(Open and Linked Data in Local Government)

Local by Social Online ConferenceStephen DaleAssociate Consultant LG Improvement & Development

An evangelist and practitioner in the use of Web 2.0 technologies and Social Media applications to support personal self-development and knowledge sharing.

Steve was the business lead and information architect for the community of practice platform currently deployed across the UK local government sector, the largest professional network of its type, and continues to play a key role in the support of virtual communities of practice for value creation in public services. Currently business lead and system architect for the Knowledge Hub.

Steve is chairman of the Online Information Conference.

Stephen Dale (Steve)

Who I am

Knowledge Bite

6 April 2010

What problem are we What problem are we trying to solve?trying to solve?

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Social and professional networks proliferateSocial and professional networks proliferate

Where do I find the information I need to do my job?

Partnerships and places library

Which communities and networks do I need to join?

Conversations are Conversations are getting more granular getting more granular

and increasingly and increasingly dissagregateddissagregated

Data, data everywhere….

4045 datasets so far; for sure more to come Regional data observatories and LIS

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All kinds of locally held data

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But almost no connectivity

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✘MachineHuman-created URL reference

Data hidden behind apps or notin linked format

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Audit Commission National Indicator Set

Enough about the

problems….what’s the

solution?

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SOURCE: McKinsey & Company

I am…▪ Checking the bin collection

in my street and seeing if anybody else is complaining

▪ Comparing council tax rates with our neighbouring areas

I am…▪ Preparing for council

meeting with aim of questioning performance in adult social care

▪ Checking for best practice in other councils

I am…▪ Reviewing my overall

dashboard▪ Analysing poor

performance in housing costs and benchmarking with comparable councils

I am…▪ Making sure government

departments use the tool for all their demands on councils

▪ Able to see which councils in most need of support and making contact to offer help

Data and Applications

Knowledge Hub (Conceptual)

Communities of Practice

Communities of Practice

Mashup CentreMashup Centre

App StoreApp Store

Data Integration & AggregationData Integration & Aggregation

APIAPI

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Personalisation(Digital

Footprint)

Personalisation(Digital

Footprint)

Websites, Blogs, Twitter

Forms-based data entry for benchmark comparisons

Dataset 1

Public Datasets

Plug-ins/Widgets

Apps, widgets, bookmarklets

Knowledge Hub Technology Stack

• Multi-source fetch / indexing• Federated search• Real-time results clustering• Automatic tag suggestions• Dataset visualisation / comparison• Linked Data

• Open API – Intelligus SDK• Open Social container• WSRP producer / consumer• Netvibes widgets / Google gadgets• WebDAV

Open Architecture, Open Source..open, open , open…

Third Party Third Party IntegrationsIntegrations•Open Office •BI / Reporting•Workflow / BPM•NetVibes•Open Social•CalDAV•SalesForce•Vaadin

Web Service fort Remote Portlets

Semantically Linked Online Communities

Open Authentication

Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning"

Open Graph

Project Organisation

Project Organisation

SupportTestingDesign

Hosting Systems IntegrationSolution Procurement

Business RequirementsFunctional Requirements

TECHNOLOGYTECHNOLOGY DATADATA

SupportStandards

Training

PoliciesSocial media strategy

Practice development

Users

Communications

KNOWLEDGE ECOLOGYKNOWLEDGE ECOLOGY

ProcurementBusiness Requirement

Detailed Requirement

Usage Scenarios

Market Market Test

SPECIFICATION Comprehensive Knowledge Hub Description to Support Procurement

Formal Selection Supplier Workshops

Best and Final Long List Suppliers

Short List Suppliers BAFO Suppliers

PreferredSupplier

Agile Development Process

Project Timeline20112010

Incremental Releases

To summarise,it’s….

Thank you and Questions

References• http://sioc-project.org/• http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsrp/v2/wsrp-2.0-spec-os-01.html• http://www.opensocial.org/• http://opengraphprotocol.org/• http://openid.net/• http://oauth.net/• http://www.openauthentication.org/• http://www.openoffice.org/• http://www.webdav.org/• http://intelligusnet.pfiks.com/opencontent/default.asp• http://www.pfiks.com/opencontent/default.asp• http://www.communities.idea.gov.uk• http://www.local.gov.uk/lgv2/core/page.do?pageId=174022