Open data has actually been around for some time - to varying degrees. However, the "new era" of Open Data

1. Presented by
Jury Konga, Principal
eGovFutures Group
November 26, 2010.
Open Data
- the New Reality
(actually … not that new)

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eGovFutures Group Open Data - the New Reality
Overview
• Current State
• Open Gov/Gov 2.0 – putting it in context
• Open Data principles and Open Data Catalogues
• Collaboration – sharing knowledge and resources
• Canada’s G4 Open Data Framework Project
• From Local to Global
• Open Data - the New Reality
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Definitions
– Providing some Context
• Gov 2.0 - it’s about transparency,
collaboration, citizen engagement, innovation,
government efficiency & eDemocracy
• Open Data – it’s about public data being easily
discoverable, readily accessible and freely
available without restrictions (to a degree)
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 Obama’s Transparency and Open Government principles stated
• Government should be transparent
• Government should be participatory
• Government should be collaborative
Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Transparency_and_Open_Government/
 Foundation goals from the Open Gov Directive … stated
• Publish Government Information Online
• Improve the Quality of Government Information
• Create and Institutionalize a Culture of Open Government
• Create an Enabling Policy Framework for Open Government
Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/open/documents/open-government-directive
Gov 2.0
- Principles of Open Gov
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Gov 2.0
- Principles of Open Gov
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Aggregated view from the prior stated sources

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Open Data Principles
- Global and Local
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 Original Eight Principles, Sebastopol, California,
Dec. 2007 “open government data is essential to
democracy.”
 Three Laws of Open Government Data
David Eaves, eaves.ca September 2009
• If it can’t be spidered or indexed, it doesn’t exist
• If it isn’t available in open and machine readable
format, it can’t engage
• If a legal framework doesn’t allow it to be
repurposed, it doesn’t empower

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Open Data Principles
- Global and Local
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 “Ten Principles for Opening Up Government
Information”, Sunlight Foundation. Aug. 2010
• Completeness
• Primacy
• Timeliness
• Ease of Physical and
Electronic Access
• Machine readability
• Non-discrimination
• Use of Commonly
Owned Standards
• Licensing
• Permanence
• Usage Costs

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Open Data Principles
- In Ontario
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 “Access by Design” Principles, Information and
Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, May 2010
 Objectives – “ensuring access, openness and transparency in order to
foster a culture of accountability and improved service to the public”
• Proactive, not Reactive
• Access Embedded into Design
• Openness and Transparency = Accountability
• Fosters Collaboration
• Enhances Efficient Government
• Makes Access Truly Accessible
• Increases Quality of Information

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Open Data
- Current State

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Open Data Success Stories
- Global View
 Global example – World Bank Data Catalog & Apps for
Development contest (May 2010)
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Open Data Success Stories
- At the National Level
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• United States –
data.gov
• United Kingdom –
data.gov.uk
• Australia –
data.australia.gov.au
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Open Data Success Stories
- At the National Level
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• Canada – no federal
site and no Open
Data policy
• Success is in the GIS
arena with Natural
Resources Canada,
GeoConnections
• Discovery Portal
• Geobase
• Geogratis
• Atlas of Canada
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Open Data Success Stories
- At the Provincial
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• Land Info Ontario
• GeoNova Portal
• GeoBC
Apps 4 Climate
Action
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Open Data Success Stories
- Large Urban Municipal Space
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• Vancouver (May
2009), Toronto (Nov.
2009), Edmonton
(Jan. 2010), Ottawa
(May 2010)
• Open data sets,
some Apps contests,
Open Data
community &
hackathons
• Recent addition is
Calgary, AB
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Open Data Success Stories
- Small to Medium Municipal Space
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• Open Data – not just
for large
municipalities
• Examples include
Nanaimo, B.C.;
North Vancouver,
B.C.; Surrey, B.C.;
London, ON;
Mississauga, ON;
Windsor, ON (and
more on the way)
• Most municipalities
provide some degree
of “open data” – the
need is to make it
more extensive

