Presentation from the W3C Using Open Data workshop in Brussels, June 2012 (http://www.w3.org/2012/06/pmod/agenda). Based on this paper: http://www.w3.org/2012/06/pmod/pmod2012_submission_5.pdf (PDF). Non-annotated version at http://www.slideshare.net/timdavies/open-data-engagement-using-open-data-w3c-workshop
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Supporting open data use through active engagement (Annotated version)
1. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
Supporting open data use through active
engagement
Tim Davies - @timdavies
General blog: http://www.timdavies.org.uk
Research blog: http://www.opendataimpacts.net
Academic profile: http://ecs.soton.ac.uk/people/tgd1g11
(Most of the analysis based on a 2010 Survey of Open Government Data re-use from Data.gov.uk.
Data available at http://www.opendataimpacts.net/survey/. Other elements draw on experiences from
the International Aid Transparency Initiative - see www.aidinfolabs.org)
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2. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
Supporting open data use through active
engagement
Tim Davies - @timdavies
General blog: http://www.timdavies.org.uk
Research blog: http://www.opendataimpacts.net
Academic profile: http://ecs.soton.ac.uk/people/tgd1g11
(Most of the analysis based on a 2010 Survey of Open Government Data re-use from Data.gov.uk.
Data available at http://www.opendataimpacts.net/survey/. iOther elements draw on experiences from
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19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
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3. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
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4. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
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5. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
tice open data
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at. Open data
involve s more than th
n lead to app s, interfaces,
ca ts, derived da
ta Fact
informa tion and repor
and acce ss to facts...
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Davies, T. (2010). Open data, democracy and public sector reform: A look at open government data use from data. gov. uk. - Accessed from http://www.opendataimpacts.net/report/
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7. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism Information
Interface
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With that luddite point made - let us take a
detailed technical look at how open data is used
to make apps and interactive interfaces
Based on the research in
this paper...
Kuk, G., & Davies, T. (2011). The Roles of Agency and Artifacts in Assembling Open
Data Complementarities. Thirty Second International Conference on Information
Systems
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8. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism Information
Interface
Data
App
Kuk, G., & Davies, T. (2011). The Roles of Agency and Artifacts in Assembling Open
Data Complementarities. Thirty Second International Conference on Information
Systems
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
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9. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism Information
Interface
Open Data Data
App
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e d s cl e a n i n g
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= material agency
= human agency
Kuk, G., & Davies, T. (2011). The Roles of Agency and Artifacts in Assembling Open
Data Complementarities. Thirty Second International Conference on Information
Systems
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
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10. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism Information
Interface
Open Data
Improve Data Data
App
Quality
Cleaned
Data
= physical artefact
= material agency
= human agency
Kuk, G., & Davies, T. (2011). The Roles of Agency and Artifacts in Assembling Open
Data Complementarities. Thirty Second International Conference on Information
Systems
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
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11. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism Information
Interface
Open Data
Improve Data Data
App
Quality
API or
Cleaned Cleaned Data
Data
e
d up data is mad
Dump
The cleane
accessible thr ough APIs or as
data dumps
= physical artefact
= material agency
= human agency
Kuk, G., & Davies, T. (2011). The Roles of Agency and Artifacts in Assembling Open
Data Complementarities. Thirty Second International Conference on Information
Systems
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
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12. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism Information
Interface
Open Data
Improve Data Data
App
Quality
API or
Cleaned Cleaned Data Data is contextualised
Data Dump -
linked to common iden
tifiers
and then source code
is
Linkable
Improve written, or tools are
Contextual
Data Understanding
configured
= physical artefact
Source Code Mashups &
and Apps
= material agency Configurations
= human agency
Kuk, G., & Davies, T. (2011). The Roles of Agency and Artifacts in Assembling Open
Data Complementarities. Thirty Second International Conference on Information
Systems
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
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13. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
Improve Data
Open Data Quality
API or
Cleaned Cleaned Data Data is contextualised
Data Dump -
linked to common iden
tifiers
and then source code
is
Linkable
Improve written, or tools are
Contextual
Data Understanding
configured
= physical artefact
Source Code Mashups &
Only then do we get to
and Apps
= material agency Configurations
mashups or apps....
= human agency
Shared Code Libraries
Code &
Kuk, G., & Davies, T. (2011). The Roles of Agency and Artifacts in Assembling Open Configurations
Repository
Data Complementarities. Thirty Second International Conference on Information
Systems
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14. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
Improve Data
Open Data Quality
API or
Cleaned
data and use are often invisible to
Cleaned Data
Data
Yet - all these stages between
Dump
ta owners, or to anyone using an
a nyone visiting a data portal, to da
s on the stability of each step
app. T he sustainability of data use relie
Contextual rtefacts along this chain
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get
f th ea
of this value chain: yet many oUnderstanding
Linkable
Data
.
neglected, duplicated or disappear over time
= physical artefact
Source Code Mashups &
and Apps
= material agency Configurations
= human agency
Shared Code Libraries
Code &
Kuk, G., & Davies, T. (2011). The Roles of Agency and Artifacts in Assembling Open Configurations
Repository
Data Complementarities. Thirty Second International Conference on Information
Systems
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
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15. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
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16. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
with
ve ry complicated very quickly, and
Open data eco-systems can get
gu sed, and understanding the open
o pen data, finding how data is bein
eng aging with the community...
data eco-system is a question of
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17. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
e eco-
(An aside: not all the data in thes
of the
systems is from government... much
da ta that is relevant to processes of
om
democratic governance comes fr
crowdsourcin g, citizens and other institutions.)
