open data day 2014, phnom penh - ppt deck
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My PPT Deck during #OpenDataDay 2014 in Phnom Penh. Introducing OKFn and some useful tools to deal with data.TRANSCRIPT
Open DataAnd Useful Tools for Dealing with it
Open Data Day 2014, Phnom Penh
OUM, VantharithLocal Ambassador (OKFn Cambodia)22 February 2014
PRESENTED BY
• About Open Data
• About Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFn)
• Useful Tools for Dealing with Data
Contents
About MeAdvocate for free and open knowledge
• Education:
• Projects I’m in:
What is Open Data?
What is Open Data?“Open data is data that can be FREELY used, reused and redistributed by ANYONE – subject only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and sharealike.” OpenDefinition.orgVIDEO Open Data: How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going. By RuFus Pollock, Founder of OKFnFrom the LIFT 2012 conference.
Read more: http://okfn.org/opendata/
Openness – Open Definition?Open Definition sets out in detail the requirements for ‘openness’ in relation to content & data w/ key features:• Availability & Access• Reuse & Redistribution• Universal Participation
What Kinds of Open Data?
The Free Knowledge
Universe
Int’l NPO founded in 2004 by Rufus Pollock, Martin Keegan & Jo Walsh.Headquarter in Cambridge, UK.
We build technology and communities to develop, disseminate and use open knowledge ─ content and data that everyone can use, share and build on.
About OKFn
OKFn’s Flagship Projects
More Projects
Some Labs Projects
The State of Open Data in Cambodia• Open Data is still an unknown concept to many.
• Lack of understanding and awareness of open-licensing.
• Few ongoing projects w/ crowd-sourcing approach, e.g. Khmer Wikipedia community.
• However, a slow but optimistic development and open data trend among local stakeholders.
Some Local Stakeholders in Cambodia
Their site are open-licensed with Creative Commons licenses.
Useful Tools for Dealing with Data
• I found below PPT very useful, thus without reinventing the wheels, I will take you through the tools mentioned in that PPT.
‘Data Tools Ecosystem for non-programmers’
by Óscar Marín Miró @outliers_es www.outliers.es
Open Knowledge FoundationCambodia Local Group
@OKFnKHfb.me/OKFnKH
Vantharith OUM@vantharith