OPEN DATA: OPEN YOUR MINDSally Jenkinson, From the Front, 17.09.2015 @sjenkinson | sally@recordssoundthesame.com

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Digital solutions architect & consultant Records Sound the Same Ltd

Sally Jenkinson

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WHAT IS DATA?

data (ˈdeɪtə ; ˈdɑːtə)

Plural noun

• A series of observations, measurements, or facts; information

• Also called: information (computing) the information operated on by a computer program

Although now often used as a singular noun, data is properly a plural. From Latin, literally: (things) given, from dare to give

collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/data

data

data

content content

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EXPOSEINGESTINSPIRE CONTENT

COLLECT

“Big data”

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I ♡ DATA

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sallyjenkinson.co.uk/labs/teatracker

developer.marvel.com/terms

DATA SHARING

Open data = freedom

WHAT IS OPEN DATA?

Re-publishDerive new content or dataMake money by selling productsCharge a fee for access

Make money by selling productsCharge a fee for access

Consumption & publication

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♥github.com/caesar0301/awesome-public-datasets

Licensing

theodi.org/guides/publishers-guide-open-data-licensing | theodi.org/guides/reusers-guide-open-data-licensing

OPEN LICENCES FOR CREATIVE CONTENT

Public domain (CC0)

Attribution (CC-by)

Attribution & share-alike (CC-by-sa)

theodi.org/guides/publishers-guide-open-data-licensing | theodi.org/guides/reusers-guide-open-data-licensing

OPEN LICENCES FOR DATABASESPublic domain (PDDL)

Attribution (ODC-by)

Attribution & share-alike (ODbL)

theodi.org/guides/publishers-guide-open-data-licensing | theodi.org/guides/reusers-guide-open-data-licensing

OTHERSOpen Government Licence

OS Open Licence

THE BENEFITS OF OPEN DATA

Generating value & making savings

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+$3 trillion / year

mckinsey.com/insights/business_technology/open_data_unlocking_innovation_and_performance_with_liquid_information

open data

Transparency

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“…within two years chemical emissions nationwide (at least as reported, and presumably

also in fact) had decreased by 40 percent.

!Some companies were

launching policies to bring their emissions down by 90 percent, just because of the

release of previously sequestered information.”

maban.co.uk/80

Improved efficiency

Improved effectiveness

Impact measurement

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Participation & self-empowerment

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Improved or new private products or services &

innovation

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New knowledge from combined data sources and

patterns in large data volumes

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LINKED DATAlinkeddata.org

WE ARE HUMANS

“a formal specification of a shared conceptualisation”

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“Start to explain the data in understandable terms, and to

illustrate some of the relationships, in ways normal

people can understand”

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bbc.co.uk/ontologies

bbc.co.uk/things

DATA & USER EXPERIENCES

!“How far do you live from your workplace? Chances are, you'd answer that

question in minutes rather than miles. An hour on the bus tells us a lot more than 47 miles. That's why we made Mapumental.

!!!!!!!!!

Given any start point or destination, it'll show everywhere within the chosen commute time, by public transport.”

mapumental.com/services/travel-time

“How accessible is your nearest school, post office, or GP’s surgery?

!

In Wales, that’s not always a simple question: the country’s mountainous

landscapes, rural populations, and sometimes infrequent bus services can mean that those without cars are rather

cut off from public service provision.”

mapumental.com/services/accessibility

“Just how quickly could fire engines reach a given postcode in case of a fire? It’s a question that’s pivotal to

decisions made by both the emergency services and the insurance industry.”

mysociety.org/2013/04/22/fire-fire-mapumental-and-fire-engine-journey-times

CHALLENGES & LIMITATIONS

PRACTICALTECHNICALSOCIAL

LEGAL

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Accuracy

Cost

Data privacy & the individual

Discoverability

Combining data sets & licences

clipol.org/tools/compatibility

Misinterpretation & misrepresentation

WORKING WITH OPEN DATA

Consuming open data

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d3js.org

NOT JUST DIGITAL!

opensensors.io

DOUG MCCUNEdougmccune.com

STEFANIE POSAVECstefanieposavec.co.uk

“Air Transformed is a series of wearable data objects that communicate this physical burden in different ways.

Though seemingly decorative, they are based entirely on open air quality data

from Sheffield, UK, a former steelmaking city and notorious for its bad air.”

stefanieposavec.co.uk/data/#/airtransformed

Publishing open data

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Clear licensing & usage information A plan for support Structure & quality

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1. Identification & planning

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2. Extracting & cleaning

openrefine.org | clean-sheet.org

3. Sharing

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FIVE STAR DATA5stardata.info

★ Make your stuff available on the Web (whatever format) under an open license.

★★ Make it available as structured data (e.g., Excel instead of image scan of a table).

★★★ Use non-proprietary formats (e.g., CSV instead of Excel).

★★★★ Use URIs to denote things, so that people can point at your stuff.

★★★★★ Link your data to other data to provide context.

OPEN DATA CERTIFICATEScertificates.theodi.org

AND IN THE END…

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THANK YOU. Thank you to these lovely people for making their content open under a Creative Commons or public domain licence:

Linking Open Data cloud diagram 2014, by Max Schmachtenberg, Christian Bizer, Anja Jentzsch and Richard Cyganiak - lod-cloud.net

DougMcCune - dougmccune.com

stefanieposavec.co.uk

flickr.com/photos/rachubarama/2709346242

imgur.com/47D7zGqxkcd.com/1138

flickr.com/photos/troymars/9113025616

The Roof of Wales - flickr.com/photos/stray_croc/4743302841

Fire Wall - flickr.com/photos/epleitez/1714341218

Money - flickr.com/photos/mikephotoart/12839909303

cc - flickr.com/photos/kalexanderson/7175627336

RDF - flickr.com/photos/gertcha/8292978031