WHY OPEN DATA?

Carl-Christian Buhr

@ccbuhr

http://bit.ly/cc_buhr

All views are

just mine...

...but you are welcome

to agree

...and even

to share

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@NeelieKroesEUhttp://bit.ly/NeelieKroesEU

EU Commission

Vice-President

“open & direct”

WHAT is Open Data

(ideally)?

1. always up-to-date

2. online

3. usable format or API

(machine-to-machine)

Why do we care?

Computers

Internet

Automation

= Open Data (perhaps)

http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda

Commissioner for the

Information and Communication

Policy & Technology

So: WHY OPEN DATA?

Better data

==>

Better decisions

Why should governments

do Open Data?

Data is already paid

http://www.firstpost.com/economy/disclose-true-income-by-15-dec-or-face-action-govt-to-tax-evaders-551901.html

Transparency

http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/portfolio/archives/0811kanagawa-1.asp

Valuable economic raw material

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27117418@N07/2557960827/

Isn't this just a gimmick?

Think again

GPS

Geographical info

Weather info

Public transport info

Traffic info

Company registry info

etc.

Open Data Investment Cycle

1. Make data open, reliably

2. See new uses

3. See new tools/services/jobs

4. Receive new taxes

Overall EU potential economic

gain: 140bn EUR/year

HOW to do it?

1. Bake open data into IT

2. Avoid ad hoc decisions –

make whole categories open

3. Part of the officials' job

descriptions

What if you have NO CLUE

how 'your' data could be

useful?

Stay calm & keep publishing

...it may even help you

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/mar/29/toilets-government-open-data

YOU would never buy a

'toilet app'?...

...who cares? It may

still give others a

job.

Company Information:

Same Logic

Unlock value for

yourself by making

data open

Doing a diet? Treating an

Allergy? Tracking calories?

Ingredients as OD

http://tmblr.co/Z-Ab5ydkNinu

Parts & Diagrams as OD

http://bunkerlawgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/instruction-manual.jpg

Ever wanted somebody to

explain

those plans

to you?

Medicine descriptions as OD

Got just one question but no

time to read everything?

Interop as OD

Can this

software work

with that

software?

http://www.bitsofnews.com/images/graphics/linux_windows.jpeg

What does the EU do?

1. Make more data open

Law on Public Data Re-usehttp://open-data.europa.eu/

What does the EU do?

2. Fund Open Data

Research

What does the EU do?

3. Update laws on

personal data protection

for digital & 21st century

What can you do?

Demand data!

Utilities bills

Bank statements

Offers

Contracts

etc.

Plus

Reward data publishers

&

Avoid the others

Science

Data

Government Data

Questions?

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