Open Government Data: What, Why, How?

2011/04/19/Roma/DatiApertiOpen Government Data:What, Why, How? Jonathan Gray Open Knowledge Foundation

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

use reuse“open” = redistribution commercial reuse C derivative works “do what you like” may require: - attribution - sharing back

opendefinition.org

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

European PSI is worth €27 billion

Open government data in Europe?Austria Germany NetherlandsBelgium Greece PolandBulgaria Hungary PortugalCyprus Ireland RomaniaCzech Republic Italy SlovakiaDenmark Latvia SloveniaEstonia Lithuania SpainFinland Luxembourg SwedenFrance Malta United Kingdom

“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

4 main steps

1. MAKE DATALEGALLY 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 thesame open licence which enablesfree reuse, including commercialreuse – all data should be under thesame easy to understand licence.” Public Data Principles data.gov.uk

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

2. MAKE DATATECHNICALLY OPEN

“Raw data now!”

3. MAKE DATAEASY 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 government data around the world:http://opengovernmentdata.org

http://opengovernmentdata.org/film

Find out more about how to open up government data:http://www.opendatamanual.org

Join the open government data community: http://bit.ly/ogd-list

One take home point?

Riutilizzo

Get in touch!jonathan.gray@okfn.orghttp://twitter.com/jwyg

Image creditsImages by Otto Neurath and the Isotype Institute from FulltablePierre Vivants Traffic Light Tree by William WarbyThe Green Light by Ted PercivalFurther linksOpen Knowledge Foundation - http://www.okfn.orgWhere Does My Money Go? - http://www.wheredoesmymoneygo.orgOpen Spending - http://www.openspending.orgEuropean Energy - http://energy.publicdata.euOpen Government Data - http://www.opengovernmentdata.orgCKAN - http://www.ckan.net + http://www.ckan.orgOpen Knowledge Definition - http://www.opendefinition.orgGet The Data - http://www.getthedata.orgOpen Data Manual - http://www.opendatamanual.orgOpen Data Search - http://www.opendatasearch.orgPublicData.eu - http://publicdata.eu These slides are available under a Creative Commons Attribution Sharealike License. While most images are available under an open license (see above) some are used for illustrative purposes and rights may be reserved by their creators.

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