Scope of The Grid's Open Data
Open Data in our dataset is marked specifically as "Open Data (ODbL)" in TGS in the data license field (see more below).
The Grid has an "open data core" to give back to the community and make validated data on Web3 available to machines and humans alike to help with our shared vision of bringing the world on-chain.
License for The Grid's Open Data
The Grid uses the Open Database License.
The Grid's Open Data is made available under the Open Database License: http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/. Any rights in individual contents of the database are licensed under the Database Contents License: http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/dbcl/1.0/
You can see a handy summary here:
https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/summary/
If you are familiar with open source software, we use a "copyleft" or "share alike" open data license.
What's open data?
Open data refers to information that is:
made freely available to anyone to access, use, modify, and share for any purpose,
typically with minimal or no restrictions.
For data to be "open" it must be:
available (as in you can find it!)
technically open - in accessible formats that can be easily used
legally open - ideally under a standardized public open license.
For more, see the Open Definition.
If you are familiar with open source software, open data is the application of those same priniciples to data. Open data encompasses various types of information—from government statistics and scientific research to geospatial datasets and cultural heritage collections—and is foundational to transparency, innovation, and collaborative problem-solving.
What’s covered under the ODbL
Each field in TGS (our schema, available at https://tgs.thegrid.id ) includes a data_license property that specifies its licensing. Fields covered by ODbL will have one of these patterns:
"Open Data (ODbL),TGS license""TGS license,Open Data (ODbL)""Open Data (ODbL),TGS license,Special TPIP"
When working with TGS data, you can identify ODbL-covered fields by:
In the Schema: Look for the
data_licenseproperty in each field definitionCheck if it contains:
"Open Data (ODbL)"
Example: For the name field in profileInfos:
This field is covered by ODbL (along with other licenses).
What’s not covered under the ODbL
Only the data points and database related specifics specifically covered by the ODbL, as referenced above (specifically as "Open Data (ODbL)" in TGS in the data license field) apply.
The ODbL and our open data service does not include : TGS as a whole (The Grid Schema); Third-party data sources we include include in our service; The Grid's own trademarks and branding; The Grid's commercial services; Special TPIP (see below); and Trademarks and Branding of others (see below).
Special TPIP
This stands for Special Third Party Intellectual Property.
Special TPIP is not licensed under the ODbL, but is queryable alongside the ODbL data for our open data service.
Special TPIP is generally items such as:
Trademarks or brand names (so the name of a company or a project)
Logos and Icons associated with a profile.
This is because these are not ours to license as ODbL data, and are available as part of our position on trademark fair use (we are, for example, describing the company or product). For more, see below:
Trademarks and branding not licensed under the ODbL
Trademarks included in the dataset are included as part of The Grid's Third-Party Trademark Policy. You’ll need to do your own analysis on your specific use of the ODbL dataset if using the fields with trademark data (including logo or trademark name, marked as Special TPIP) meet your risk and requirements as well as match your own position on trademark fair use.
The Grid still asserts its rights over the selection and arrangement of the open data set as well as the schema and structure of the database as a whole, even if the specific entry in the database for the name or logo of a project is a trademark held by a third party and The Grid is not claiming rights over that trademark or logo etc.
Specific guidelines on the ODbL
“Produced Work” under the ODbL
Examples of a Produced Work under the ODbL in the context of The Grid’s open data include:
Market maps
Graphics or other visualisations of The Grid’s data
Charts and graphs of The Grid’s open data
How to give attribution
One of the requirements of open data is to give attribution back to the source of the open data. We have a specific set of guidelines available at our Open Data Attribution Guidelines.
If the Open Data Service is not a fit, check out our other services and get in touch, or if you have questions about our open data, please let us know.