Getting data open is only part of the value proposition. This presentation speaks to the many considerations required to optimize the ROI on open data.

1. Optimizing Open Data
AMCTO Open Data
Forum
November 8, 2013.
Jury Konga, Principal
eGovFutures Group

2. Shameless Plugs
Open Knowledge Foundation
Canadian Open Data Institute
http://okfn.org/
Title image from
todaysengineer.com
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Open by Design TM
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3. Open Data Context
- foundational to Open Government
Open Data
Adapted from design concept of Armiel Le Coz and Cyril Lage with permission via Creative Commons attribution license
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4. Why Open Data
Focus for this
presentation
Transparency – lots of info on this
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Releasing Social & Commercial value
Participation & Engagement
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5. Open Data
- Delivering Social & Commercial Value
• Some Key Requirements for achieving goals
 Valued data – current, quality, reusable
 Data management, maintenance & archive – full life
cycle
 Gov – Community engagement & collaboration
 Community participation from all viewpoints –
citizens, non-profit groups, academia, tech geeks …..
 STANDARDS!
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Open by Design TM
Optimizing Open Data
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6. A Simple Lifecycle View
Open Data
- Why Lifecycle is Important
Create
Next Level – Linked Open Data
W3C www.w3.org/2011/gld/wiki/GLD_Life_cycle
Store/
Maintain
Publish
Use/
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Archive
Retrieve
Archive
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7. Open Data Value Chain
- a simple view
• Example
Smart City
Dataflow
Urbiotica's Urban Operating System
Data
Data
Mgmt
Open Data
Use/ReUse
Open Data
Consumer
• Value chain
… More
open data,
more
economic &
end user
value
http://meshcities.com/index.php/meshcities/comments/what_does_a_smart_city_look_like#.Ul0UwBCBxvA
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Open by Design TM
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8. Open Data
- Why Standards are Important
Everyday standards we use …
Source: adaptelec.com
10/11/12
What’s the date?
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Open by Design TM
Optimizing Open Data
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… but in the UK
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9. Open Data Standards
- Some current Examples
Transportation
General Transit Feed Specification (started 2005)
https://developers.google.com/transit/gtfs/
Citizen Service Request
Open 311 http://open311.org/ (started 2009)
Partial
example
Common Open Data Formats:
TXT, CSV, XML, KML, JSON
(+ various proprietary formats)
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Open by Design TM
Optimizing Open Data
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10. Towards Open Data Standards
- Municipal Data Reference Model
• Municipalities collect,
maintain & manage
same data
• Why not standardize to
facilitate sharing,
integration and …
• Optimizing as open
data for the community
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Open by Design TM
Optimizing Open Data
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11. Towards Open Data Standards
- “Citadel on the Move”
• Goal – common
standards for
government to release
open data
• Common standards
benefit the application
development
community … and then
the end users
http://www.citadelonthemove.eu/
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Open by Design TM
Optimizing Open Data
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12. … local to global
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Towards Open Data Standards
- LOTS happening!
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13. Optimizing Open Data
- Innovation Ecosystem
“The Best Thing to do With (Your) Data
will be Thought of by Someone Else”
Dr. Rufus Pollock, Co-Founder and
Director of the Open Knowledge Foundation
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14. Optimizing Open Data
- Leverage tools
• Collaboration &
standardization
• Seek out
existing apps &
software tools
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Open by Design TM
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15. Optimizing Open Data
• Maintaining value of the data – currency and quality
• Standards for effective re-use of the data
• Analytics & visualization – appeals to broader audience
• Data that contributes to solving real world problems
• LISTEN to the COMMUNITY
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Open by Design TM
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16. Optimizing Open Data
Opportunities to Explore
Where we are
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17. Thank you
jkonga@sympatico.ca
@jkonga
www.slideshare.net/jurykonga