Data.gov short presentation for International Open Data Day 2013

1. Data.gov and Open Data in the
United States
Jeanne Holm, Data.gov
February 23, 2013

2. Data.gov
• Provides instant access to
~400,000 datasets in easy
to use formats
• Contributions from UN,
World Bank, and 180
agencies, cities, and states
• 18 communities ranging
from energy to public safety
• Encourage development of
innovative applications
• Drive innovation and
knowledge use across the
globe
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3. Stories Around Open Data
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http://alpha.data.gov

4. Open Communities
Community
✓
Developers
Safety ✓
Energy ✓
Health ✓
Law ✓
Education ✓
Ocean ✓
Manufacturing ✓
Business ✓
Ethics ✓
States ✓
Counties ✓
Cities ✓
Sustainable Supply Chain ✓
+ many more…
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5. Data.gov Capabilities
• Present • Future
– Dataset
– OGPL
Management • Open source platform
• Workflow engine and
• Drupal + CKAN
metadata editor
– Search – API key registry
• Keyword and faceted • API key authorization
filtering • Application statistics
• 6.7 billion triples – Enhanced search
– Geo • Federated catalogs from
• Search, harvest, and
agencies, cities, and +
visualize
– Vocab.Data.gov – Vocab.Data.gov
• Vocabulary and • Federated ontologies
schema engine for • URIs for all data
linked data
• URIs for health data
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6. Open Government Platform
(OGPL)
• Open source co-developed by India’s
National Informatics Centre and US
Data.gov Team
• Data.gov is migrating to OGPL in 2012
• Coordinating with open data providers,
platforms, and communities like W3C,
World Bank, CKAN, and open source
developers worldwide
• Public commits and tracker on Github
• Public mailing list for discussion
• Join the community!
– https://github.com/opengovtplatform
– http://www.opengovplatform.org
– Opengovplatform @OGPL
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7. OGPL Partners
• Led by India and the US
• Implementing in
Ghana, Rwanda,
Canada, and US
• Adoption of worldwide
standards
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8. A Global
Movement Has
Begun to Provide
Transparency and
Democratization
of Data
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@usdatagov
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9. The Path Ahead
• Bring data up and out of government to the public ★
• Make data accessible and linked ★★★★★
• Create communities to understand and apply data
• Connect and collaborate with small businesses,
industry, and academia to drive innovation
• Continue to develop OGPL with community
development
• Share with others to understand global issues
We need to securely architect our systems
for interoperability and openness from conception.
—Digital Government
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10. Hack the Code Today!
• Your call to action:
1. Get the data in the hands of the citizens
2. Make the solutions sustainable
3. Make a difference
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11. Let’s work together to set the
data free!
www.Data.Gov
@usdatagov
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