The document introduces 'Charlie', a platform for crowdsourcing linked open data, emphasizing that democratic data is more valuable than open data. It outlines a two-step process where users can identify and publish useful data bundles, such as information about potholes. The platform aims to enable immediate crowdsourcing of data through web and mobile interfaces.

1. Democratic datawith CharlieNational Hack the Government DayAberdeen26 March, 2011

2. open data is good

3. democratic data is better

4. open data push is niceso far it has been top downbig organisationsbig data setswhat about people?

5. IntroducingCharlie

6. Charlie is a platformfor crowdsourcinglinked open data

7. It will work like this

8. Step 1: identify a usefullump of dataThis is a Bundle

9. Technical bit:A bundle consists of a set of classes and properties which, when populated, result in a self-contained lump of data

10. Example: PotholesFillThatHole.org.ukHazard typeDescriptionSize/depthLocationDate

11. These values constitute a useful description of a pothole

12. Step 2: publish thebundle to Charlie

13. There is no step 3

14. From the semantics of the data, and the semantics of the bundle, a web interface, mobile application, reports, and RDF repository can be built

15. You can publish these URIs and start crowdsourcing your data immediately

16. Follow me @ed80 for updates and a URIlet me know if you are interested in helping