A short presentation I gave to a business networking event introducing Open Data. Pretty much all the stuff in here is collated from other sources, so it's not meant to be definitive at all. It was meant to add some context for a little bit of research I'm doing into SME's view of Open Data.
6. Open data and content can
be freely used, modified,
and shared by anyone for
any purpose
http://opendefinition.org/
7. - Open Data by default
- Improved Governance
- Innovation
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-data-charter
8. make your stuff available on the Web
make it available as structured data
use non-proprietary formats
use URIs to denote things
link your data to other data
http://5stardata.info/
9. Raw: A great start at the basics of publishing
open data.
Pilot: Data users receive extra support from,
and can provide feedback to the publisher.
Standard: Regularly published open data with
robust support that people can rely on.
Expert: An exceptional example of
information infrastructure.
https://certificates.theodi.org/about
11. UK Government took 45% (53 days)
longer than the EU average to
complete an EU compliant tender in
2013. [that] starves the UK’s SMEs of
£734m of cash flow each year
http://theodi.org/news/new-data-analysis-by-odi-startup-shows-uk-businesses-
starved-of-22bn-in-cash-flow
12. “The Centre for Economics and Business
Research estimates that the EU’s move
towards more openness in data will
create 58,000 jobs in the UK by 2017
and add £216 billion to the nation’s
GDP.”
http://thegovlab.org/nhs/
13. an annual turnover of
over £92bn.
over 500k employees.
70% had fewer than 10
employees.
https://theodi.org/open-data-means-business
270 UK open data companies
14. 54% of high growth firms collect and
analyse open data; in the case of low
growth firms the percentage is 36%
http://www.economistinsights.com/analysis/data-directive
28. ODINE offers financial
support of up to
100,000 € to European
innovators to grow their
open-data idea into a
sustainable business
https://opendataincubator.eu/