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18. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
Key challenges in summary:
- Users of open data have diverse needs
- Effective use of open data requires more than the
dataset
- The stability of ‘eco systems’ built on top of open data is
hindered by the relative invisibility of the different stages
of data re-use
- Open data for policy making and governance comes
from both government and from other data providers
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Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
A social response
Five stars of open data engagement
★
Be
demand
driven
★
★
Put
data
in
context
So - at UKGovCamp in January 2012 we looked to find
of these challenges, and the
★
★
★
cial solutionversa4on
around
data
the so Support
cons to some
su★
Build
draft ‘5 Sta rs of Open Data Engagement’
re★
lt was a capacity,
skills
and
networks
★
★
★
★
★
★
★
Collaborate
on
data
as
a
common
resource
http://www.opendataimpacts.net/engagement/
Inspired
by
ques.on
from
Antonio
Acunda
of
Data.gov.uk
(@diabolus).
Developed
with
input
at
UKGovCamp
or
subsequently
online
from:
@.mdavies;
@hokulele;
@anthonyzach;
@jonfoster;
@jagus.
and
@exmosis.
Par.cular
thanks
to
Jag
(@jagus.)
and
Graham
(@exmosis)
for
ongoing
input.
Drawing
on
the
Five
Stars
of
Open
Linked
Data
outlined
by
Sir
Tim
Berners-‐Lee,
2010.
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
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20. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
A social response
Five stars of open data engagement
★
Be
demand
driven
★
★
Put
data
in
context
★
★
★
Support
conversa4on
around
data
★
★
★
★
Build
capacity,
skills
and
networks
★
★
★
★
★
Collaborate
on
data
as
a
common
resource
http://www.opendataimpacts.net/engagement/
(And the rest of slides have lots of words on, so no more
Inspired
by
ques.on
from
Antonio
Acunda
of
Data.gov.uk
(@diabolus).
Developed
with
input
at
UKGovCamp
or
subsequently
online
need for these little notes...)
from:
@.mdavies;
@hokulele;
@anthonyzach;
@jonfoster;
@jagus.
and
@exmosis.
Par.cular
thanks
to
Jag
(@jagus.)
and
Graham
(@exmosis)
for
ongoing
input.
Drawing
on
the
Five
Stars
of
Open
Linked
Data
outlined
by
Sir
Tim
Berners-‐Lee,
2010.
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
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21. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
★
Be
demand
driven
•
Are
your
choices
about
the
data
you
release,
how
it
is
structured,
and
the
tools
and
support
provided
around
it
based
on
community
needs
and
demands?
•
Have
you
got
ways
of
listening
to
people’s
requests
for
data,
and
responding
with
open
data?
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22. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
★
★
Put
data
in
context
•
Do
you
provide
clear
informa>on
to
describe
that
data
you
provide,
including
informa>on
about
frequency
of
updates,
data
formats
and
data
quality?
•
Do
you
include
qualita>ve
informa>on
alongside
datasets
such
as
details
of
how
the
data
was
created,
or
manuals
for
working
with
the
data?
•
Do
you
link
from
data
catalogue
pages
to
analysis
of
the
data
that
your
organisa>on,
or
third-‐par>es,
have
already
carried
out
with
it,
or
to
third-‐party
tools
for
working
with
the
data?
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Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
★
★
★
Support
conversa4on
around
data
•
Can
people
comment
on
datasets,
or
create
a
structured
conversa>on
around
data
to
network
with
other
data
users?
•
Do
you
join
the
conversa>ons?
•
Are
there
easy
ways
to
contact
the
individual
‘data
owner’
in
your
organisa>on
to
ask
them
ques>ons
about
the
data,
or
to
get
them
to
join
the
conversa>on?
•
Are
there
offline
opportuni>es
to
have
conversa>ons
that
involve
your
data?
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
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24. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
★
★
★
★
Build
capacity,
skills
and
networks
•
Do
you
provide
or
link
to
tools
for
people
to
work
with
your
datasets?
•
Do
you
provide
or
link
to
How
To
guidance
on
using
open
data
analysis
tools,
so
people
can
build
their
capacity
and
skills
to
interpret
and
use
data
in
the
ways
they
want
to?
•
Do
you
go
out
into
the
community
to
run
skill-‐building
sessions
on
using
data
in
par>cular
ways,
or
using
par>cular
datasets?
•
Do
you
sponsor
or
engage
with
capacity
building
to
help
the
community
work
with
open
data?
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
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Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
★
★
★
★
★
Collaborate
on
data
as
a
common
resource
•
Do
you
have
feedback
loops
so
people
can
help
you
improve
your
datasets?
•
Do
you
collaborate
with
the
community
to
create
new
data
resources
(e.g.
derived
datasets)?
•
Do
you
broker
or
provide
support
to
people
to
build
and
sustain
useful
tools
and
services
that
work
with
your
data?
•
Do
you
work
with
other
organisa>ons
to
connect
up
your
data
sources.
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26. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
★
Be
demand
driven
★
★
Put
data
in
context
★
★
★
Support
conversa4on
around
data
★
★
★
★
Build
capacity,
skills
and
networks
★
★
★
★
★
Collaborate
on
data
as
a
common
resource
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
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27. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
Concluding remarks
- Supporting citizen empowerment through open data needs
greater attention to the engagement dimensions of open data
policy and practice;
- Research needs to engage in detail with the complex and
messy practices of open data re-use, and to study open
datasets within their organisational, political, social and
technical contexts;
- We need to architect open data technologies to support
effective engagement, recognising the diverse and distributed
nature of open data re-use;
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28. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
Supporting open data use through active
engagement
Tim Davies - @timdavies
Contribute to continued development of the ‘5 stars of open data engagement’ at
http://www.opendataimpacts.net/engagement/
Follow open data impacts research at http://www.opendataimpacts.net
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