This presentation examines how the the adoption of relevant metadata specifications, the use of the open tools and standard techniques, and respect for statistical principles and methodologies can be at the foundation of an open framework for data management that answers the needs of the various communities. It summarizes the panel and provides a vision of standard technology being created within a framework which recognizes the complexities of the issues surrounding Open Data, and provides a new definition of the problem which takes into account the realities of data confidentiality within an Open Data community.