Open Goverment Data: What, why, how?

Christian Villum

http://okfnpad.org/YRYIR1P8rg

What?

What is 'open government data'?

Its all about:

Re-use

From legal uncertainty...

… to legal clarity.

Open data: free for anyone to reuse orredistribute for any purpose

“open” =

usereuseredistributioncommercial reusederivative works

“do what you like”

may require:- attribution

- sharing back

C

opendefinition.org

Why?

Better public servicesEconomic growthAccountabilityGovernanceInnovationEfficiency

Enable people to make useful,valuable things with government data

New ways of representing data

Put policies into context

New ways of delivering data

Personalised services

A richer data ecosystem

Not just about government

More pairs of eyes

Harness external expertise

External innovation

Social value and economic value

Source:EC/MEPSIR Report 2006

http://epsiplatform.eu/content/mepsir-measuring-european-public-sector-resources-report

AustriaBelgiumBulgariaCyprusCzech RepublicDenmarkEstoniaFinlandFrance

GermanyGreeceHungaryIrelandItalyLatviaLithuaniaLuxembourgMalta

NetherlandsPolandPortugalRomaniaSlovakiaSloveniaSpainSwedenUnited Kingdom

Open government data in Europe?

AustriaBelgiumBulgariaCyprusCzech RepublicDenmarkEstoniaFinlandFrance

GermanyGreeceHungaryIrelandItalyLatviaLithuaniaLuxembourgMalta

NetherlandsPolandPortugalRomaniaSlovakiaSloveniaSpainSwedenUnited Kingdom

Open government data in Europe?

“I have said it before, andI say it again: yes to open data!”

EC Vice President Neelie Kroes

PublicData.eu13k+ datasets

OpenDataChallenge.org€20k, 60 days

How?

4 main steps

1.MAKE DATA

LEGALLY OPEN

A. Use an existing license/legal tool

Public Domain (no rights reserved)- Public Domain Dedication & License (PDDL)- Creative Commons Zero (CC0)

Attribution (you must give credit)

- Open Data Commons Attribution (ODC -BY)- Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY)

'Sharealike' (you must share back)

- Open Data Commons Attribution-Sharealike (ODbL)- Creative Commons Attribution Sharealike (CC-BY-SA)

B. Create your own license/legal tool

“Public data will be released under the same open licence which enables free reuse, including commercial reuse – all data should be under the same easy to understand licence.”

Public Data Principlesdata.gov.uk

Make sure it is “open” as in opendefinition.org

2.MAKE DATA

TECHNICALLY OPEN

“Raw data now!”

3.MAKE DATA

EASY TO FIND

http://ckan.org- Open source, themable, flexible- Lots of useful features- Powers 30+ data catalogues data.gov.uk data.norge.no data.overheid.nl

4.ENGAGE WITHDATA REUSERS

Events, competitions, hackdays, ...

Listen to what data reusers want

Be part of the open data community

More info?

Find out about open governmentdata around the world:

http://opengovernmentdata.org

http://opengovernmentdata.org/film

http://www.opendatahandbook.org

Join the open governmentdata community:

http://bit.ly/ogd-list

Original slide creditsJonathan Grey

Open Data Handbook - http://www.opendatahandbook.org