My slide presented to a delegation of the Palestinian National Authority during the capacity building seminar on e-government by the OECD in Trento. The slides show examples of the use of Open Data. more info here http://www.oecd.org/document/4/0,3746,en_2649_34417_49983620_1_1_1_1,00.html

1. DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING E-GOVERNMENT
POLICIES: THE CASE OF THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
Open Data
Challenges and Opportunities
Maurizio Napolitano <napo@fbk.eu>

2. Agenda
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Definitions
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Why
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How
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Challenges
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Open Data at Works
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Technical issue

3. Definitions

4. Definitions (DATA)
single pieces
of information
of every nature
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descriptions of facts
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reproducible without ambiguities
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parts of larger information or knowledge structures
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can be expressed and stored in digital formats
Data → Information → Knowledge → Wisdom
http://digitalcuration.blogspot.com/2009/05/what-are-data.html

5. Definitions (OPEN)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open

6. Open Knowledge
Foundation
“A piece of content or data is
open if anyone is free to use,
reuse, and redistribute it —
subject only, at most,
to the requirement to attribute
and share-alike.”
http://www.opendefinition.org/okd/

7. Why?

8. … it is an old story :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Snow_%28physician%29

9. The power of data
Image by EpicGraphic

10. Transparency and Open
Government
My Administration is
committed to creating an
unprecedented
level of openness in
Government. We will work
together to
ensure the public trust and
establish a system of
transparency,
public participation, and
collaboration. Openness will
strengthen
our democracy and promote
efficiency and effectiveness in
Government.
Transparency and Open Government Memorandum for the Heads of
Executive Departments and Agencies (2009)

11. P.A. and Data
DISSEMINATE
COLLECT MANAGE UPDATE
SHARE
SERVICE PAID BY TAXES
vs
distribution at marginal cost average cost recovery
transparency optimization costs
loss of income high transaction
costs

12. Now …
Open […] Data
http://www.trentinoopendata.eu
Open Government Data
Open Linked Data
http://opengovernmentdata.org/film/
Open Community Data
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/tim_berners_lee_the_year_open_data_went_worldwide.html

13. Italy ...
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The central goverment
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http://dati.gov.it
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Some regions
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Piemonte
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Emilia Romagna
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Veneto
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Lombardia
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Provincia Autonoma di Trento
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Some cities
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Firenze
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Torino
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…

14. … Trentino
The 40% of the geodata managed by the
Provincia Autonoma of Trento are
Open Data
17/02/2012
This is a first step
http://goo.gl/yNPgD

15. HOW

16. a formula for making this possible
1.Leadership
also / primarily political
2.Crisis
ex. budget cuts
3.Heroes
1. (from government / administration)
people that believe is
possible, but also ready
to lose
4.(Pressure from citizens)
http://www.linkedin.com/in/laurencemillar

17. The correct way
http://opendatamanual.org/

18. Spheras of the e-
Goverment
Technology Legal aspect
Communication

19. The knowledge hierarchy
Image by EpicGraphic

20. A possible communication strategy

21. wish list fo the next year
 Open Government Data as a Right
 More Schemas (Knowledge APIs) – keep it focused, let’s not try to boil the
ocean
 Open Data as a Platform, Not a Commodity
 Massive Interconnection Between Open Data Sites
 Open Corporate Data (for and by Corporates)
 Standards (e.g. for catalog metadata) for Data Portals and Data Hubs
 Open Data for Growth – making clear the the connection
 Strong international norms for data inventories
 Organizational identifiers – Dunn & Bradstreet should be replaced with
open data
 MiData – getting personal data out of corporates and government back
into the hands of the people whose data it is
http://blog.okfn.org/2011/10/23/open-data-wishlist-for-the-next-year/ 21

22. Open Data at works

23. The open data ecosystem

24. Outside italy with italian data
(1/2)
http://bikes.oobrien.com/?city=milan

25. Outside Italy with italians data
(2/2)
http://cra.openspending.org/dataset/italyregionalaccounts

26. Made in Italy

27. Voglio il ruolo
teachers waiting for a job
http://www.voglioilruolo.it

28. OpenPolis – politicians
accountability
http://www.openparlamento.it

29. Dipartimento per lo sviluppo e
la coesione econimca
Data visualization
Indicators
http://appsdps.mef.gov.it/apps/DPS%20eXplorer%203.7/index.html

30. OpenBilancio (1/3)
http://alpha.openbilanci.linkedopendata.it

31. OpenBilancio (2/3)

32. OpenBilancio (3/3)

33. Futouring
Lazio tourism portal
http://www.futouring.com
geodata in collaboration with openstreetmap community - other data in CC-BY-SA

34. Open Community Data
OpenStreetMap as Best Practice
~

35. Map Compare (1/2)

36. Map Compare (2/2)

37. Some outputs
(tools)
Bus Stop inforgraphics
http:/www.maposmatic.org Košice (SK)
Other example here
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/List_of_OSM_based_Services

38. Some outputs
(companies)
Softcities.net

39. Social services
http://wheelmap.org

40. Project – crisis management
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team

41. Italian overview
Good community
Mapping Party
M'appare Milano
Support from some italian public
administration
Support from GFOSS.it and other
initiatives (ex schools)

42. Map Compare - Trento
http://tools.geofabrik.de/mc/?mt0=mapnik&mt1=googlemap&lon=11.11372&lat=46.07098&zoom=18

43. Technical aspects

44. Open data features
Complete Primary Timely Accessible
Machine-readable
Non-proprietary License-free Reviewable
Discoverable Permanent Access
Redistribution Reuse Description
Metadata Attribution Integrity
Absence of Technological Restriction
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45. Open Linked Data
★ make your stuff available on the Web
(whatever format) under an open license
★★ make it available as structured data Tim Berners Lee
(e.g., Excel instead of image scan of a table)
★★★ use non-proprietary formats
(e.g., CSV instead of Excel)
★★★★ use URIs to identify things, so that people
can point at your stuff
★★★★★ link your data to other data to provide context
http://lab.linkeddata.deri.ie/2010/star-scheme-by-example/ 45

46. Linked Data Ingredients
Things have names (a
person, a city, a
company)
Let this names start
with http://
Represent data
(relations among things)
as RDF
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http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/LinkedData.html

47. Example
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48. Example
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49. Example
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50. Example
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51. Example
●Access/browse a global interconnected DB
●Merge, mix data
●Perform powerful cross-domain queries
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52. The Linking Open Data
cloud diagram
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http://richard.cyganiak.de/2007/10/lod/

53. The Data Hub
http://www.thedatahub.org 53

54. Conclusions
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Implement a communication strategy
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Ex http://data.wien.gv.at
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Improve the relation with the communities
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Ex. OpenStreetMap as laboratory
– http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Palestine
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Trust the serendipity
‫شكرا‬
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