A presentation for the Contributing to Open Data session at the 2014 Cyber Summit by Roger Burns, Executive Director, Information Systems, Monitoring Transition, Government of Alberta.

1. With
a
Li(le
Help
From
My
Friends:
Contribu:ng
to
Open
Source
and
Open
Data
Roger
Burns
email:
roger.burns@aemera.org

2. An
Open
Data
Ini:a:ve:
A
general
overview
and
learnings
from
experience.

3. Getting Started: What are the data demands?
What
are
the
“hot”
topics?
Who
is
asking
and
for
what?
How
is
that
result
derived?
How
do
I
get
access
to
that
data?
What
data
are
coming
in?
What
data
are
being
filtered?
How
do
I
get
machine-­‐to-­‐
machine
connec:vity?
Who
are
using
our
data
and
for
what?

4. Challenges to expect.
Quality?
Data
in
individual
“banks”
Metadata?
What
data
are
available,
in
what
format
and
where
is
it?
Resistance
Privacy
/
security
/
Personal
informa:on
Hesita:on
Technology

5. Moving Forward
• Initiative requires help amongst “friends” --- a team approach
– Data experts / knowledge sources
– Subject matter experts
– Technologists (various skills, leverage the market place)
– Target users
– Communications / digital media
– Other?
• Focus per the demands --- open up the data!
– Get a win and build momentum
• Seek learnings
– monitor, measure, assess, plan, do

6. What we have learned.
• Have met some demand for data
– External audience are using data / information
– Increasing demand for more data
• Are still challenged with data “silo’s”
– Working at eliminating the challenges
• Some surprises
– “I never thought of comparing that data to this data.”
– Not the expected volume / frequency of use
• Open data a must do!

7. Ques:ons?