Presentation of City of Helsinki's open decision making data Open Ahjo and how developers can participate with City of Helsinki to utilize the data.

1. Helsinki’s open decision making data – Open Ahjo
September 2013
Ville Meloni – Project Manager
Forum Virium Helsinki

2. Contents
• Overview of Helsinki Region Infoshare open data
program
o www.hri.fi
• Helsinki’s open decision making data – Open Ahjo
o Unique open data interface to city decision making data for increasing
transparency and citizen participation
• How developers can work with the city?
o Introducing Helsinki Loves Developers and Open Helsinki - Hack at Home

3. Helsinki Region Infoshare

4. Opening public data from Helsinki
region for everyone to freely use
without cost
• Joint activity of Helsinki metropolitan area
cities (population over 1 million people)
• Pilot phase 2010-2012
• Now in adoption phase
• Operated by City of Helsinki Urban Facts
and Forum Virium Helsinki
Helsinki Region Infoshare

5. Adoption phase - 2013 to 2014
“City agencies publishing open data as part of
their normal operations”
• Helsinki ICT-program 2012-2015 striving
for openness in data and code and
developer engagement
• Finnish Government ICT-program aims to
open all relevant national public data by
end of 2014
What’s next?

6. www.hri.fi
Easy to find, access and
utilize open data
• Currently over 1000 datasets
• Open data application showcase
• Users can give feedback and
request new data
• Instructions for public agencies
on how to open data
• Useful tips for developers and
other data users

7. Helsinki’s open decision
making data – Open Ahjo

8. Our Dream:
Fully Transparent and Open City

9. Helsinki’s electronic document
management system - Ahjo
• System for preparing
public agendas for
decision making
• City Council, City
Board, City
Departments and their
steering committees
(over 5.000 users)

10. Ahjo is now Open!
• Helsinki’s public agenda and
decision documents as open
data
• dev.hel.fi/openahjo/
• www.hri.fi/fi/data/helsingin-kaupungin-
asianhallintajarjestelma-ahjon-rajapinta/
• Enables new applications and
services that bring decision making
closer to citizens
See also: City council meetings video API http://open.helsinkikanava.fi/

11. Minutes/agendas description information in xml-structure
<DescriptionInformationOpenDocument> <Header>text</Header>
<Dnro> <DnroShort>String</DnroShort>
<DnroTformat>String</DnroTformat>
<DnroRunningNumber>String</DnroRunningNumber>
<DnroYear>String</DnroYear> </Dnro>
<Reference>1967-08-13</Reference> <TaskClass>String</
TaskClass> <DocumentaryData>String</DocumentaryData>
<DocumentType>String</DocumentType> <PublicityClass
<PublicityClassId="String">String</PublicityClass> <Languagy
LanguaguId="String">String</Language> <Decision-maker
Decision-makerId="String">String</Decision-maker> <Business
BusinessId="String">String</Business> <Office
OfficeId="String">String</Office> <Department
DepartmentId="String">String</Department> <Presenter
PresenterId="String">String</Presenter> <Preparer
PreparerId="String">String</Preparer> <OfficeHolder
OfficeHolderId="String">String</OfficeHolder>
<Status_of_the_case>String</Status_of_the_case>
<Status_of_the_document>String</Status_of_the_document>
<Personal_data>text</Personal_data> <Additional_data>String</
Additional_data> <ArticleNumber_of_the_agenda>text</
ArticleNumber_of_the_agenda> <X-coordinates>text</X-
coordinates> <Y-coordinates>text</Y-coordinates>
<Data_system_index>String</Data_system_index>
<Index_termt>String</Index_termt> <MeetingTunniste>String</
MeetingTunniste> <Article>String</Article>
<Decision_Date>String</Decision_Date>
<NextMeetingDate>String</NextMeetingDate>
<MeetingDate>1967-08-13</MeetingDate> <DecisionLevel>String</
DecisionLevel> <Kvsto>String</Kvsto> <KvstoMeetingDate>String</
KvstoMeetingDate> <VHMinutes_of_the_meetingnosa>String</
VHMinutes_of_the_meetingnosa>
<Minutes_of_the_meeting_ApprovedChecked>String</
Minutes_of_the_meeting_ApprovedChecked> <ArchivingDate>String</
ArchivingDate> <ClosingDate>String</ClosingDate> <DueDate>String</
DueDate> <ExpirationDate>String</ExpirationDate>
<PreparationDate>String</PreparationDate> <AbolishedDate>String</
AbolishedDate> <Period_of_validityAlkaa>String</Period_of_validityAlkaa>
<Period_of_validity_ends>String</Period_of_validity_ends>
<PublishingDate>String</PublishingDate> <To_Internet>1967-08-13</
To_Internet> <PublishingRemovalDate>String</PublishingRemovalDate>
<CountingPrinciple_of_curingPeriod>String</
CountingPrinciple_of_curingPeriod> <EndDate_of_curingPeriod>String</
EndDate_of_curingPeriod> <Lenght_of__the_curingPeriod>String</
Lenght_of__the_curingPeriod> <Principle_of__the_curingPeriod>String</
Principle_of__the_curingPeriod> <Year>String</Year>
<SerialNumber>String</SerialNumber> <DiscretionUsed>String</
DiscretionUsed> <Astu>String</Astu> <DocumentTypeIdentifier>String</
DocumentTypeIdentifier> <AHJOIdentifier1>String</AHJOIdentifier1>
<AHJOIdentifier2>String</AHJOIdentifier2> <PublicationStucture>String</
PublicationStucture> <Astujulkaisu2vExpirationDate>String</
Astujulkaisu2vExpirationDate> <Purpose_of_the_use>String</
Purpose_of_the_use> <MIMEType>String</MIMEType>
• </DescriptionInformationOpenDocument>

