Thursday 25th February 2016

@martinhowitt @ODIDevon http://devon.theodi.org

What is open data, why should you care, and what I hope you’ll do about it

Image: Jane Skelton (@shufflewing)

Open Data and the Internet of Cows

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Who are we? ODI Devon is a Node of the Open Data Institute, a collaboration between people from public and private sectors in the South West. The ODI helps to unlock the value of open data. Most ODI Nodes are based around a city, Devon was the first one to be based around a rural /urban mashup. Amongst other things, we want to steal some of the focus on smart cities and refocus policy on the interdependence of urban and rural areas. @jargonautical @martinhowitt @mistergough

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What is open data?

“Open data is data that can be freely used, re-used and redistributed by anyone - subject only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and sharealike.” OKFN

Open data has to have a licence that says it is open data. Without a licence, the data can’t be reused. The licence might also say: - that people who use the data must credit whoever is publishing it (this is called attribution) - that people who mix the data with other data have to also release the results as open data (this is called share-alike)

@ODIDevon http://devon.theodi.org

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Why open data?

- Transparency: we want to open up government - We paid for the data to be collected, so why can't we use it - Greater openness leads to lower levels of corruption - Armchair auditors can help improve data quality - Internally, it helps one bit of government know what others are doing - Efficiency and improved data architecture - Increased Trust levels due to all of the above None of this things are unique to the public sector business model

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WE WANT MORE DATA

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INTEGRATION

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OPEN REGISTERS

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INFRASTRUCTURE

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Example: Senseye

combined data from sensors placed in nine farms across the UK with open data from Defra and other sources to better model the risks facing crop growers. The system could be used to inform farmers of potential pest infestations and other risks. http://www.senseye.io/ location(o) + weather(o) + environment(o) + product(c)

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Example: CABI Plantwise

Plant clinics work similarly to clinics for human health: farmers visit with samples of their crops, and plant doctors diagnose the problem and make science-based recommendations on ways to manage it. https://www.plantwise.org/ location(o) + weather(o) + product(o)

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Example: Syngenta

uses its expertise in plant breeding, crop protection and seed care to deliver solutions designed to help plants grow better. Has now released its own open data relating to the productivity of over 3,600 farms globally, used by farmers to benchmark productivity. http://www.syngenta.com/ location(o) + product(o) (aggregate data sets)

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Example: LIDAR and wine production

DEFRA 3D Laser mapping dataset, helps growers find better sites to grow their wine grapes. Originally designed for flood defence planning, DEFRA’s maps contain 11 terabytes of information and cover most of the UK. You can also mash them up with soil profiles and weather data when evaluating possible sites. https://munchies.vice.com/articles/lasers-could-help-britain-make-better-wine

location(o) + weather(o) + soil(c) + LIDAR(o)

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Please Consider:

• Developing apps with open data • Requesting more interesting datasets (use FOI if you have to) • Demanding better open data quality • Building open data into your enterprise apps • Lobbying for better data infrastructure • Being part of the community • Supporting the open data board game https://twitter.com/datopolis • Coming to some events

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Dates for the diary

DataPlay: Plymouth 4-5 March at Thrive https://www.eventbrite.com/e/data-play-2-tickets-21557722729 Devon Open Data Forums: Exeter (23rd March, 4th May TBC, 15th June TBC) Plymouth (20th April TBC) http://www.meetup.com/Devon-Open-Data-Forum/ Open Data Training: Communicating with Data, Weds 9th March http://devon.theodi.org/courses/data-visualisation-communicating-with-data/

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THANK YOU

@ODIDevon @MartinHowitt