I gave this short presentation at the TIVIT Next Media planning workshop on Tuesday 17th of May 2011 to outline some ideas on what to focus on when researching Open Data. This is very much work in progress - ideas and comments are welcomed!

1. Building Open Data
Ecosystems
Kim Viljanen
Semantic Computing Research Group SeCo
Aalto University
kim.viljanen@aalto.fi

2. The United States promotes Open Data

3. …and the Australians…

4. Great Britain…

5. As well as Finland!

6. kuten myös Suomi!

7. kuten myös Suomi!

8. Backround: Linked Open Data (2009)

9. Background: Linked Open Data (2015?)

10. Open Data is not about technology
• Users of the data
– Motivating the community to find/use your data
– Greating a demand for Open Data
• Strategic decisions & Business models
– Why should you open your data?
• Design
– How can the data be visualized & understand?
• Networking between other actors
– Combining the data creates most of the benefits!
=> Open Data as ecosystem(s)

11. Examples on our activities

12. Example 1: Finnonto projects
Antikvaria-ryhmä

13. Example 1: Finnonto projects
Antikvaria-ryhmä

14. Example 2: HS Open

33. HS Open 2: Follow the money
Monday 23rd of May
http://blogit.hs.fi/hsnext/

34. Example 3: Case YLE
• In progress
– YLE Vaalikone (today?)
– YLE Elävä arkisto (end of 2011?)
–…

35. ”Vallan vahtikoira”
 ”Avoimen tiedon vahtikoira”

36. ”Vallan vahtikoira”
 ”Avoimen tiedon vahtikoira”
 Next Media?

37. Open Aalto (working title)
• A horizontal network inside and outside Aalto
– All people interested in “open”
• Open data, open design, open innovation, open
source, open government, open labs, …
– Special focus (at the moment) on:
• open data ecosystem(s)
– Founded, April 2011
• Goals & activities
– Societal impact  Open Finland, Open Europe…
– Education  inside and outside Aalto
– (Research)  networking researchers / other interested

38. Open Aalto (2)
• Key persons
– Petri Kola, doctoral candidate/activist, Aalto TAIK Media
Lab, petri.kola@gmail.com
– Kim Viljanen, doctoral candidate, Aalto SCI, Dep. Media
technology, kim.viljanen@aalto.fi
• Supporters / funders
– EIT ICT Labs
– Aalto University / Media technology
– Media Factory (?)
– Aalto Entrepreneur society
• Angels
– Prof. Eero Hyvönen
– Prof. Marko Turpeinen
– You?

39. Open Aalto (3)
• The future is open.

40. Suggestions for TIVIT/Open Data
• Open up corporation data!
• Business models of Open Data Ecosystems?
• How to build the open data ecosystems?
• What methods, technologies etc are needed?

41. Thank you!
twitter: @secoresearch #opendataFI #hsopen
http://www.seco.tkk.fi
Kim Viljanen
Semantic Computing Research Group SeCo
Aalto University
kim.viljanen@aalto.fi