open data: open your mind
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OPEN DATA: OPEN YOUR MINDSally Jenkinson, From the Front, 17.09.2015 @sjenkinson | [email protected]
[email protected] | @sjenkinson
Digital solutions architect & consultant Records Sound the Same Ltd
Sally Jenkinson
data (ˈdeɪtə ; ˈdɑːtə)
Plural noun
• A series of observations, measurements, or facts; information
• Also called: information (computing) the information operated on by a computer program
Although now often used as a singular noun, data is properly a plural. From Latin, literally: (things) given, from dare to give
collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/data
theodi.org/guides/publishers-guide-open-data-licensing | theodi.org/guides/reusers-guide-open-data-licensing
OPEN LICENCES FOR CREATIVE CONTENT
Public domain (CC0)
Attribution (CC-by)
Attribution & share-alike (CC-by-sa)
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OPEN LICENCES FOR DATABASESPublic domain (PDDL)
Attribution (ODC-by)
Attribution & share-alike (ODbL)
theodi.org/guides/publishers-guide-open-data-licensing | theodi.org/guides/reusers-guide-open-data-licensing
OTHERSOpen Government Licence
OS Open Licence
+$3 trillion / year
mckinsey.com/insights/business_technology/open_data_unlocking_innovation_and_performance_with_liquid_information
open data
“…within two years chemical emissions nationwide (at least as reported, and presumably
also in fact) had decreased by 40 percent.
!Some companies were
launching policies to bring their emissions down by 90 percent, just because of the
release of previously sequestered information.”
maban.co.uk/80
“Start to explain the data in understandable terms, and to
illustrate some of the relationships, in ways normal
people can understand”
@sjenkinson
!“How far do you live from your workplace? Chances are, you'd answer that
question in minutes rather than miles. An hour on the bus tells us a lot more than 47 miles. That's why we made Mapumental.
!!!!!!!!!
Given any start point or destination, it'll show everywhere within the chosen commute time, by public transport.”
mapumental.com/services/travel-time
“How accessible is your nearest school, post office, or GP’s surgery?
!
In Wales, that’s not always a simple question: the country’s mountainous
landscapes, rural populations, and sometimes infrequent bus services can mean that those without cars are rather
cut off from public service provision.”
mapumental.com/services/accessibility
“Just how quickly could fire engines reach a given postcode in case of a fire? It’s a question that’s pivotal to
decisions made by both the emergency services and the insurance industry.”
mysociety.org/2013/04/22/fire-fire-mapumental-and-fire-engine-journey-times
“Air Transformed is a series of wearable data objects that communicate this physical burden in different ways.
Though seemingly decorative, they are based entirely on open air quality data
from Sheffield, UK, a former steelmaking city and notorious for its bad air.”
stefanieposavec.co.uk/data/#/airtransformed
★ Make your stuff available on the Web (whatever format) under an open license.
★★ Make it available as structured data (e.g., Excel instead of image scan of a table).
★★★ Use non-proprietary formats (e.g., CSV instead of Excel).
★★★★ Use URIs to denote things, so that people can point at your stuff.
★★★★★ Link your data to other data to provide context.
@sjenkinson [email protected] recordssoundthesame.com
THANK YOU. Thank you to these lovely people for making their content open under a Creative Commons or public domain licence:
Linking Open Data cloud diagram 2014, by Max Schmachtenberg, Christian Bizer, Anja Jentzsch and Richard Cyganiak - lod-cloud.net
DougMcCune - dougmccune.com
stefanieposavec.co.uk
flickr.com/photos/rachubarama/2709346242
imgur.com/47D7zGqxkcd.com/1138
flickr.com/photos/troymars/9113025616
The Roof of Wales - flickr.com/photos/stray_croc/4743302841
Fire Wall - flickr.com/photos/epleitez/1714341218
Money - flickr.com/photos/mikephotoart/12839909303
cc - flickr.com/photos/kalexanderson/7175627336
RDF - flickr.com/photos/gertcha/8292978031