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1. OPEN DATAAnd the State of Open Data in Cambodia
Phnom Penh Mappers Meetup #19
OUM, Vantharith
Local Ambassador (OKFn Cambodia)
27 August 2013
PRESENTED BY

2. • About Open Data
• About Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFn)
• The State of Open Data in Cambodia – What So Far?
• Future Collaboration among Us?
Contents

3. About Me
Advocate for free and open knowledge
• Education:
• Projects I’m in:

4. What is Open Data?

5. What is Open Data?
“Open data is data that can be FREELY used,
reused and redistributed by ANYONE –
subject only, at most, to the requirement to
attribute and sharealike.” OpenDefinition.org
VIDEO
Open Data: How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going.
By RuFus Pollock, Founder of OKFn
From the LIFT 2012 conference.
Read more: http://okfn.org/opendata/

6. Openness – Open Definition?
Open Definition sets out in detail the requirements
for ‘openness’ in relation to content & data w/ key
features:
• Availability & Access
• Reuse & Redistribution
• Universal Participation

7. What Kinds of Open Data?

8. What Kinds of Open Data?
Geodata
Cultural
Science
Financial
Statistics
Weather
Environment
Transport

9. The Free Knowledge Universe

10. Int’l NPO founded in 2004 by Rufus Pollock, Martin Keegan & Jo Walsh.
Headquarter in Cambridge, UK.
We build technology and communities to develop,
disseminate and use open knowledge ─ content and
data that everyone can use, share and build on.
About OKFn

12. OKFn’s Flagship Projects

13. More Projects

14. Some Labs Projects

15. The State of Open Data in Cambodia
• Open Data is still an unknown concept to many.
• Lack of understanding and awareness of open-licensing.
• Few ongoing projects w/ crowd-sourcing approach
• However, a slow but optimistic development and open
data trend among local stakeholders.

16. Some Open Data Lovers/Stakeholders in Cambodia
?

17. Future Collaboration?
Idea: Open Data Phnom Penh (OpenDataPP) Meetup

18. Open Knowledge Foundation
Cambodia Local Group
@OKFnKH
fb.me/OKFnKH
OKFnCambodiaKH@gmail.com
km.okfn.org
Vantharith OUM
@vantharith