STEVEN DE COSTASteering Group Member

@STARL3N

PUBLIC DATA AND CKAN

Introduction 3

Link Digital Executive Director

CKAN AssociationSteering Group Member

Open Knowledge AustraliaCo-Secretary & Treasurer

Data ShadesFounder

GovHackNational Organiser

AWS User GroupCBR Organiser

STEVEN DE COSTASteering Group Member

@STARL3N

STEVEN DE COSTASteering Group Member

@STARL3N

6Link Digital’s Network Map

Data portal software:

1. Open Source

2. Large and expanding installation base within Government worldwide

3. Expanding use cases in the wider dataecosystem

4. Python web app, PostgreSQL DB

5. Built for machines, custodians and end users

WHAT IS CKAN?

LEARN MORE AT CKAN.org

DOWNLOAD FROM github.com/ckan/ckan

1. >> Organisations (optionally with sub-organisations)

2. >> >> Datasets

3. >> >> >> Resources

4. >> Platform Custodian

5. >> >> Organisation Custodian, Editor or Member

6. >> Published or Private datasets

CKAN STRUCTURE

1. >> Constitution

2. >> >> Parliamentary Legislation and Acts (Jurisdiction = Platform)

3. >> >> >> Ministries (Organisation)

4. >> >> >> >> Programs (Sub-Organisations)

5. >> >> >> >> >> Projects (Datasets)

6. >> >> >> >> >> >> Outcomes (Resources)

CKAN USE CASE PARADIGM

1. User registration

2. User management

3. Custodian workflows (manage datasets and data resources)

4. Directory Browse by organisation or group

5. Faceted search for multiple fields (supporting end user discovery)

6. Resource views to preview data (a recently improved feature)

7. Metadata view

CKAN UI

1. Create an organistation (usually done by platform owner)

2. Login as member of organisation

3. Click ‘add dataset’

4. Step 1: Add a title, description and other metadata

5. Step 2: Add resources (links to data or upload data files for hosting)

6. Step 3: Add any additional info

CKAN CUSTODIAN WORKFLOW

1. Join the dev mailing list (monitored by tech team):https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/ckan-dev

2. Search Stack overflow under CKAN:http://stackoverflow.com/search?q=CKAN

3. Check the roadmap on waffle.io:https://waffle.io/ckan/ideas-and-roadmap

4. Join a tech team meeting:http://ckan.org/about/technical-team/

WHERE TO GET HELP

CKAN API DOCUMENTATION

1. Get JSON-formatted lists of a site’s datasets, groups or other CKAN objects

2. Get a full JSON representation of a dataset, resource or other object

3. Search for packages or resources matching a query

4. Create, update and delete datasets, resources and other objects

5. Get an activity stream of recently changed datasets on a site

CKAN API

1. CKAN as an Information Asset Register

2. FileStore – For hosting of data and resources

3. DataStore - provides a database for structured storage of data together with a powerful Web-accessible Data API

4. License Selection (machine ready?)

5. Harvesting

A FEW MORE POINTS

Delivering the world’s best open data management system

The purpose of the CKAN Association is to support sustainable growth and development of CKAN while also protecting the interests of the CKAN community.

The Association values a healthy and thriving community which continues to deliver the best open data management system in the world.

CKAN ASSOCIATION: STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

Community interests, or needs, can be generalised as:

1. Users need an enterprise level open data management system tailored to meet their needs now and into the future.

2. Individual contributors need a project that is rewarding to work for, inclusive and active.

COMMUNITY INTERESTS

Who owns or directly manages the CKAN project?

The project, its releases and future direction are cooperatively managed by its community of users and contributors. Association delegates, staff and office holders may be active within the project but will exercise no more or less influence than any other contributor or user.

More information about CKAN and how to contribute can be found at CKAN.org.

DELEGATION TO SERVE AND PROTECT

What is the current structure of the CKAN Association?

See http://ckan.org

The steering group carries on a number of business activities.

This includes raising revenue, managing resources and directing projects or programs of activity relevant to the CKAN Association’s statement of purpose.

COMPLETENESS OF PURPOSE

FORMAL MEMBERSHIPS

It's easy to find people willing to fund or work on the flashier parts of CKAN, and there is some funding for core work such as meetings and preparing releases. But there are a few important things that aren't getting addressed.

Fix Security Issues

There are a small number of known issues that high profile sites work around by implementing workflows and tight controls over users and data published. Everyone else would benefit from a more-secure-by-default CKAN.

Clear Technical Debt

CKAN, has some parts that should be replaced or removed. This work doesn't add any new features and worse, threatens to break upgrades for existing sites and extensions. It is necessary work though. Unless performance and technical limitations are addressed they will grow and start turning users away from CKAN.

Ref: https://github.com/ckan/ideas-and-roadmap/issues/152 - Raised by Ian Ward, Tech Team Lead

HOW MEMBERSHIPS BENEFIT CKAN

Foundations of Open Government 25

My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration. Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness in Government.

Sources: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/TransparencyandOpenGovernmentHope Poster by Shepard Fairey: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Barack_Obama_Hope_poster.jpg

The role of Government in Australia 26

It should support civil society and its multiplicity of voices and activities.

It should provide the economic framework and the essential infrastructure for public and private enterprise.

Source: http://www.australiancollaboration.com.au/pdf/FactSheets/Role-government-FactSheet.pdf

Business Cases: Theory of the firm & Transaction costs 27

Where is there work to do with Open Data? 28

Published Data Handbook 29

Published Data Handbook 30

Recipe Name What you’ll need Ingredients Method Perfect for…

31Establishing Data Publishing Policy

32Establishing Data Management Systems

33Educating Data Publishers

34Facilitation within tech communities

Establishing enterprise solution architecture 35

36Extract, Transform and Load Connectors

37Cleaning of Messy Data

38Geospatial Integration

39Resource View Integration

40Enriched Data and Analytics

41The perfect storm

42Drupal interface

43CKAN interface

44What the DFMP does

45Launched Globally as CKAN Galleries

46Launched Globally as CKAN Galleries

47Government as an API - Digital Transformation Office

48Data.vic.gov.au on CKAN, Drupal and AWS

Classifying data 49

The three tiers are:

internal

whole of Government

open

50Data.vic.gov.au data classification

51The ‘go. no go’ gates for going open

OEH Data Management System 52

Take Note: What is NOT good 53

Take Note: What is best… 54