Open Data - the new Reality

Presented by Jury Konga, Principal

eGovFutures Group

November 26, 2010.

Open Data- the New Reality(actually … not that new)

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Overview

• Current State• Open Gov/Gov 2.0 – putting it in context• Open Data principles and Open Data Catalogues

• Collaboration – sharing knowledge and resources• Canada’s G4 Open Data Framework Project• From Local to Global

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Definitions – Providing some Context

• Gov 2.0 - it’s about transparency, collaboration, citizen engagement, innovation, government efficiency & eDemocracy

• Open Data – it’s about public data being easily discoverable, readily accessible and freely available without restrictions (to a degree)

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Obama’s Transparency and Open Government principles stated• Government should be transparent• Government should be participatory• Government should be collaborative

Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Transparency_and_Open_Government/

Foundation goals from the Open Gov Directive … stated• Publish Government Information Online• Improve the Quality of Government Information• Create and Institutionalize a Culture of Open Government• Create an Enabling Policy Framework for Open Government

Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/open/documents/open-government-directive

Gov 2.0- Principles of Open Gov

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http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Transparency_and_Open_Government/

http://www.whitehouse.gov/open/documents/open-government-directive


Gov 2.0- Principles of Open Gov


Aggregated view from the prior stated sources


Open Data Principles- Global and Local


Original Eight Principles, Sebastopol, California, Dec. 2007 “open government data is essential to democracy.”

Three Laws of Open Government Data David Eaves, eaves.ca September 2009• If it can’t be spidered or indexed, it doesn’t exist• If it isn’t available in open and machine readable

format, it can’t engage• If a legal framework doesn’t allow it to be

repurposed, it doesn’t empower


Open Data Principles- Global and Local


“Ten Principles for Opening Up Government Information”, Sunlight Foundation. Aug. 2010

• Completeness• Primacy• Timeliness• Ease of Physical and

Electronic Access • Machine readability

• Non-discrimination • Use of Commonly

Owned Standards • Licensing • Permanence • Usage Costs


Open Data Principles- In Ontario


“Access by Design” Principles, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, May 2010

Objectives – “ensuring access, openness and transparency in order to foster a culture of accountability and improved service to the public”• Proactive, not Reactive• Access Embedded into Design• Openness and Transparency = Accountability• Fosters Collaboration• Enhances Efficient Government• Makes Access Truly Accessible• Increases Quality of Information

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Open Data- Current State


Open Data Success Stories- Global View

Global example – World Bank Data Catalog & Apps for Development contest (May 2010)

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Open Data Success Stories- At the National Level

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• United States – data.gov

• United Kingdom – data.gov.uk

• Australia –data.australia.gov.au

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Open Data Success Stories- At the National Level

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• Canada – no federal site and no Open Data policy

• Success is in the GIS arena with Natural Resources Canada, GeoConnections

• Discovery Portal• Geobase• Geogratis• Atlas of Canada

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Open Data Success Stories- At the Provincial

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• Land Info Ontario• GeoNova Portal• GeoBC

Apps 4 Climate Action

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Open Data Success Stories- Large Urban Municipal Space

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• Vancouver (May 2009), Toronto (Nov. 2009), Edmonton (Jan. 2010), Ottawa (May 2010)

• Open data sets, some Apps contests, Open Data community & hackathons

• Recent addition is Calgary, AB

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Open Data Success Stories- Small to Medium Municipal Space

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• Open Data – not just for large municipalities

• Examples include Nanaimo, B.C.; North Vancouver, B.C.; Surrey, B.C.; London, ON; Mississauga, ON; Windsor, ON (and more on the way)

• Most municipalities provide some degree of “open data” – the need is to make it more extensive


Open Data Success Stories- Municipal Government: United States

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• Washington DC

• San Francisco

• New York City

• Seattle

• Portland

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Open Data Success Stories- Use & Re-Use of the Data

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• Value is not in the raw data alone

• Apps for use of the data is key to open data success

• Value to the Citizen is the bottom line

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Great video on value of open data- http://www.streetfilms.org/a-case-for-open-data-in-transit/

Open Data - the New Reality

http://www.streetfilms.org/a-case-for-open-data-in-transit/


Open Data- Collaboration by Design

Kudos to the Group of 4 (G4) for taking a leadership role in Canada

Contributing to best practices for the open data community

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Open Data Collaboration- G4 Open Data Framework

Open Data Framework Project with focus on• Open Data Standards/formats• Terms of Use agreement• Open Data Portal usability and functionality

Operationalizing Open Data needs …• Governance and Stakeholder Engagement• Policy and Standards• Technology and Open Data Portal• People, Processes and DATA !!!

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Open Data Collaboration- Local to Global Local Open Data

Community sites and events “owned and operated” by citizens

USING Open Data - Local to Global collaborations – all at once!

Participating in RHoK Dec 4 – 5. Combined with Intl Open Data Hackathon: 63 cities, 25 countries, 5 continents

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Source: URISA Ontario NewsletterWinter 1994, Jury Konga

Data Sharing Concept - Circa 1994

Concept for tomorrow

Academia, Non-Profits,

Community Groups

OpenStreetMapCommunity

Updates

External Data Linkages(e.g. World Bank)

OpenData.CA

Provincial

Municipal

Federal

Public Service

Open Data Collaboration- Building a Community

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Location, Location, Location New and Existing Location based data Mashups in Mapping and Applications to Answer

….. Where is and What’s Nearby

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Open Data Initiatives- Example Applications for Citizens

Yelp

Map the Path

Geodelic


FixMyStreet started in UK; recently began in Canada in Ottawa area- benefits from open data

Community controlled; data passed on to appropriate jurisdiction

Collaboration continuing on Open 311 with San Francisco leading with support from private sector – SeeClickFix

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Open Data Initiatives- Example Applications for Citizens


Open Data Initiatives- Opportunities for the GeoCommunity

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GIS community has known about the value of geospatial data since the 1960’s - it’s now front and centre in the Open Data movement

Leadership Opportunity – sharing your geo knowledge to allow others to understand the potential of all things geo can add value to citizen designed services and public sector service delivery

Innovation Opportunity – define effective processes, standards, policies to support sustainable open data programs in government and new areas of geospatial data analyses and applications

Collaboration and Partnership Opportunity – “All of us is smarter than one of us”


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It’s here, it’s gaining momentum It’s also early in the new open

data era Open Data leverages a valuable

and strategic corporate asset to facilitate innovation, expanded and enhanced citizen services

Get informed and PLAN for what you know is coming … Open Data – the New Reality

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Embrace Gov 2.0 – it’s becoming the new way of doing business; technology is not the issue, organizational culture is our challenge

Accelerate Open Data – all levels of government need to increase knowledge and pick up the pace of moving forward to benefit all

Collaborate Now - limited resources and increasing internal and external demands for efficient and effective government dictate it

Engage and Empower Citizens - the opportunity exists to make quantum leaps in public service delivery & community building throughout Canada

“RAW DATA NOW!” , Sir Tim Berners-Lee

Concluding Thoughts …

Jury Konga, PrincipaleGovFutures Group

[email protected] @jkongaSkype jury.konga

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