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DataDays 2014 The road to Open Data

Irina Bolychevsky@shevski

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We are a global network using advocacy and technology to open up knowledge and see it used

to empower citizens and organizations to drive positive change

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Working groups

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Highlights

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1: Regional efforts

● Data requests● Publishing records of unpublished

datasets● Ensuring feedback loop

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2: Privacy

http://blog.okfn.org/2013/02/22/open-data-my-data/

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3: Company data

● Important steps being taken● Keep moving forward

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OpenCorporates.com

http://opencorporates.com/viz/financial/index.html

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Obama: open and machine readable

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Open Government Partnership

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Key takeaways

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Value is no simple sum

open + data = money

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Not a solution by itself

Why do it?

- Transparency- Economy- Efficiency

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Transparency

Open Process + Engagement:

● Data Journalism● Civil Society● Ask for help

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DataJournalismHandbook.org

● Free online - with Spanish, Russian and French versions

● What is Data Journalism? Why is it Important?

● Numerous case studies: BBC, Guardian Datablog, Zeit Online..

● How to get, transform, understand & visualise / deliver data

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http://project-open-data.github.io/

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http://data.gov.uk/odug

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Economy: make it easy to re-use

1. Publish the schema

2. Standardise

3. Use the data you publish

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Efficiency

Do you know the state of your own spending?

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Licencing

Clear, standard default licences are important

Legal guarantee for reuse

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http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/2/

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opendefinition.org

A piece of content or data is open if anyone is free to use, reuse, and redistribute it — subject only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and share-alike.

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Open Data Portal is a good start!

Online home for data

Focal point of discovery

Helps data management processes

Check links

Reports of usage

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Making it local

● Smart Cities● Relevant local apps and services● Driving policy & quality● Better internal management● Providing underlying data should be part of

the package

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The Future

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New targets

● Standards● Vocabularies● Interoperability● Localization and geospatial data● Validation & services

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Questions, comments, discussion!

Thank you

Irina Bolychevsky