Talk delivered at London Natural History Museum's "Informatics Horizons for the Natural History Museum" video and programme here http://scratchpads.eu/NHMInformaticsday

1. The Value of Open
Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt FREng
@Nigel_Shadbolt

2. The Power of Open…

3. The Power of Open…

4. The Power of Open…

5. The Power of Open…

6.
The Power of Open…
Open
Licences
Open
Standards
Open Data
Open
Participation
Open Source

7.
Open Data is…
information that is available for anyone
to use, for any purpose, at no cost.
has to have a licence that says it is
open data. Without a licence, the data
can’t be reused.

8. This….

9. + 12 wks

10. + 24 mnths

11. + 48 mnths

12. National Data Infrastructure
Mapping
Addressing
Transport
Education
Health
Environment
Science
:

13. The Power of the Results
Political
• Transparency
• Accountability
• Participation
Economic
• Efficiency
• Innovation
• Growth
Social
• Inclusion
• Poverty
• Diversity
Research
• Dissemination
• Innovation
Media
• Data
Journalism
• Data Literacy
Data
• Engagement
• Improvement
• Acquisition

14. Open Data and Public Health

15. Open Data and Public Health

16. Open Data and the Environment

17. Open Data and the Environment

18. Open Data and Governance

19. Open Data and Crime

20. http://theodi.org

21. http://opencorporates.com/viz/financial/index.html#

22. http://prescribinganalytics.com/

23. Broad Data not just Big Data
Big - Small
Public – Private
Open - Closed
Personal - Non-Personal
Anonymous - Identified
Aggregate – Individual
Transient – Patrimonial
Exhaust – Core Task

24. Open Data Challenges
Infrastructure
Quality
Data Literacy
Security and Privacy
Incumbents
Legislation
Non delivery of OGD

25. Open Data: What’s the use…
“It is therefore thought fit to
employ the [printing] press, as the
most proper way to gratify those
[who]... delight in the
advancement of Learning and
profitable Discoveries [and who
are] invited and encouraged to
search, try, and find out new
things, impart their knowledge to
one another, and contribute what
they can to the Grand Design of
improving Natural Knowledge... ”
Henry Oldenburg 1665

26. Cultural Heritage
Is in a unique position
Public task
Economic value
Engaging and unique
content
Authoritative producers
Links, links, links…

27. Thank you
nrs@ecs.soton.ac.uk
nigel@theodi.org
@Nigel_Shadbolt