5) open data – widely accessible electronic data sources, presented in a machine-readable way and which can further be utilized, repeatedly published or cited without changing the content; 6) internet portal of open data – a component of the “electronic government” web portal, serving as a centralized archive to store descriptive and referential sources of open data; 7) internet portal of open legislative acts – a component of the “electronic government” web portal facilitating a placement of draft law concepts and draft legislative acts; 8) information with limited access – information that is classified as state secrets, personal, family, medical, banking, commercial and other types of secrets protected by law, and also official information noted as “for official use only”; 9) a blog-platform of the first heads of state bodies – a component of the “electronic government” web portal facilitating an opportunity for citizens to send their requests and to receive answers to these requests from the first heads of state bodies; 10) a united platform of internet sites of state bodies – technological platform, facilitating a placement of internet sites of state bodies; 11) internet portal assessing the effectiveness of state bodies’ activity – a component of the “electronic government” web portal facilitating a placement of information related to the assessment of the effectiveness of state bodies’ activity, reports about reaching target indicators of strategic plans and programs on territorial development, as well as public discussion of the activity of state bodies; 12) request – an application in an oral or written form, including an electronic document, requesting an access to information, verbalized or addressed to an information holder in accordance with the order stipulated by this Law. Article 2. Legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on access to information 1. Legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on access to information is based on the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan and consists of this Law and other legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan. 2. If an international agreement, ratified by the Republic of Kazakhstan, sets out other rules than those stipulated by the present Law, then the rules of the international agreement would apply. Article 3. Applicability of the present Law 1. This Law applies throughout the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan and regulates public relationships created by providing access to information, the latter not related to information with limited access. 2. This Law does not apply to appeals by individuals and legal entities, the order of which is stipulated by legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on administrative violations, criminal and civil procedural legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan. 3. This Law does not apply to the order of considering requests made according to the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On National archive foundation and archives”. 4. This Law does not apply to the order of providing information to mass media outlets according to the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On mass media”. Article 4. Basic principles of providing access to information Providing access to information is based on the following principles: