Government's goal is co-production of services with the community to increase citizens engagement

Urbien offers Mutual Data, an upgrade of Open Data concept, that helps achieve those goals

Platform for Open Data

1. Integrate with all government agencies

3. In a framework nurtured by the government

enabling 100x more apps

4. With a lowered barrier for development

2. Create a structure holding shared data

Objectives for Government

App competitions tend to inspire lots of similar isolated apps, but how many really make a difference (or money). Such a waste of talent.

The right structure is key

Good structure and automation enables growth like a complex organism.

Urbien was founded on the principles of the Semantic Web. The platform is a living breathing Web of Data

Built for Agile Development

1 grab data

2 define model 3 web & mobile apps

Grab the data (pull or push), load them as linked data defined by the model, use them as Web and Mobile apps immediately. Additional logic can be added later.

Creating an environment where developers can build apps, share code and build on top of other apps

City and businesses work together Developers can too

Built for Cooperation

agencies

businesses

communities

developers

applications

Every piece of data has a URL

near real-time flow

A rich semantic model allows to import data in close to real time without losing data normalisation. It keep data linked with Web URLs and presents the data for bi-directional access to people and apps.

Shared Data - Level 1Search / Filter

Search/Filter GridSearch/Filter Rows

Add / Edit / DeleteAdd data via UI (click +Game)Edit via UI

ExportEntire Dataset (Parks)Any Subset (Parks in W. Bronx)

Urbien Open Data platform offers data exploring, export in multiple formats and in any imaginable subset, data editing, but most importantly all data are linked.

Each new app takes advantage of the built-in capabilities

● Login/signup via social ● Social connect● Megabase of data models ● OAUTH 2.0● Shared userbase● Mobile/cross-browser support● Rich Text Editor● Audio/Video Support● Search/Filter● Blogging● Image processing and Galleries● Payments (Amazon & PayPal),● Multilingual/Translation support● Bookmarks● Email marketing● Cloud Infrastructure● Backups/Upgrades/S3 Storage● Referral marketing● Security

Reputation System● Promotes contributors● Stifles the spam● Data-value-specific control● Gamey● Levels galore

Add Comment (anyone can)Add Tennis Game (most can)Add Wifi (some can)Add Publisher (must be trusted)

Shared Data - Level 2

All apps get access to the shared dataspace!

Social Integration

Objects such as businesses, sports and activities can become timeline apps to show social activities on facebook.

See App posts to Facebook Timeline live

Expanding the user base

Gϵεκs / Ninjas Gϵεκs / Ninjas + Everyone else

From Geeks and Hackers to all Citizens. Urbien is built so that regular users can interact with any data. Multilingual, mobile, etc. The Web 2.0 revolution was about users creating content, Open Data doesn't reflect that at the moment.

Data for all

●■ Data heads■ Developers■ Explorers■ Gamers

Data and structure in Urbien can be discovered and consumed

One Web APISingle DB-like APICreate/read/update/delete (CRUD) uniform for all data types: e.g. Business, Neighborhood, Profile, Comment, etc.

For use on Server & Client (JS and Flash support))

Examples● Search

○ /BasketballGame - All basketball games○ /Coupon?&$select=title - All coupons, but limit results to titles○ /Coupon?$select=title,cap&$orderBy=cap&$asc=0&$limit=1 - get the "title" and "cap" of

the coupon with the highest "cap"● Create/Edit via OAUTH 2.0

○ Create a resource on behalf of the user○ Edit a resource:

■ Edit it on behalf of a user■ Undo edit

User can allow one App to use another's data via Oauth 2.0

Citizen dashboardEverything in a city is connected

● New York● Neighborhoods● Neighborhood View (Clinton)● Basketball Courts● Basketball Court (De Witt)● Basketball Games (De Witt)● Basketball Game● Activity Near Game

Imported / integrated

Commerce● Business Categories● Sidewalk Cafes● Auctions● Nominations● Investments (admin)

Tournaments / Competitions● Any data type● Neverending - periodic "snapshots" record

daily/weekly/monthly/yearly winners● Sponsorable● Rewards

Nabbing (Pinterest-style)Citizens' vehicle of choice

Any public or private data can be connected to the platform to rapidly create powerful apps.

Towards shared data space

government + community + biz + devs

Each App can be a community within its walls or work together to make the city better. Which scenario is more modern?

Via editable data - by people & apps

Share the burdenRequires new approach

Government seededReputation-basedData Class-specificApps act as People (via OAUTH 2.0)Additional security for AppsThrottling for people and AppsVeto right by data ownersTrackingSubscriptions, AlertsWork planning - microtasking

Digital Government Strategy

“I want us to ask ourselves every day, how are we using technology to make a real difference in people’s lives.” President Barack Obama - May 23 2012

Urbien is already committed to go beyond the government strategy objectives.