Value of Open Data: Presentation at Latin America Open Data Conference
1. The Value of Open Data
Andrew Stott
UK Transparency Board
formerly Director, data.gov.uk
Senior Consultant, World Bank
Montevideo
26 June 2013 0.2.1
@dirdigeng
andrew.stott@dirdigeng.com
18. Economic Value of Open Data
Open Gov Data in EU would increase business
activity by up to €40 Bn/year, with total benefits
up to €140 Bn/year (0.7% of GDP)
Australian study found ROI of ~500% from open
data
Deloitte/POPSIS found open data was reused
10x-100x more than charged-for data
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All economic analysis and case studies
point the same way
20. National Information Infrastructure
Global Positioning System data now has
$122bn/yr benefits to US economy alone
UK National Mapping Agency data supports
£100bn/yr of GDP activity
Open Weather Data in US has created 400
companies employing 4000 people
Open addressing data in Denmark now gives
€14m/yr benefits and 70:1 ROI
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26. Open Data used to drive Citizen Engagement
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Local team
Telephone, website, Facebook and Youtube ….
Local police
Twitter feed
How YOU
can get
involved
It’s very local
Accessible data on crime
Attract Inform Engage Action
42. Everyone thinks that they are an exception
It’s held separately by n different organisations, and we can’t join it up
It will make people angry and scared without helping them
It is technically impossible
We do not own the data
The data is just too large to be published and used
Our website cannot hold files this large
We know the data is wrong
We know the data is wrong, and people will tell us where it is wrong
We know the data is wrong, and we will waste valuable resources
inputting the corrections people send us
People will draw superficial conclusions from the data without
understanding the wider picture
People will construct league tables from it
It will generate more Freedom of Information requests
It will cost too much to put it into a standard format
It will distort the market
Our IT suppliers will charge us a fortune to do an ad hoc extract
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48. Creating Sustainable Applications
Sustainable apps come from social
entrepreneurs – helped by geeks
Do things that matter to people
Make it quick and easy to do – “while you’re still
upset about it”
Make effective use of email
Use location: input and visualisation
Build in community support, action & stickiness
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51. Data Publishing – Star Quality
Put your data on the Web with an
Open Licence (any format)
Make it available as structured data
(e.g. Excel, CSV, instead of PDF)
Use open, standard formats (e.g.
XML, RDF)
Use URLs to identify things (so
people and machines can point at
your data)
Link your data to other people’s data
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Easeofreuse
53. When Open is not Open
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“You shall not use the data made
available through the GC Open Data
Portal in any way which, in the opinion
of Canada, may bring disrepute to or
prejudice the reputation of Canada.”