1. 2011/04/14/Roma/E-Gov
Open Government Data:
What, Why, How?
Jonathan Gray
Open Knowledge Foundation

2. What?

3. What is 'open government data'?

4. Its all about:

5. Re-use

6. From legal uncertainty...

7. … to legal clarity.

8. Open data: free for anyone to reuse or
redistribute for any purpose

9. use
reuse
“open” = redistribution
commercial reuse
C
derivative works
“do what you like”
may require:
- attribution
- sharing back

10. opendefinition.org

11. Why?

12. Better public services
Economic growth
Accountability
Governance
Innovation
Efficiency

13. Enable people to make useful,
valuable things with government data

14. New ways of representing data

17. Put policies into context

20. New ways of delivering data

21. Personalised services

26. A richer data ecosystem

28. Not just about government

29. More pairs of eyes

30. Harness external expertise

31. External innovation

32. Social value and economic value

33. European PSI is worth €27 billion

34. Open government data in Europe?
Austria Germany Netherlands
Belgium Greece Poland
Bulgaria Hungary Portugal
Cyprus Ireland Romania
Czech Republic Italy Slovakia
Denmark Latvia Slovenia
Estonia Lithuania Spain
Finland Luxembourg Sweden
France Malta United Kingdom

35. Open government data in Europe?
Austria Germany Netherlands
Belgium Greece Poland
Bulgaria Hungary Portugal
Cyprus Ireland Romania
Czech Republic Italy Slovakia
Denmark Latvia Slovenia
Estonia Lithuania Spain
Finland Luxembourg Sweden
France Malta United Kingdom

36. “I have said it before, and
I say it again: yes to open data!”
EC Vice President Neelie Kroes

37. PublicData.eu
13k+ datasets

38. OpenDataChallenge.org
€20k, 60 days

39. How?

40. 4 main steps

41. 1.
MAKE DATA
LEGALLY OPEN

42. A.
Use an existing license/legal tool

43. Public Domain (no rights reserved)
- Public Domain Dedication & License (PDDL)
- Creative Commons Zero (CC0)
Attribution (you must give credit)
- Open Data Commons Attribution (ODC -BY)
- Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY)
'Sharealike' (you must share back)
- Open Data Commons Attribution-Sharealike (ODbL)
- Creative Commons Attribution Sharealike (CC-BY-SA)

44. B.
Create your own license/legal tool

46. “Public data will be released under the
same open licence which enables
free reuse, including commercial
reuse – all data should be under the
same easy to understand licence.”
Public Data Principles
data.gov.uk

47. Make sure it is “open” as in
opendefinition.org

48. 2.
MAKE DATA
TECHNICALLY OPEN

49. “Raw data now!”

50. 3.
MAKE DATA
EASY TO FIND

55. http://ckan.org
- Open source, themable, flexible
- Lots of useful features
- Powers 30+ data catalogues
data.gov.uk
data.norge.no
data.overheid.nl

56. 4.
ENGAGE WITH
DATA REUSERS

57. Events, competitions, hackdays, ...

58. Listen to what data reusers want

59. Be part of the open data community

60. More info?

61. Find out about open government
data around the world:
http://opengovernmentdata.org

62. http://opengovernmentdata.org/film

63. Find out more about how to
open up government data:
http://www.opendatamanual.org

64. Join the open government
data community:
http://bit.ly/ogd-list

65. One take home point?

66. Re-use

67. Get in touch!
jonathan.gray@okfn.org
http://twitter.com/jwyg

68. Image credits
Images by Otto Neurath and the Isotype Institute from Fulltable
Pierre Vivant's Traffic Light Tree by William Warby
The Green Light by Ted Percival
Further links
Open Knowledge Foundation - http://www.okfn.org
Where Does My Money Go? - http://www.wheredoesmymoneygo.org
Open Spending - http://www.openspending.org
European Energy - http://energy.publicdata.eu
Open Government Data - http://www.opengovernmentdata.org
CKAN - http://www.ckan.net + http://www.ckan.org
Open Knowledge Definition - http://www.opendefinition.org
Get The Data - http://www.getthedata.org
Open Data Manual - http://www.opendatamanual.org
Open Data Search - http://www.opendatasearch.org
PublicData.eu - http://publicdata.eu
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