In this presentation, I present a Beginner Guide for Open Data publishers, including 'What to publish', 'How to publish', 'Where to publish', and 'Why publish'.
Includes practical guidelines, tips, and examples.
Presented at the Irish National Open Data Conference, 27th Nov, Dublin, Ireland
https://data.gov.ie/
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In order to drive:
• evidence-based decision making,
• rich business intelligence, and
• advanced innovation
Need to be able to discover, understand and access raw data.
11. Open data is data that can be freely used, re-used
and redistributed by anyone.
http://opendatahandbook.org/guide/en/what-is-open-data/
13. Open Data Excuse Bingo
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Data Protection
I don't mind, but
someone else might
We have to organise
internal data first
Poor Quality
People may misinterpret
the data
It's too big
There's already a project
to...
Lawyers want a custom
License
We will get too many
enquiries
Thieves will use it It's too complicated We'll get spam
There's no API It's not very interesting
We might want to use it
in a paper
What if we want to sell it
later
http://bit.ly/Ymzy0a
16. • Geospatial
– e.g. national and local maps, postcodes
• Earth observation and environment
– e.g. energy consumption and satellite images
• Meteorological
– e.g. in situ data from instruments and weather forecasts
• Statistics
– e.g. demographic and economic indicators
• Companies and company ownership
– e.g. business registers and registration identifiers
• Mobility
– e.g. road signs and inland waterways
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EU Open Data & PSI Directive
High-Value Datasets
25. Where is your data currently stored/managed?
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• Spreadsheets on your computer
• On a shared workspace
• On a file server
• In a specific system
• On your website