1. How you (yes, you!)
can contribute
to open data
@ldodds
ODI Lunchtime Lecture
2017-06-23

2. Hello!

3. Open Data is not (just)
Open Government Data

4. Open Data is not (just)
Organisational Data

5. Open Data is (also) a
creative activity

6. Wikipedia
Launched: 2001
Active Users: 120k (last 30 days)
Size: 5.4m articles, 42m pages
Wikidata
Launched: 2012
Active Users: ~17k
Size: 26.5m items

7. OpenStreetMap
Launched: 2004
Active Users: ~40k per month
Size: 3,500m nodes, 350k ways

8. Zooniverse GalaxyZoo
Launched: 2007
Active Users: 150k
Size: 50m classifications

9. MusicBrainz
Launched: 2000
Active Users: 194k
Size: 1.2m artists, 22m tracks

10. Discogs
Launched: 2000
Contributors: >300k
Size: >7.7m releases

11. OpenPlaques
Launched: 2009
Contributors: 1641
Size: 12,259 plaques

12. Rebrickable
Launched: ~2012
Contributors: >110k
Size: >11k Sets, >5k MOCs, >25k Parts

13. Grand Comics Database
Launched: 1994
Contributors: ???
Size: >1.3m comics

14. Open (Data) is an enabler

15. Ways of working with data

16. Collaborative Maintenance

17. It’s not work if you love it

18. Thank you (yes, you!)