The document discusses creating a data commons by sharing commodity data between organizations to reduce costs and risks. It proposes establishing shared infrastructure and licensing to pool investments in commodity data while allowing members to collaborate on common libraries and services and focus on unique value-added aspects. The commons would be governed by an open-source foundation using Eclipse development processes and intellectual property management.

1. Data Commons

2. Sharing data
Org 1 Org 2
Commons
Anyone
Focus on Points of Interest:
Name, lat/long, hours of
operation, language, address.

3. What do we need?
● Reduce risk
– The right license, with a clear interpretation
– Responsive to legislation over time
– Appropriate communications channel
– Vendor neutrality, international
● Pool investment
– Share commodity data
– Shared infrastructure
– Long term stability

4. 4
Collaborate
Unique value add
Glue & other stuff you must do
Commodity bits
Sell the
product or
service
Collaborate
on common
libraries,
services

5. 5
Collaborate
Unique value add
Glue & other stuff you must do
Commodity bits
Sell the
product or
service
Collaborate
on common
libraries,
services,
DATA

6. Powerful collaboration protocol
CompanyA CompanyB
Collaborate
On Data
Minimize:
Legal documents
Culture clash
Intellectual property overhead
CompanyC CompanyD
No single vendor can solve this alone!

7. Full Service
Foundation
Forge
&
Build
IP
mgmt
Dev
Process
Licensing
Model
Governance
Member Community
Network
Run by:
Follows Eclipse Development
Processes & IP Management

8. Working Groups
Advanced Geospatial Software Internet of Things Scientific Research
Long Term Support Embedded Systems
Vendor neutral
collaboration.
● 270+ projects
● ~1100 developers
● 216+ members
● 9M+ users

9. Event
Organizers
Get Involved
Speakers
Article
Writers
Advocates
Advisers
Students
Partners
Event
Hosts
Software
Users
Interested
Parties
Media
App
Developers
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Andrew Ross
andrew.ross@eclipse.org
@42aross