«Open Data » Fantasy

« Fantasy mirrors desire. Imagination reshapes it. »

Mason Cooley (American writer)

Marc Ribes – France Telecom Orange

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Open Data Fantasy is shared between public and private sectors

« A fantasy is a situation imagined by an individual or group that has no basis in

reality but expresses certain desires or aims on the part of its creator. » (Wikipédia)

For the Public Sector:

Looking for the kind of business model as used for 3G licences

For the Private Sector

Taking over amount of free (sic) public data to generate huge benefits

€ 27 Billions http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/psi/docs/pdfs/mepsir/final_report.pdf

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The situation in Europe and France is likely to close the gap between ambitions and reality Reusable Public Sector Information

spectrum is quite wide

Public Sector Information reuse is framed by a European directive, transposed into the French law

International approaches are various and led by Anglo Saxons countries

The potential limitation for the Private Sector is linked only to the businesses’ creativity … and by the « business model » that will be chosen by the public entities

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Reusable Public Sector Information spectrum is quite wide « Open Data » concept was launched in the USA together with the

« Open Movement » and was targeting mainly scientific data

Applied to Public Sector Information, it concerns all kinds of data produced in the scope of a public service and potentially reusable for the delivery of another kind of service

Social, economical, geographical, meteorological, touristic areas, information about businesses, patents, education…

It concerns also all kinds of format Documents, statistics, archives, maps…

Looking for economical and employment development, accessibility, use and processing of public data by the private sector must be considered as a basic right and should be legally harmonised at European level

Key questions are about the definition of the kinds of accessible data, their format, their terms of delivery and their target use, respectful of personal data and intellectual property protection

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Public Sector Information Reuse is framed by a European directive* The directive addresses public sector entities

State, territorial authorities, entities under public right

It is about all kinds of content, whatever their medium Paper, electronic, sound, visual, audiovisual

It defines the concept of public sector information reuse, with a special emphasis on the cross border aspects

« Re-use » means the use by persons or legal entities of documents held by public sector bodies, for commercial or non-commercial purposes other than the initial purpose within the public task for which the documents were produced.

According to this directive, authorisation to public information reuse is not mandatory but the process to grant this authorisation to private players must be defined

It advises for an easy access to the directory of this accessible and reusable data (see also http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/psi and http://www.epsiplatform.eu)* Directive 2003/98/CE du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 17 novembre 2003 concernant la réutilisation des informations du secteur public

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In France, a legal act* dated 2005 amends the law** defining access modalities to public information Public information can be reused for commercial or non-

commercial ends by anyone allowed accessing this data

Delivery can be free or not, through a licence defining limitations and conditions of reuse of this public information

Potential cost of this licence must be linked to production and/or delivery, and not to the potential profit derived from the reuse

The public entities are not obliged to accept systematically any request for specific presentation of public information

However, any public entity must produce a directory of available reusable public information that it produces or uses

The Agency for Public Intangibles of France is entitled to link between public producers and private reusers

* Ordonnance n° 2009-483 du 29 avril 2009 ** Loi n°78-753 du 17 juillet 1978, modifiée le 8 mai 2010

Paris – 13-15 octobre 20107http://www.gouvernement.fr/le-catalogue-des-informations-publiques-des-services-du-premier-ministre

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http://www.minefe.gouv.fr/directions_services/cedef/rip/rip_index.htm

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http://www.rip.justice.fr/

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International approaches are various and led by Anglo Saxons countries The growing publication of public information mainly

comes from (American) economic stimulation for transparency reasons

In this scope, Barack Obama pushed the publication on-line of public information for an enlightenment of his action, then a delivery of this information for further processing

Inspired by AppStores stories, numerous businesses have created dedicated applications

The business model is under development, mainly based on the delivery of raw data

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http://www.data.gov

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The potential limitation for the Private Sector is linked only to the businesses’ creativity … « Better and more use of public sector information has great

potential to generate new businesses and jobs and to provide consumers with more choice and more value for money. » (Mrs Neelie Kroes, Commission Vice-President for the Digital Agenda)

It targets 2 categories of players with different capacities and constraints

Large operators will be able to acquire and process large volumes of data to create value added services in order to complete an existing offer

Small businesses, innovatives and reactive, will be able to imagine and test new models of services only if they can access rapidly and freely raw material

Free public sector information reuse, as expected by economic players, does not mean that they will be able to do anything

Personal data protection, data cross-processing, profiling, intellectual property…

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USA – Most ponctual airlines between 2 towns

GB – School finder by ofsted score

FR - Parking spaces for disabled

FI – Public debt clock

ES – Gasoline price comparison

CZ – Weather forecasts for wind sports

NZ – Fertilizers use optimisation

AU – Data on neighborhood

safety

GE – European public procurement

platform

BR – Private farm management

through satellites images

HK – Use of surveillance

cameras by local TV for traffic info

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… and by the « business model » that will be chosen by the public entities The law gives to the administration the possibility of delivering

public information for free or with a fee together with a licence

The monetization as public intangibles should be limited to cover data delivery costs, for further commercial purpose or not

The licence fee must not create competition distortion with public entities selling directly the same kind of information

The more data will be delivered in a structured way, the more preparation and maintenance costs and delivery delay will be high, while innovative players usually prefer raw material but rapidly available

Thank you

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