An open data platform for government has countless

dilemmas and challenges

It's also an incredible opportunity for

citizens, businesses and the government

See how we have prepared for them

Platform for Open Data

Challenges we set ourselves

must be open

data and apps must be secure

use and provide live data

build linked data store

intrinsically social

right for desktop, mobile, tablet

collaborative by nature

integrates with other systems

scalable and resilient

standards based platform

ecommerce for business

geo smart data and apps

must improve the data

engaging for users

introduce gaming

challenging

universal interfaces

read/write for users and apps

deep vertical search

faceted search

import/export any data and format

multi lingual

enable timeline apps

simple for developers

rapid development cycle

support open source

ok, we cheated as we were already doing these things

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.

Built for Cooperation

City and businesses work together Developers can too

Creating an environment where developers can build apps, share code and build

on top of other apps

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 1

Search / Filter

Search/Filter Grid

Search/Filter Rows

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

Edit via UI

Export

Entire 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

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

powerful apps.

Single Orthogonal APICreate/edit/delete uniform for all data types:

Comment, Business, Neighborhood, Profile, etc.

No special treatment.

Server-side / Client-side (JS and Flash supported)

Example 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

Universal API

Citizen dashboard

Everything 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?

Share the burdenRequires new approach

Government seeded

Reputation-based

Data Class-specific

Apps act as People (via OAUTH 2.0)

Additional security for Apps

Throttling for people and Apps

Veto right by data owners

Tracking

Subscriptions, Alerts

Work planning - microtasking

Via editable data - by people & apps

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.