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 Central Digital and Data Office
The Technology Code of Practice
- Detailed guide
- 7 July 2025
- Government Digital Service and Central Digital and Data Office
Find and use bus open data
- Detailed guide
- 25 November 2020
- Department for Transport
Government technology standards and guidance
- Detailed guide
- 5 October 2023
- Government Digital Service and Central Digital and Data Office
Using CSV file format
- Detailed guide
- 12 March 2021
- Government Digital Service and Central Digital and Data Office

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News and communications

7 July 2021Case study

How GCHQ made its CyberChef app open source

Government Digital Service, 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 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
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Transparency

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Organisations

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Prime Minister's Office
10 Downing Street

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

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