In this Article, the following words and phrases have the following meanings:
Agency means any department or office of the County government.
Data means the final version of digital information.
(a) (i) in a structured, statistical, or alphanumeric form (i.e., list, table, graph, chart, or other non-narrative form) that can be digitally transmitted or processed; or
(ii) in an unstructured, factual, or content form (i.e., fact sheet, memorandum, press release, compliance guidance, manual, or other narrative form) that can be digitally transmitted or processed; and
(b) regularly created or maintained by or on behalf of and owned by an agency that records a file, measurement, transaction, or final decision related to the mission of an agency.
Data does not include any information provided to an agency by another government entity; or any image file, such as a design, drawing, map, photo, or scanned copy of an original document.
Maryland Public Information Act or Act means the Maryland Public Information Act, codified at Sections 10-611 through 10-630 of the State Government Article of the Maryland Code.
Measurement means to quantify any characteristic of an observable event, occurrence, or object by comparison to a reference standard.
Open Data Implementation Plan means a plan developed by the Chief Administrative Officer to implement this Article and as further described in Section 2-158. Open standard means a technical standard developed and maintained by a voluntary consensus standards body that is available to the public without royalty or fee.
Public data set means data identified as eligible for publication by the Open Data Implementation Plan.
Public data set does not include any portion of a data set that is not subject to disclosure under any Federal or State law, including the Maryland Public Information Act.
Technical standard means:
(a) the common and repeated use of a rule, condition, guideline, or characteristic for any product or related process and production method, and related management systems practice; and
(b) (1) the definition of a term;
(2) classification of a component;
(3) delineation of a procedure;
(4) specification of dimension, material, performance, design, or operation;
(5) measurement of quality and quantity in describing any material, process, product, system, service, or practice;
(6) test method and sampling procedure; or
(7) description of fit and measurement of size or strength.
Transaction means any interaction between an agency and any person related to the mission of an agency.
Voluntary consensus standards body means a domestic or international organization that develops and maintains a technical standard that uses a transparent deliberative process, permits the participation of any party, and achieves general consensus, although not necessarily unanimity, of the participating parties, including a process to attempt to resolve any difference in viewpoint. (, § 1.)
