emerging trends and issues related to open data

Marco Fioretti ([email protected]) Oct 27th, 2011, Brasiliahttp://mfioretti.com I Encontro Nacional de Dados Abertoshttp://stop.zona-m.net Some rights reserved

Emerging trends and issues related to

Open Data

Marco Fioretti

http://mfioretti.com

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This is a short summary, with some additions, of the two

reports produced for the Open Data, Open Society

study, entirely available online at

http://stop.zona-m.net/2011/09/part-2-of-the-open-data-

open-society-report-is-now-available-online/

under a CC license (translations are very welcome!)

Background


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Risks of misunderstandings often exhagerated

Cost of not opening data is increasing

Legal issues remain crucial

Digitization has a cultural price

Emerging trends


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Unequal access

Lack of education to data and public

interest

The (often bogus) privacy issue

Risks and limits of Open Data


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Open Data won't eliminate them

Open Data is about giving to everybody

who can do it the possibility to analyze the

data and help citizens to understand them,

not just to big organizations

A word about “intermediaries”


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The Need to better define what is Public Data


Public Data ="data of public interest”

“we are observing a worldwide diffusion of

access to information laws that empower

citizens to hold government agencies

accountable” (Sasaki)

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Public Data ="data of public interest”


... in an age of privatization of many public

services... in which many activities with

potentially very serious impacts on whole

communities... happen outside PAs

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Open Product Data initiative


Was this made with child labor?

Does it contain GMO ingredients?

Is it compatible with my diet?

www.slideshare.net/opdata/open-product-data-9344164

Scan barcodes with smartphone, get answers:

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OpenCorporates, the database of the corporate world


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Open Data are useless if citizens don't use and

demand them!

My proposals:

Focus on local issues

Involve high schools

The need to create communities


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From Chris Taggart

(Openly Local):

After aggregating all the

expenses over 500 GBP I

have received countless

thanks by citizens, NGOs

and local Public

Administrations

The success of Openly local (UK)

(1) http://OpenlyLocal.com/councils/spending


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...and Open Data can create jobs

Not only in the high-tech sector!


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Husetsweb (DK) creates local jobs, saves energy

Estimate pollution and energy costs of an apartment

Gives remodeling quotes from local carpenters, plumbers, electricians...

That is LOCAL, non high-tech jogs immune to outsorcing!


combines technical data of residential buildings and other public data (solar exposure, temperatures).. to

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Pistill SF: a San Francisco based

small company that sells (San

Francisco) blankets, napkins and

other stuff with customized,

printed on-demand OSM maps of

the location specified by the

customer.

Openstreetmap: open maps that create jobs

http://stop.zona-m.net/it/2011/01/openstreetmap-dati-liberi-che-creano-servizi-e-lavoro-per-tutti/


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Open Data needs students to collect data

(directly or by web scraping) and stay

relevant

Students need Open Data to learn betterSource: A proposal to promote Open Data from and for the schools,

http://t.co/ADv7TYRb

Open Data and schools need each other now


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HistoryPin

interactively

displays, sorted by

time, geotagged

photos over maps

Example: learning local history with HistoryPin

The same thing could be done with tons of other Open Data to

prepare interactive, real-world based lessons on any topic


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Properly define and explain both Open Data & Public Data

Keep political issues separated by economics ones

Keep past and future separate

Impose proper licensing and streamline procurement

Educate citizens to understand and use data

Focus on local, specific issues to raise interest for OD

Involve NGOs, charities and business associations

7 OD strategy and best practices suggestions


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Questions?

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