Open Data - Environment Southland Information Management Conference Oct 2015

Open Data, What and Why…

Environment Southland Data Management Conference19 October 2015

- Paul Stone- New Zealand Open Government Data Programme

What is open data and information?◦ Brief description of open government data policies

and the programme

Why: some innovative re-use of open government data – to get you thinking…

Your questions

Agenda

“Open data is data that anyone can access, use and share.”(Open Data Institute https://theodi.org/guides/what-open-data)

For NZ Government… licensed for legal re-use (NZGOAL) Non-proprietary and machine-readable

format

What is “open data”?

Foundations for Open Government Data and Information

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n The Principles

Data.govt.nz

Open Government

NZ Government Open Access and Licensing (NZGOAL) Framework

Guidance to publicly funded agencies on how to apply Creative Commons licences to information data and content, published digitally or in hardcopy.Copyright = ownershipLicence = permissions to re-use (assigned by the copyright owner)Training videos at https://www.ict.govt.nz/guidance-and-resources/open-government/new-zealand-government-open-access-and-licensing-nzgoal-framework/nzgoal-online-training-videos/

NZ Data and Information Management Principles

• Open• Protected• Readily available• Trusted and authoritative• Well managed• Reasonably priced (“…expected to be

free”)• Reusable

NZ Data and Information Management Principles

• Reusable o at source, with the highest possible level of

granularity

o in re-usable, machine-readable format

o with appropriate metadata; and

o in aggregate or modified forms if they cannot be released in their original state.

NZ Declaration on Open and Transparent Government, 2011

Government direction to government agencies to proactively release all:

• publicly funded data• non-personal and unclassified• high potential value for re-use• managed according to the Principles• licensed for re-use (NZGOAL)• published on Data.govt.nz

Our job to encourage all that to happen!

To encourage and support the release of data and information

To understand the user communities (and raise awareness)

To assess the impact of re-use

The Programme

Publishing processes

Open by design = closed by design(2 sides of the same coin)

Open by Default, Open by Design

It is expected that open data will lead to:

Increased social and economic benefits (through new products and services)

Increased efficiencies Increased transparency and democracy

So, why?

Mogeo - Campermate

Mogeo - MarineMate

Mogeo – Pest Identification

Mogeo – NZ Fishing Rules

ThunderMaps

Are there any location based events to notify the public about?

The delivery mechanism already exists,

all that is needed is the open data…

What about Environmental Alerts???

Embed open data output as a requirement of all new systems

Incorporate open data into processes/publishing

Require quality data as part of any new contracts for services – that can be released as open data

Open by Default, Open by Design

ContactProgramme:opendata@linz.govt.nz

http://www.ict.govt.nz/programmes-and-initiatives/open-and-transparent-government

Short Case Studies:http://www.ict.govt.nz/guidance-and-resources/case-studies/open-data

Me:pstone@linz.govt.nz@enotsluap