Open Data Institute (ODI) Overview by Andrea Cox
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Transcript of Open Data Institute (ODI) Overview by Andrea Cox
Andrea Cox @andrea_cox_ [email protected]
• Why was the ODI set up?
• What does the ODI do? • Open data tools and
research
“a new era in which people can use open data to generate insights, ideas, and services to create a better world for all”
G8 Open Data Charter 2013
Catalyse the evolution of open data culture
to create economic, environmental, and social value
Definition of Open Data
“A piece of data or content is open if anyone is free to use, reuse, and redistribute it — subject only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and/or share-alike”
Open Knowledge, http://opendefinition.org/
Professor Sir Nigel ShadboltFounder
Sir Tim Berners - LeeFounder
CCflickr:RSLN
Gavin Starks CEO18+ years startup experience, 20+ years science, web, media & data
Jeni Tennison CTOWorld-leader in open data and linked data, W3C, legislation.gov.uk and data.gov.uk
Stuart Coleman15+ years in commercial tech space. Formerly HP, CA, and AMEE
Richard Stirling6+ years in government transparency, led on data.gov.uk
What do we ODI do?
Training
Membership
International
Research
Start-upsAttribution: Noun project – Julian Claus, Scott Lewis
SOCIAL – Transport data
SOCIAL – Prescription data £200m
potential saving
identified in 6 weeks
Scalable to £1bn [BMJ]
ENVIRONMENTAL – Energy data
ECONOMIC – Company data
SOCIAL
• Transportation • Housing• Health
ENVIRONMENTAL
• Energy • Weather • Farming
ECONOMIC
• Company data• Tax• Market information (e.g.
commodities)
Growing supply of global open data
‘$3 trillion potential annual
value…‘(McKinsey Global
InstituteOct 2013) theodi.org/stories
Open data tools and research
An exceptional example of information infrastructure.
Regularly published open data with robust supportthat people can rely on.
Data users receive extra support from, and can providefeedback to a publisher.
A great start at the basics of publishing open data.
http://certificates.theODI.org
The first robust quality badge for open data
Research projects
Data visualization of open data sets across Europe@opendatamonitor
“Github” for open data@dapaas
Connect with us!
@UKODI@UKODImembers
theodi.orgtheodi.org/lunchtime-lectures
