This is an introduction to Open Data and its current state.

1. Open Data- Introduction & Current State Presented by Jury Konga, Principal eGovFutures Group . Presented to Regional Information Systems Working Group Toronto, June 3, 2011.

2. Context – Open Gov, Gov 2.0 and Open Data Open Data Current State Principles Open Data – local to global Open Data Framework Open Data Value Proposition Open Data and the Planning Community Closing thoughts Overview Open Data – Intro & Current State 2

4. More recently, Open Government focuses on citizen engagement, transparency, accountability, collaboration and innovation

5. 3 Pillars of Open Government from Senator Kate Lundy, Australia:Citizen- Centric Government, Open and Transparent Government and Innovation Facilitation (June 2009)

6. President Obama’s Open Government directive (Jan. 2009) synopsis: Government should be transparent, participatory andcollaborative3 Open Data – Intro & Current State

8. Gov 2.0 “is the use of technology – especially the collaborative technologies at the heart of Web 2.0 – to better solve the collective problems at a city, state, national and international level”Tim O’Reilly, “Open Government – Collaboration, Transparency and Participation in Practice”. 20104 Open Data – Intro & Current State

10. Open Data – it’s about public data being easily discoverable, readily accessible and freely available without restrictions (to a degree)

11. Recent Open Data initiatives have focused on public sector data and very recently has also turned to private sector corporate data

12. Open Data – not new, we’ve been doing it for a while … what has changed is the public’s expectations of expanded scope and ease of access to government data5 Open Data – Intro & Current State

13. Open Government Components- Focus on Citizens 6 What needs to improve to benefit citizens … Open Data – Intro & Current State

14. Open Government- Perspective for Local Government Business: Public Services Structure: Corporation Governance: Council (Board of Directors) Servicing: Citizens and Businesses - the SHAREHOLDERS 7 Open Data – Intro & Current State

15. Open Government, Open Data- Why? 8 Shareholders…. needs & expectations Images via MS Office Open Data – Intro & Current State

17. Completeness

18. Primacy

19. Timeliness

20. Ease of Physical and Electronic Access

21. Machine readability

22. Non-discrimination

23. Use of Commonly owned standards

24. Licensing

25. Permanence

26. Usage costsOpen Data – Intro & Current State 9

28. Open Data Current State- Where in the World? Open Data – Intro & Current State 11

29. Open Data Current State- From Local to Global Open Data – Intro & Current State 12

30. Federal : started shortly before election call. One year pilot. Considered 2 – 3 years behind UK & USA Provinces: some GIS data related sites. BC has Minister of Open Gov Municipalities: Leaders in Open Data. In Ontario: Toronto, Ottawa, London, Windsor, Mississauga. Others in planning stages. Open Data Current State- the Canadian Open Scene Open Data – Intro & Current State 13

31. 14 Open Data Current State- Open Data Framework Project Open Data Framework G4: Vancouver, Toronto, Edmonton & Ottawa ODF Project: August – December 2010. ODF Components Governance Principles & Policy Standards Technology Data, Operations & Human Resources Open Data Portal Future Roadmap Open Data – Intro & Current State

32. Open Data Value Proposition- Use & Re-Use of the Data Great video on value of open data - http://www.streetfilms.org/a-case-for-open-data-in-transit/ Value is not in the raw data alone Apps for use of the data is key to open data success Value to the Citizen is the bottom line 15 Open Data - the New Reality Open Data – Intro & Current State

33. Hans Rosling’sGapminder App Raw data input from simple table Animation to simplify understanding of temporal data 16 Open Data Value Proposition- Visualization for Education Open Data – Intro & Current State

34. Enhanced services Cost reductions (e.g. FOI requests) Economic development Improved government transparency & trust Increased citizen engagement Open Data – Intro & Current State 17 Open Data Value Proposition- Some Commonly Defined Benefits

36. USING Open Data - Local to Global collaborations – all at once!

37. Participated in RHoK Dec 4 – 5, 2010. Combined with Intl Open Data Hackathon: 63 cities, 25 countries, 5 continentsOpen Data – Intro & Current State 18

38. 19 Open Data Current State- Open Data Maturity Model Five Phases of Open Data Evolutionary within Info Management Best Practices Open Data – Intro & Current State

39. Open Data NxGen- Enhanced Content & Access Municipal Public Service Provincial Federal OpenData. EARTH Academia, Non-Profits, Community Groups External Data Linkages (e.g. World Bank) OpenData.CA OpenStreetMap Community Updates Source: Municipal Open Government Framework, 2010 www.slideshare.net/jkonga 20 Open Data – Intro & Current State

40. Open Data andthe Planning Community Planning Data + Open = HUGE Opportunity …. lots of activity 21 Open Data – Intro & Current State

41. Open Plans (1999) focused on Open Gov , “livable streets” & reporting urban issues Focus on “Helping cities work better” Numerous community focused projects developing open source tools & using open data Open Planning Community- U.S. Example Open Data – Intro & Current State 22

42. Open Planning Community - Local Non-Profit Example Neptis Foundation -Focus on urban growth management research & education Developing an Open Data Strategy to allow better access to research data including geospatial data Wiki Mapping project seeks to share GIS data ,foster collaboration and develop info to support GGH regional planning Open Data – Intro & Current State 23 DRAFT

43. Open Planning Community - Local “Open Data” Open Data – Intro & Current State 24

44. Open Planning Community - Local Neighbourhood “Open Data” Open Data – Intro & Current State 25 “Place Matters” … over to Harvey Low for details Source: Harvey Low, City of Toronto

45. Moving forward together … as a community Need to leverage our Community Intellectual Capital and resources Open Data – Intro & Current State 26

46. … a few Concluding Thoughts Embrace Open Government and Open Data – you’re actually already part of the way there and momentum is growing Accelerate Open Data – all levels of government need to increase knowledge and pick up the pace of moving forward to benefit all Plan now, develop incrementally – awareness of the new environment, readiness assessment, align with priorities & allocate resources Collaborate Now - limited resources and increasing internal and external demands for efficient and effective government dictate it Build and Leverage Your Community – engage the citizens, businesses and community groups … the community wants to help Planning community has much to offer – the data used to develop an Official Plan should be optimized … making it open and accessible by all will add value to your sizable investment 27 Open Data – Current State & Next Gen

47. Thank You Jury Konga, PrincipaleGovFutures Groupjkonga@sympatico.caTwitter @jkongaSkype jury.kongaOther presentations:www.slideshare.net/jkonga