Case study

Government Digital Service, Closed organisation: Central Digital and Data Office, and Government Communications Headquarters

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Policy papers and consultations

• Open standards principles
  • 5 April 2018
  • Cabinet Office
  • Policy paper
• Open formats implementation plan
  • 17 March 2015
  • Cabinet Office, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Government Digital Service, and Closed organisation: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
  • Policy paper
• G8 Open Data Charter National Action Plan
  • 1 November 2013
  • Cabinet Office
  • Policy paper
• Open Data Charter
  • 18 June 2013
  • Cabinet Office
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Open Data Strategy Refresh
  • 13 August 2018
  • Closed organisation: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
  • Transparency

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Organisations

• Government Digital Service
• Cabinet Office
• Department for Transport
• Crown Commercial Service
• Defence and Security Accelerator

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• Department for Culture, Media & Sport
• Ministry of Defence
• Prime Minister's Office 10 Downing Street

• Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

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