introduction to open data
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Presented at Opening Up Government Data in DERI, NUI Galway, Ireland as part of Irish Open Data Week.For more information on Irish Open Data, check out the workspace at http://workspace.opendata.ieTRANSCRIPT
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Introduction to Open Data
Opening Up Government DataDERI, NUI Galway
Deirdre Lee8th November 2011
[email protected]://www.StefanDecker.org/
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“In God we trust. Everyone else bring data” Mayor Mike Bloomberg, New York City
“My administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness in Government” President Obama, US
"This revolution in government transparency will make it easier than ever before for the public to make informed choices between providers, and hold government to account for the performance of key public services.” Prime Minister David Cameron, UK
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What is Open Government Data (OGD)?
Open Data: data that can be freely used, reused and redistributed by anyone.*
Government Data: data and information produced or commissioned by government or government controlled entities.*
Not sensitive or private information but core public data on transport, infrastructure, education, health, crime, environment, etc.
*Open Knowledge Foundation (OKF) http://opengovernmentdata.org/what/
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Examples of OGD
Zoned land for commercial/green/residential use Polling stations and election turnout Enrolments at schools and in funded pre-school
education Bathing water quality Noise maps Street lighting Bring banks Traffic cameras Cycle routes Vehicle licensing statistics
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Benefits of Open Data
Social Transparency Accountability Participation
Economic Cost saving and optimisation Promote innovation
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Transparency
To highlight deficiencies, mistakes and inaccuracies within government?
To rebuild trust between citizens and government, identify room for improvement, encourage new solutions, and remove inefficiencies.
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Accountability
To hold one person or organisation responsible for errors?
To add objectivity to government, validate resource allocation, improve public-sector decision making, and promote a fair public system.
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Participation
Opening up data naturally encourages comments, feedback, critique, insights, recommendations, queries....
Starts a two-way discussion Enables government to respond to real-time
needs of citizens
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Data as a Resource...
Resources: oil, gas, skilled workforce, infrastructure, etc.
Data is also a valuable resource!
By-product of day-to-day governance
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Gov2Gov
Health Department
Education Department
Transport Department
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Cost Saving and Optimisation
Internal Open Data sharing Avoid task duplication Pool resources Share results
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Gov2Biz / Gov2Citizen
Government Data
Citizens
Businesses
Media NGOs
Academia
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Capitalise on Data as a Resource
Consume Process Analyse Enrich Merge Overlay
Knowledge
Products
Services
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Businesses using Open Data
placr.co.uk See real-time tube performance and departure info
TubeTap.co.uk Request refunds from Transport for London (TFL) after
service disruptions
RoundaboutBrewery.com Uses real-time feedback (mobile apps) to tweak the next
round of ale
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Lessons Learned from London Datastore
1. Two-way conversation Engage with developers from start Look at where and why individuals, private sector and
NGOs can fill the gap government can’t
2. Agility Developments are not linear; they are emergent and
unpredictable
3. Go ugly, go early
http://data.london.gov.uk
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Open Data Cycle
discover
enrich
consume
publish
discover
enrich
consume
publish
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Open Data Timeline
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190 Registered Data Catalogues to date (datacatalogs.org)
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Neelie Kroes, Vice President of the European Commission
Open Data Strategy Nov 2011 Legislative: Changes to PSI Directive, which has governed
the use of public sector information since 2003
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBUpUD4l1Wo
Investment: Make everything accessible by default, build Open Data into our public administrative systems, get rid of case-specific licenses, everything reusable by default.
Practice what we preach: Launch of EU portal
Pan-European Open Data Portal
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Irish Open Data Timeline
Nov 2010Fingal Open Data launched
Oct 2010Open Data Google Group
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data.fingal.ie
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Irish Open Data Timeline
Nov 2010Fingal Open Data launched
Oct 2010Open Data Google Group
Nov 2010ie.ckan.net launched
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ie.ckan.net
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Irish Open Data Timeline
Nov 2010Fingal Open Data launched
Dec 2010opendata.ie launched
Oct 2010Open Data Google Group
Nov 2010ie.ckan.net launched
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opendata.ie
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Irish Open Data Timeline
Nov 2010Fingal Open Data launched
Dec 2010opendata.ie launched
Oct 2010Open Data Google Group
Nov 2010ie.ckan.net launched
Jan 2011data-gov.ie launched
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data-gov.ie
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Irish Open Data Timeline
Nov 2010Fingal Open Data launched
Jul 201118-hour Open Data Challenge
Aug 2011First workshop of National Cross Industry Working Group on Open Data
Oct 2011Dublinked launched
Dec 2010opendata.ie launched
Oct 2010Open Data Google Group
Nov 2010ie.ckan.net launched
Jan 2011data-gov.ie launched
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Dublinked.ie
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Irish Open Data Timeline
Nov 2010Fingal Open Data launched
Jul 201118-hour Open Data Challenge
Aug 2011First workshop of National Cross Industry Working Group on Open Data
Oct 2011Dublinked launched
Nov 2011First Irish Open Data Week
Dec 2010opendata.ie launched
Oct 2010Open Data Google Group
Nov 2010ie.ckan.net launched
Jan 2011data-gov.ie launched
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workspace.opendata.ie
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Join the Community!
Open Data Ireland Grouphttp://groups.google.com/group/open-data-ireland
Open Data Ireland Workspacehttp://workspace.opendata.ie/