Open Data in a Day
Adapted from Open Data Institute (Dr Dave Tarrant and Ben Cave)
Hello
Who are you?
What do you do?
What was your first experience of open data?
What do you hope to get out of the training?
Today
Discovering open data
Law and licensing
Making open data work for you
Discovering open data
Law and licensing
Making open data work for you
Aim: Discovering open data
Provide a good foundation in the principles of open data and key examples of impact
Outcomes
Define open data
Describe a number of key open data stories
Evaluate the challenges facing open data
Understand the future of open data globally
Outcomes
Define open data
Describe a number of key open data stories
Evaluate the challenges facing open data
Understand the future of open data globally
Exercise
What is Data?
5 minutes
Definition of Data (1)
A collection of facts , information and statistics that can be analysed to develop new knowledge
Definition of Data (2)
A collection of numbers assigned as values to quantitative variables and/or characters assigned as values to qualitative variables
Definition of Data (3)
The lowest level of abstraction from which information and then knowledge are derived.
Data: Information without context
Exercise
What is Open Data?
3 minutes
Definition of Open (OKF)
A piece of data or content is open if anyone is free to use , reuse , and redistribute it - subject only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and/or share-alike.
- Summary of Open Definition (v1.0 )
Retired August 2014
Summary definition of Open (OKF)
Open means anyone can freely access , use , modify , and share for any purpose (subject, at most, to requirements that preserve provenance and openness).
- Summary of Open Definition (v2.1 )
Introduced August 2014
Put more succinctly:
Open data and content can be freely used , modified , and shared by anyone for any purpose .
- Summary of Open Definition (v2.1)
Introduced August 2014 (v2.1 )
ODI (Version 1)
Open data is information that is available for anyone to use , for any purpose , at no cost .
- Open Data Institute FAQ
Retired November 2014
data.gov.uk
Open data is data that is published in an open format , is machine readable and is published under a license that allows for free reuse .
- data.gov.uk
The ODI
Open data is data that is made available by organisations , businesses and individuals for anyone to access , use and share .
- Open Data Institute FAQ (original)
The ODI
Open data is data that anyone can access , use and share .
- Open Data Institute FAQ (2015 and current)
General Points
Anyone
Accessible
No limitations on reuse
Free - or minimum cost
Outcomes
Define open data
Describe a number of key open data stories
Evaluate the challenges facing open data
Understand the future of open data globally
Open data has a crucial role to play in driving innovation
- Simon Hamilton MLA (Minister for Enterprise)
Twin justifications
Left
Right
Trust and Transparency
Enabling the economy
Key Stories
Enabling transparency
Public good
Cutting costs
Improving services
Creating income
Enabling transparency
Public good
Cutting costs
Open Data found a £200m saving in the NHS budget
Improving services
Save us time and money
Open data can help decisions that affect our safety
Transport for London
Public transport data opened up to developers:
Registered developers: over 5,000
Apps powered by TfL open data: 362
Reach of apps: 4 million people
Value of time saved by users: £15m to £58m
Sources: TfL, Deloitte, GOVLAB
Outcomes
Define open data
Describe a number of key open data stories
Evaluate the challenges facing open data
Understand the future of open data globally
Knowing what open data is
Govlab: What's in a name?
Credit: Thomas Levine
Credit: Thomas Levine
Main Challenges
Open by Default
Public confidence
Improving infrastructure
Digital divide
Supply vs demand
Outcomes
Define open data
Describe a number of key open data stories
Evaluate the challenges facing open data
Understand the future of open data globally
Why now?
Policy Drivers
Technical Standards
Best Practice Guidelines
Participating Bodies
Policy drivers
Technical bodies
Best practice developers
Exercise
What are the main challenges for open data in Northern Ireland?
10 minutes
Review
Define open data
Describe a number of key open data stories
Evaluate the challenges facing open data
Understand the future of open data globally