12. h"p://www.slideshare.net/helsinkiregioninfoshare/open-­‐‑data-­‐‑layers-­‐‑to-­‐‑helsinki-­‐‑citys-­‐‑case-­‐‑management
• <KuvailutiedotOpenDocument>
• <Otsikko>text</Otsikko>
• <Dnro>
<DnroLyhyt>String</DnroLyhyt>
• <DnroTmuoto>String</DnroTmuoto>
<DnroJuoksevaNumero>String</
DnroJuoksevaNumero>
• <DnroVuosi>String</DnroVuosi>
• </Dnro>
• <Viite>1967-08-13</Viite>
• <Tehtavaluokka>String</Tehtavaluokka>
• <AsiakirjallinenTieto>String</AsiakirjallinenTieto>
• <AsiakirjaTyyppi>String</AsiakirjaTyyppi>
• <JulkisuusLuokka
<JulkisuusLuokkaId="String">String</JulkisuusLuokka>
• <Kieli KieliId="String">String</Kieli>
• <Paattaja PaattajaId="String">String</Paattaja>
• <Toimiala ToimialaId="String">String</Toimiala>
• <Virasto VirastoId="String">String</Virasto>
• <Osasto OsastoId="String">String</Osasto>
• <Esittelija EsittelijaId="String">String</Esittelija>
• <Valmistelija ValmistelijaId="String">String</Valmistelija>
• <Viranhaltija ViranhaltijaId="String">String</Viranhaltija>
• <Asiantila>String</Asiantila>
• <Asiakirjantila>String</Asiakirjantila>
• <Henkilotietoja>text</Henkilotietoja>
• <Lisatieto>String</Lisatieto>
• <EsityslistanAsianumero>text</EsityslistanAsianumero>
• <X-kordinaatti>text</X-kordinaatti>
• <Y-kordinaatti>text</Y-kordinaatti>
• <Tietojarjestelmarekisteri>String</
Tietojarjestelmarekisteri>
• <Asiasanat>String</Asiasanat>
• <Asiasanat>String</Asiasanat>
• <Asiasanat>String</Asiasanat>
• <Asiasanat>String</Asiasanat>
• <Asiasanat>String</Asiasanat>
• <KokousTunniste>String</KokousTunniste>
• <Pykala>String</Pykala>
• <Paatospaiva>String</Paatospaiva>
•
h"p://www.hri.fi/fi/data/helsingin-­‐‑kaupungin-­‐‑asianhallintajarjestelma-­‐‑
ahjon-­‐‑rajapinta/

13. Open Helsinki –
www.openhelsinki.net
- community project in
progress to create
better UI to decision
items and to increase
the dialogue between
citizens and
politicians

14. dev.hel.fi/openahjo/ – prototype example – “what is happening in my district?”

15. Helsingin kaupungin aineistopankki/Lauri Mannermaa
Make it easier
for citizens, politicians
and civil servants
to have a dialogue
via social media
A:Today we are handling
new bicycle-road case xx-yy-zz
Q: Could you tell me more
about this case?
A: Sure!
Realtime access to local
and relevant decision topics:
”What is being decided
in my neighborhood?”
Open Ahjo – Use cases for the data
Encouraging citizen
participation:
”City is building
a new library here in 2016.
I could tell them my ideas on how
to spend the budget”

16. “Our dream is that every public
agenda, every euro and any
public issue could be easily
analyzed, visualized,
understood and contributed to
by the citizens in advance.”

17. What we will do next
• Systematically open more data to match with Open Ahjo
• Develop interoperability of the datasets
• Involve various users to work with the City in creating use
cases
• Create user-friendly prototypes that showcase the usage of
the data
• Disseminate our learnings so others can replicate it

18. Helsinki Region Infoshare won
100 000 € in the ”Citizens” category
The prize sum will be used to improve the compatibility of the
Ahjo data with other city data including financial and location
information as well as statistics. Proof of concept for any city.
http://www.hri.fi/en/news/hri-wins-eus-prize-for-innovation/

19. How developers can work
with the city of Helsinki?

20. Helsinki Developer Portal
http://dev.hel.f

21. dev.hel.fi/apis/
dev.hel.fi/apis/openahjo

22. Open Ahjo resources
Open Ahjo API-documentation
• github.com/City-of-Helsinki/openahjo#openahjo-api
• dev.hel.fi/openahjo/doc/
Prototype examples and code using Open Ahjo
• dev.hel.fi/openahjo/
• https://github.com/City-of-Helsinki/openahjo/tree/master/ui
• openhelsinki.net
• https://github.com/mikukopteff/helsinki-info

24. Open Helsinki
Hack at Home
openhelsinki.hackathome.com
• International concept linking developers
and organizations creating success
stories of open innovation
• Running from June – October 2013
• Mentors give valuable feedback and
support to the developers
• Developers solve challenges by
building apps using open data
• Themes: understanding the city,
feedback and tourism
• Created applications participate in the
Apps4Finland.fi competition

25. Ways to participate
• Experiment with the data dev.hel.fi/apis/openahjo
• Contribute to the development of openhelsinki.net and dev.hel.fi/
openahjo/
• Join the discussion at dev.hel.fi
• Participate in the workshops arranged by Helsinki Loves Developers
• Participate in Open Helsinki Hack at Home challenges
http://openhelsinki.hackathome.com/briefing/ and submit your
working app or prototype to Apps4Finland –competition by 3rd
November 2013

26. THANK YOU!
Ville Meloni
ville.meloni@forumvirium.fi
www.forumvirium.fi
www.hri.fi