Open Government Data �Why, How, What

by Andreas andreas.amsler@liip.ch / +41 43 501 40 05

2011/11/22, Techtalk @liip.ch

this talk is about

curiosity learning

empowerment transparency

innovation

it is about

Open Gov Data (OGD)

=?

Why

my personal pro’s about OGD

•  life is about topics •  life is about relations �

btw. stuff gov data is sleeping info with high innovative potential

OGD in Switzerland situation / route / needs

where do we stand

trust it release it

try it fix it

where do we want to go

trust it release it

try it fix it

key factors to get to the try-phase

trust, trust, trust release policy

innovative public servants involved community

How

5 Stars of Open Data (by Tim Berners-Lee)

* One star for putting data on the Web at all, with open license; e.g. Zip-files and PDFs

** Two stars if its machine-readable; e.g. Excel *** Three stars for machine-readable, non-

proprietary formats e.g. CSV or XML **** Four stars if the data uses URL for

identification ***** Five stars when data is linked to other data

for context

Community-Hackathons (e.g. by Make.opendata.ch)

Data-portals of public administrations (the pilot-case of eZurich: http://od.ifi.uzh.ch/about)

Applications for public & private sector (e.g. Resolutionfinder.org)

Open Gov is crowd sourced service innovation

What

Two applications made @Make.opendata.ch

Where did my taxes go? Application: http://wheredidmytaxesgo.nelm.io/

Documentation: http://makeopendata.ch/doku.php?id=project:wheredidmytaxesgo

What does a politician care about? Application: http://gesagt-im-parlament.ch/

Documentation: http://makeopendata.ch/doku.php?id=project:parlament

So, what can we do

seed trust help releasing data try it help fixing it

The benefit of open data �appears when it is used

Q&A Thanks!

www.liip.ch