1. Open Data Strategy &
Portal of Korea Govt.

2. 01. Open Data Strategy of Korea Govt.
02.

4. Beginning of Open Data in Korea
High school student develops Bus App in 2009 and provides it free to iPhone users
App reached No. 1 downloads in Korea Appstore but the service was suspended
Local govt. raised objection citing Location Information and Copyright laws
Citizens protested and the service resumed in 2 days

5. Open Data Law Enactment and Implementation
Make clear the citizens’ right to use public data and mandate public
sectors (institutions, organizations) to provide public data
Create high value added new industry foundation and jobs through
active private sector usage of public data
Scope(organization) – central & local govt, public sectors
Scope(data) – all data except data containing personal info, copyright, etc
Provision method – machine readable
Policy planning – Open Data Master Plan(3yr cycle) & Annual Plan
Foundation – Open Data Strategy Council, Chief Open Data Officer, Open
Data Center, etc

6. Governance Framework
Open Data Strategy Council : highest level Open Data policy decision making
MOI : public data inventory notice, evaluate agency performance, formulate master plan,
build Open Data foundation
Open Data Center : support Open Data provision & usage
Chief OD Officer : lead Open Data efforts at each agency
ODMC : dispute resolution regarding refusal and suspension of privision of public data
* MOI : Ministry Of The Interior
* ODMC : Open Data Mediation Committee
Open Data Center
(NIA)
Chief Open Data Officer
(central & local public institutions)
ODMC
(dispute resolution)
MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR
(lead ministry)
Open Data Strategy Council
Co-chairedbyPrimeMinister

7. Achievements after Open Data Law

8. Objective and Programs of Korea by 2017
Release of High Value
Data through
Open Data Portal
High Open Data
Quality Assurance
Create Public-Private
Cooperative Ecosystem
Expand Open Data
Foundation & Diffusion
to Provinces
2015 2017
10 36
29.5% 50%
30 100
395 700
High volume DB open
Open format data
Open data standards
New data services

12. Restructure govt data services with low usage and
private sector alternatives
(criteria)downloadsunder 1000, visitorsunder 5000, existence of privatesectoralternatives
(plan) eliminate, integrate public sector websites : 4,182(32%) by 2017
eliminate 429(35%) public sector apps with private sector alternatives :
weather, patent, geo-data
Restrict app development to those with high level of
public of interest (e.g. to support disadvantaged groups)
Social welfare services stipulated in relevant laws, etc
Revision of Open Data Law(2nd half of 2015)
Provide basis for prohibition, survey, recommendation measures regarding data
services similar to private sector

14. ※ linking with universities and IT industry to launch common work space centers similar to Google
Campus, Cheku(車庫) Cafe

17. Need for Open Data Portal
Govt management
Lack of function(system) to systematically manage public data which is now
considered a new economic resource
Need to launch Govt Open Data System(register-manage-open)
Much time and costs consumed to contact, find and gather data from
individual agencies
Govt opening
Govt Open Data System needed to utilize public data from single source
“Govt. needed a single integrated window for
holistic management and opening of public data”

18. Intro. Of Open Data Portal
Open Data Portal
System to allow govt. holistic public data management and integrated opening
as stipulated in the Open Data Law
Separation & improvement of services for public sector staff and private sector users
Registration, management focused
functions for public sector staff
Data service focused functions
for private sector users

19. Portal Services
Portal Services

20. Comparison of Portal Operating Issues
- Collecting public data
Mindset at agency level
No obligation to open public data.
Nearly impossible to gather data
from agencies
Before law
Lack of mindset at agencies leads to
low implementation of data opening
Before
After law
After improvement
Obligation to open public data
Easier to gather data from agencies
Improving mindset through training,
Video training material distribution
from 2015

21. Portal Awareness
Strategy
Raising portal awareness through : press & media, monitoring group, SNS, developer
outreach, etc
Press & Media
• Press, media, internet portal,
newsletter
Developer outreachSNS
• Monitoring group, facebook,
twitter, etc
• Visiting outreach to potential
developers : University startup
clubs, meister high school

22. Open Data Usage Examples
Customized hospital info service
(AD Ventures )
(600K members, 30K daily visits),
1m USD revenue within 1 year, 1m USD investment
funding by foreign capital

23. Open Data Usage Examples
Parcel tracking info service
(SweetTracker)

24. Open Data Usage Examples
Transportation info service
((Locnall)

26. Thank you