the road to open data - datadays2014
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Conclusion of Mme Irina Bolychevsky on Data Days 2014, Wednesday 19th FebruaryTRANSCRIPT
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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● Data requests● Publishing records of unpublished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