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/

1. Practical Guide to Open Data
Publishing
27th Nov 2019
Deirdre Lee
CEO, Derilinx
deirdre@derilinx.com
@derilinx
www.derilinx.com

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3. Trusted by
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# 1 for Open Data in Europe

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# 3 Globally in the
OECD Open
Government Data
OURdata Index

7. What is Open Data?
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8. Viewing Data Online…
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9. Analyse Data
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Integrate Data
Visualise Data

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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/

12. Where do I start?

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

14. What to publish?
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Identify Datasets through a Data Audit

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

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Open Data Audit Tool

18. How to publish?
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19. Prepare Data for Publication
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Machine-readable, Open Formats
CSV / JSON / XML / GEOJSON

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Reusable – Open Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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Use of Standards

23. Standardised Data
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24. How can I get my data
onto data.gov.ie?

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

26. Extract Transform Load (ETL)
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Source Systems Destination
Extract
Transform
Load

27. Extract Transform Load (ETL)
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Extract
Transform
Load
Derilinx and DPER
can help

28. Where to publish?
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29. Make Data Available Online
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30. Make Data Available Online
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Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)

32. Access to Dynamic Data via APIs
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Add to Open Data Portal

34. Quality, Up-to-date Data
Automated data
harvesters ensure data is
kept up-to-date
14 harvesters run nightly
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35. Why publish?
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36. Create Insights with Analytics & Visualisations
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37. Open Data Engagement Fund
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38. World Bank EnergyData.info Apps
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https://electrifynow.energydata.info/
http://africagrid.energydata.info/

39. Practical Guide to Open Data
Publishing
27th Nov 2019
Deirdre Lee
CEO, Derilinx
deirdre@derilinx.com
@derilinx
www.derilinx.com