Open Data + Open Government = Open Goodness

Open Data+

Open Government=

Open Goodness

by Robert BatesPhase2

rbates@phase2technology.comarpieb most other places

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Joseph_Minard

What is “open data?”

“He who receives an idea from me,

receives instruction himself without lessening mine;

as he who lights his taper at mine,

receives light without darkening me.”

- Thomas Jefferson

Information has public good characteristics.

It is ‘non-rivalrous.’

One person’s consumption of it

doesn’t prevent others consuming it.

If it can’t be spidered or indexed, it doesn’t exist.

If it isn’t available in open and machine readable format, it can’tengage.

If a legal framework doesn’t allow it to be re-purposed, it doesn’tempower.

The Three Laws of Open Government Data(http://eaves.ca/2009/09/30/three-law-ofopen-government-data)

What kinds of data?

● Cultural● Scientific● Finance● Statistics ● Weather● Environment● Transport● Etc ad nauseum...

Why is open dataimportant?

Open data is global...

Scaling recent results of the McKinsey Global Institutesuggests that implementation of open data policies… could increase G20 output by around USD 13trillion over the next five years.

“Open for Business: How Open Data Can Help Achieve the G20Growth Target.” June 2014.

Open data promotes...

● Transparency● Social value● Commercial value● Engagement

Great stuff!Now what?

Be a data consumer...

● DataCatalogs.org● FedStats.gov● DBPedia.org● Data.gov● Data.gov.uk

Be a data consumer...

● Industry associations● Research organizations● NPOs / NGOs (UN, IMF, WorldBank, etc)

TANSTAAFL!

● Reduce API calls where possible (caching ftw!) to preventoverloading of servers

● Make your data analysis available where possible - pay it forward● Don't try to bypass API key usage - analytics help fund open data!● Offer to sponsor or assist data provider if there is commercial

value for YOU

… or be a data provider!

● CKAN● DKAN● Hadoop● Socrata Open Data Server● Good ol' HTTP/FTP

… anything that gets it out there!

What can youdo

with it?

What can you do with it?

What can you do with it?

Where canyou

find out more?

Organizations

Questions?