“Shaking the vending

machine...”

by Edial Dekker

my name is Edial,and I am a co-founder of

Governments work as vending machines:

we put in taxes

-hospitals-roads-police protection-traffic lights-etc.

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The way we organize information is rapidly changing.

Websites become platforms.Transparency invokes interactivity.Consumers become people who make stuff.There is more data in the world than EVER.

Most government websites suck.

It’s our data we are talking about, we paid the taxes for it.

post codes

addresses

road constructions

environmental data

petitions

opening hourspress releases

maps

population data

schools

garbage pick-up times

‘Open-Data’ means the data is:

-the Sunlight Foundation

1. Complete All public data is made available. Public data is data that is not subject to valid privacy, security or privilege limitations.

2. Primary Data is as collected at the source, with the highest possible level of granularity, not in aggregate or modified forms.

3. Timely Data is made available as quickly as necessary to preserve the value of the data.

4. Accessible Data is available to the widest range of users for the widest range of purposes.

5. Machine processable Data is reasonably structured to allow automated processing.

6. Non-discriminatory Data is available to anyone, with no requirement of registration.

7. Non-proprietary Data is available in a format over which no entity has exclusive control.

8. License-free Data is not subject to any copyright, patent, trademark or trade secret regulation. Reasonable privacy, security and privilege restrictions may be allowed.

Open-Data also means that we can improve existing things or create stuff.

Make data visualizationsStamens’ crimespotting Map’

make Augmented Reality with ‘Layar’Government spendings from data from recovery.gov’ and ‘Layar’ by The Sunlight Foundation.

Build a BCC DIY BetaBirmingham City Council platform (£2.8 million)

open kvka free and open alternative for kamervankoophandel.nl

wcit2010blog posts, presentation etc.

ourdata.euan initiative to map Open Data

It’s up the our community to respond, with our ideas, with our voices, with our creativity and our code.

-Tim O’Reilly

http://www.hackdeoverheid.nl/

Thanks,

you can drop me a line at edial@yourneighbours.de

or follow me on twitter@edial