Beyond Aid: Open Data Is Coming

tonzijlstra.euknowledge work, learning, social media Beyond Aid:Open Data is coming Prague, 4 October 2011

community steward ePSIplatform.eu

untapped abundance

What is open data?• public data• available digitally and on-line• in open standards and machine- readable• usable for all, for anything

democratic control

transparency

Networked life, networked frankfurt gestaltenwork, networked learning participation

Networked life, networked Findtoiletwork, networked learning self empowerment

self empowerment

efficient government

effective government

new services

http://weblab.ab-c.nl/ new products

new government services

http://www.fastcompany.com/1776331/esoc-empirical-study-of-conﬂict-stanford-princeton Fast Company, 29-8-2011 new knowledge

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/docjohnboy/4106899304/EU PSI Directive / INSPIRE / Århus

http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/psi/

EC VP Neelie Kroes http://www.enisa.europa.eu/media/news-items/Kroes20100519.jpg/image_view_fullscreen

“I have said it before, and I say it again: yes to open data!”Networked life, networked“We are going to open up thework, networked learning public sector in Europe.” EC VP Neelie Kroes

data.gov.uk

aporta.es

Greece

data.overheid.nl

Basque

Piemonte

Vienna

data.eu in 2012

Licensing: UK OGL

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/thomaaas/3870361701/accumulating mass, creating gravity pull

Access ~ Re-useTransparency ~ (Comm) Re-useNon-commercial ~ Commercial PSI ~ Open Data distinctions blurring

tools emerging

opendatachallenge.org: 430 entries!

Access still biggest issue

Costs too much; Whatʼs the business case; Has commercial value; Possibleprivacy issues; Confidential info; Itʼs not ours, and we donʼt know who owns it;Itʼs not ours and supplier wonʼt allow it; The quality isnʼt very good; We donʼtknow where it is; Not our job; Itʼs in a useless format anyway; I donʼt have theauthority; People will misuse the data; People will use it wrongly; Only weunderstand our data; Weʼll get sued; Files are just too big; Too little bandwith;It starts with this, but whereʼs the end? Itʼs there, but canʼt be opened; Data isdated/too old; Itʼs not in digital format; Is this even legal?; Our Minister says no;We never have done this before, why start now?; I donʼt see the use; Nobody will Networked life, networkedbe interested; No time; No resources; Just do FOIA requests; Weʼll publish itredacted; Itʼs not complete; It contains errors; Itʼs commercially sensitive; work, networked learningCombining this with other data is dangerous; People will come to wrongconclusions; People will get lost and confused; It will trigger endless discussions;We canʼt confirm or deny we have that data; Weʼll get feedback, and canʼt handlethat; Our IT supplier says itʼs not possible; Our IT supplier will charge too much;Our site will crash; Itʼs already online! (but in unfindable PDFs); If peopledownload it and use it later it will be outdated; I canʼt take responsibility for all thereuse; People will get angry; Our data is in contradiction to the data of thedepartment that is in charge of the topic; Only we truly understand.....statistics/meteo/geo/laws; Weʼll disrupt the market; It will only be used to attack us. excuses or reasonable questions

Open data is not hard, but change can be• start with what is possible now• do safe-to-fail experimenting• (don’t focus at the biggest hurdles in the distance)• involve others• copy others (it’s about re-use....)• acknowledge fears / hesitation• see open data as your instrument

Actief uitnodigend join the OGD community more strongly!http://www.flickr.com/photos/dhammza/492882480/

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Beyond Aid: Open Data Is Coming

by Ton Zijlstra on Oct 10, 2011

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