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Open DataOpen Government
Tim WilloughbyAssistant Director
LGMA
Open Government?
“If people don’t know what you’re doing, they don’t know what you’re doing wrong”
“Jim Hacker” Open Government (I980)
My name is Tim
I explain technology…
to people who don’t understand it…
people who think they do understand it…
people who despise it…
and people who worship it.
…that help people understand how technology might help their Organisation…
I rese
arch,
pilot a
nd
write
things
...
I live here... According to Google Streetmaps
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I live in Naas…
• NAAS– Network as a Service
• Used to be a Nice place to shop!
So far ICT has not fundamentally changed government
1990s: lCT expected to make government more transparent, efcient and user oriented 2005+: disillusion as bureaucracy still in existenceCan Cloud Help?
Jane E. Fountain – Gov 1.0 – Just Replicating the Silos on the Internet
Do We Understand What the Citizen Wants?
Yes, but its not always cohesive
Local Government
Why would government look at Open Data
Sharing!
Local Government Evolution
Where Next…Open Data● What we are talking about is - ● Government As A Platform?
● Open Data is not the end..
● Cannot be – just for Open Data Sake...
● Open Data has to be part of the Day Job
Open is forcing Radical Change With or Without the Owners / Shareholders
So – What are we Doing
●Enterprise Ireland have set up Irish Cross National Working Group on Open Data
AcademiaLarge / Small BusinessCentral / Local / Semi-State Gov
●Fingal County Council – Open Fingal●Dublin County Councils - DubLinked
Cross Industry National Working Group
Addressing Prime 2, Opportunities for change, GeoDirectory, PRA
Security Surveillance, Privacy, Confidentiality,
Standards Protocol for Use, Governance, Adoption, Developments,
Enterprise Apps, Commercialisation, Economic Benefits, Education, Jobs Initiatives,
Citizenship What does the citizen want from Open Data?
Decisions
●Open Data week 7th Nov-12th Nov●All Government Tenders will reference Open Data●Paper for Government●It makes sense●Continue the Journey Together
10/3/11
open source / open datathe fix your street model
10/3/11
mobile apps – the new frontier of local government
10/3/11
Metered Water Application
FUTURE DOMESTIC WATER APPLICATION
10/3/11
from: physical, the (qr code), online source, & augmented reality
10/3/11
qr code to detailed further information
10/3/11
Social and Multi MediaResponding through innovation
It is all about the Data
2010 Spend on Spatial data and Software in the USA - IDC
IssuesData Harvesting
How / Why does data get into your system
Position, accuracy, improvement.
Data ManagementHow do we manage our data
Do we have to capture data more than once
Geo DataCosts of collection
Costs of Management
QualityData Quality
If we can’t trust the data to Share it, how do we use it to make decisions?
Data StandardsMost Adopting Standards from their software Supplier.Have to move away from this position!Open Standards
What do we aspire to…Real Life Standards
Its Hard for Governments to
experiment
Why Open Data?● More information might lead to more informed and beter
decisions – The Right to Knowledge…● Higher Quality?
● Open Source – More Eyes – Beter Systems…● Higher degree of effectiveness & efficiency● Strengthen trust in establishment● Leverage benefits of peer production● New business models
Why Not?● Loss of control & power?● Undermining of statutory Powers● Loss of revenues to existing business by threatening their
established business models● Only those with the Social Tools can benefit?● Fear of the unknown
FixYourStreetProgramme for GovernmentIn local services, we will establish a website – www.fixmystreet.ie – to assist residents in reporting problems with street lighting, drainage, graffiti, waste collection and road and path maintenance in their neighbourhoods, with a guarantee that local officials will respond within two working days.
Principles of FixYourStreet● Digitise everything Once.● Dynamic Data Capture● Open data● Open source
● Reduce the Barriers to Adoption
● Social Media is the Glue● There can only be one fixyourstreets
● One Front End
● More than one Back End?
● Taxonomy – We all call things the same
Semantic Web
Semantic Web
Adult HumourPolitical Insight
Current Affairs
SlapStickColours
Bart is FunnyHomer - Doh!
Pages as a Database
Cool Stuff for sale
Pages as a Database
Apps
Cloud Application
Data is hidden behind the Applications…
But yet not available in Linked Format…
What is the Solution?Open Data, Open Source, Open Standards
QR Codes for Public Participation
These are Small, Near… Far Away
Architecture Model for Open
Five level saturation model by Tim Berners-Lee★ Available on the web (whatever format), but with an open licence★★ Available as machine-readable structured data (e.g. excel instead of image scan of a table)★★★ as (2) plus non-proprietary format (e.g. CSV instead of excel)★★★★ All the above plus, Use open standards from W3C (RDF and SPARQL) to identify things, so that people can point at your stuff★★★★★ All the above, plus: Link your data to other people’s data to provide context
Conclusion
We can learn from the early adopters Key Challenges
Policies – Corporate culture – change management - refresh needed
Innovation by Design – Crowdsourcing internally and externally
Community engagement Sustainable resourcing Technology – Public Cloud / Open Source Standards Cross Industry Support