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Open access resources for Public Health
22nd October 2015
Aeidin SheppardInformation Officer, CSO
(021) 453 50 26 [email protected]
Freely available facts and figures are essential for driving improvements in public services. It puts information, and therefore power, in the hands of the public and the service providers to challenge or demand innovation in public services.
The challenge of building more open, transparent and accountable public governance in Ireland is one of my key objectives as Minister; and this is being achieved in terms of the range of reform initiatives currently being implemented across public bodies. The Open Data Initiative is a key part of these reform activities. It is closely aligned with the Public Service Reform Plan, the ICT Strategy, and the Civil Service Renewal Plan. It is also a core element of Ireland’s Open Government Partnership (OGP) National Action Plan which I launched in July 2014. Open Data is a particular interest of mine. I see it as the new basic resource of the 21st century; and publishing it for re-use offers the possibility of real economic, social and democratic benefits.
Speech by Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Mr Brendan Howlin TD at Open Data Event 30 June 2015
CSO Dissemination direction
• Emphasis on web based dissemination• Disseminated in Open Data Formats• Disseminated under an Open Data License• All CSO data disseminated to the general
public must be on the Statbank• More efficient publication processes driven
from Statbank• Quality and accessibility of data
What is Open Data?
Open data is data that can be freely used, re-used and redistributed by anyone - subject only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and sharealike. Open Data Handbook
The 5 stars of open linked data Tim Berners-Lee
★ make your stuff available on the web (whatever format)
★★make it available as structured data (e.g. excel instead of image scan of a table)
★★★ non-proprietary format (e.g. csv instead of excel)
★★★★use URLs to identify things, so that people can point at your stuff
★★★★★link your data to other people’s data to provide context
Open Data Licensehttp://www.cso.ie/en/aboutus/copyrightpolicy/
Where do I find national data?
www.cso.ie
www.statcentral.ie
www.airo.ie
www.cso.ie/en/databases/index.html(Public Sector Statistics Network)
www.ucd.ie/issda/
Where do I find international data?
http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/eb_arch_en.htm
http://www.oecd.org/statistics/
http://www1.unece.org/stat/platform/display/metis/The+Common+Metadata+Framework
CSO Statistics by theme
Statbank • Access to time series data “slice and dice”• Multiple download formats• Data conversion to JSON-stat Application Programming
Interface (API) for machine to machine access• Drives our “quicktables” facility• Maps and graphs• Multiple language facility (English and Irish)• Both file and database versions of PC Axis up on our website• Drives an automatically updated key indicators page • Driver for future electronic releases as our “single source of
open data”
StatBank Database
Slice and dice
Multiple download formats
Statbank APIhttp://www.cso.ie/webserviceclient/
Quicktableshttp://www.cso.ie/multiquicktables/quickTables.aspx?id=eaa09_1
Maps and graphs data
Multiple language facility
Key Economic Indicatorshttp://www.cso.ie/indicators/Maintable.aspx
Key Economic Indicators (Details)http://www.cso.ie/indicators/default.aspx?id=2HSM01
Public Sector Statistics Network - making other public data available
• PC-Axis based Database Service
• CSO offers to host Public Sector Data
• Public sees data owner “skin”, links to CSO
PSSN – The Health Research Boardhttp://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/pssn/hrb/homepagefiles/hrb_statbank.asp
PSSN – The Health Research Boardhttp://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/pssn/hrb/homepagefiles/hrb_statbank.asp
HRB – Sample data selection screen
StatBank Application Programming Interface (API)http://www.cso.ie/webserviceclient/datasets.aspx?sp=DB_CP&SPtext=Consumer%20Prices
Anonymised datahttp://www.cso.ie/en/aboutus/dissemination/accesstomicrodatarulespoliciesandprocedures/anonymisedmicrodatafiles/
SAPMAPS
Small Area Data
StatCentral – Where do I find data?www.statcentral.ie
StatCentral – the portal to Ireland’s official statistics
• It provides information about statistics produced by government departments and state organisations
• Classified by:– Statistic Name – Department/Agency– Theme
Search by themes
Theme – Disability (Physical & Sensory)
Search by classification http://www.statcentral.ie/viewClassName.asp
Sample page – Acute Hospital Serviceshttp://www.statcentral.ie/viewStat.asp?id=61
AIRO topics
AIROhttp://airo.maynoothuniversity.ie/external-content/dublin-city
AIRO Housing Vacancyhttp://airo.maynoothuniversity.ie/external-content/accessmap
AIRO Residential Property Price Indexhttp://airo.maynoothuniversity.ie/external-content/rppiaugust2014
Open Government Partnershiphttps://data.gov.ie/data/search?theme-primary=Health
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