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Open Data Success Stories
- Municipal Government: United States
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• Washington DC
• San Francisco
• New York City
• Seattle
• Portland
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Open Data Success Stories
- Use & Re-Use of the Data
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• Value is not in
the raw data
alone
• Apps for use of
the data is key
to open data
success
• Value to the
Citizen is the
bottom line
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Great video on value of open data
- http://www.streetfilms.org/a-case-for-open-data-in-transit/
Open Data - the New Reality

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Open Data
- Collaboration by Design
 Kudos to the
Group of 4 (G4)
for taking a
leadership role
in Canada
 Contributing to
best practices
for the open
data community
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Open Data Collaboration
- G4 Open Data Framework
 Open Data Framework Project with focus on
• Open Data Standards/formats
• Terms of Use agreement
• Open Data Portal usability and functionality
 Operationalizing Open Data needs …
• Governance and Stakeholder Engagement
• Policy and Standards
• Technology and Open Data Portal
• People, Processes and DATA !!!
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Open Data Collaboration
- Local to Global
 Local Open Data
Community sites and
events “owned and
operated” by citizens
 USING Open Data - Local
to Global collaborations –
all at once!
 Participating in RHoK Dec
4 – 5. Combined with Intl
Open Data Hackathon: 63
cities, 25 countries, 5
continents
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Source: URISA Ontario Newsletter
Winter 1994, Jury Konga
Data Sharing Concept
- Circa 1994
Concept for tomorrow
Academia, Non-
Profits,
Community
Groups
OpenStreetMap
Community
Updates
External
Data Linkages
(e.g. World Bank)
OpenData.CA
Provincial
Municipal
Federal
Public Service
Open Data Collaboration
- Building a Community

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eGovFutures Group Open Data Opportunities
 Location, Location, Location
 New and Existing Location based data
 Mashups in Mapping and Applications to Answer
….. Where is and What’s Nearby
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Open Data Initiatives
- Example Applications for Citizens
Yelp
Map the Path
Geodelic

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 FixMyStreet started in UK;
recently began in Canada
in Ottawa area
- benefits from open data
 Community controlled;
data passed on to
appropriate jurisdiction
 Collaboration continuing
on Open 311 with San
Francisco leading with
support from private
sector – SeeClickFix
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Open Data Initiatives
- Example Applications for Citizens

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eGovFutures Group Open Data Opportunities
Open Data Initiatives
- Opportunities for the GeoCommunity
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 GIS community has known about the value of geospatial data since the
1960’s - it’s now front and centre in the Open Data movement
 Leadership Opportunity – sharing your geo knowledge to allow others to
understand the potential of all things geo can add value to citizen
designed services and public sector service delivery
 Innovation Opportunity – define effective processes, standards, policies
to support sustainable open data programs in government and new
areas of geospatial data analyses and applications
 Collaboration and Partnership Opportunity – “All of us is smarter than
one of us”

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- the New Reality
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 It’s here, it’s gaining momentum
 It’s also early in the new open
data era
 Open Data leverages a valuable
and strategic corporate asset to
facilitate innovation, expanded
and enhanced citizen services
 Get informed and PLAN for what
you know is coming …
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 Embrace Gov 2.0 – it’s becoming the new way of doing business;
technology is not the issue, organizational culture is our challenge
 Accelerate Open Data – all levels of government need to increase
knowledge and pick up the pace of moving forward to benefit all
 Collaborate Now - limited resources and increasing internal and external
demands for efficient and effective government dictate it
 Engage and Empower Citizens - the opportunity exists to make quantum
leaps in public service delivery & community building throughout Canada
 “RAW DATA NOW!” , Sir Tim Berners-Lee
Concluding Thoughts …

27. Jury Konga, Principal
eGovFutures Group
jkonga@sympatico.ca
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