This typifies the problem with the web. This website purports to be about data. But is it? Seems like lots of rambling about presentation of data. A true op

This typifies the problem with the web. This website purports to be about data. But is it? Seems like lots of rambling about presentation of data. A true open data initiative would start by providing an ftp link. People can argue all day about how to present data. That's not about data. That's about something else. First, just give us the data. Raw. In an open format (e.g. plain text). From there it can be massaged into a gazillion possibilities. Many people have many different visions of those possibilities. Open data starts with providing the data. Not a lecture about "principles". First, give us the data. Raw. Open format.