Location via proxy:   [ UP ]  
[Report a bug]   [Manage cookies]                
SlideShare a Scribd company logo
Transparency and Open Data
Why bother?
Professor Nigel Shadbolt FREng

Public Sector Transparency Board
Chair CLG Local Public Data Panel

Twitter Nigel_Shadbolt

Beyond 2010, Birmingham
20th October 2010                   Nigel Shadbolt
The Power of Open Data




  Cholera                Bicycling traffic
   cases                    accidents
Open Data changes behaviour...




 Real time energy data is
 changing behaviour – the
 decisions people make
Open Data is taking hold

•  Tim Berners-Lee and myself
   appointed 9th June 2009 and set
   about creating data.gov.uk

•  Reappointed to Public Sector
   Transparency Board June 2010

•  Open Government Data (OGD) is
   taking hold

•  Governments, local authorities,
   cities releasing data
Open Data is taking hold

•  Tim Berners-Lee and myself
   appointed 9th June 2009 and set
   about creating data.gov.uk

•  Reappointed to Public Sector
   Transparency Board June 2010

•  Open Government Data (OGD) is
   taking hold

•  Governments, local authorities,
   cities releasing data
Open Data is taking hold

•  Tim Berners-Lee and myself
   appointed 9th June 2009 and set
   about creating data.gov.uk

•  Reappointed to Public Sector
   Transparency Board June 2010

•  Open Government Data (OGD) is
   taking hold

•  Governments, local authorities,
   cities releasing data
Open Data is taking hold

•  Tim Berners-Lee and myself
   appointed 9th June 2009 and set
   about creating data.gov.uk

•  Reappointed to Public Sector
   Transparency Board June 2010

•  Open Government Data (OGD) is
   taking hold

•  Governments, local authorities,
   cities releasing data
Open Data is taking hold

•  Tim Berners-Lee and myself
   appointed 9th June 2009 and set
   about creating data.gov.uk

•  Reappointed to Public Sector
   Transparency Board June 2010

•  Open Government Data (OGD) is
   taking hold

•  Governments, local authorities,
   cities releasing data
Open Data is taking hold

•  Tim Berners-Lee and myself
   appointed 9th June 2009 and set
   about creating data.gov.uk

•  Reappointed to Public Sector
   Transparency Board June 2010

•  Open Government Data (OGD) is
   taking hold

•  Governments, local authorities,
   cities releasing data
UK Open Data data.gov.uk
•  data.gov.uk itself (now with over
   4000 datasets)
    –  open source, open standards, open
       licence
    –  key data sets released inc OS
       OpenData, COINS etc.
    –  applications from outside HMG
•  overcoming the many objections to
   transparency of data

•  community of data users and
   developers

•  establishing public data principles
Coalition Government’s
Commitments
•    Prime Minister’s letter to Ministers on Transparency
     and Open Data - established Public Sector
     Transparency Board

•    Creating a powerful new right to government data,
     enabling the public to request and receive
     government datasets

•    Publishing data in open and standardised formats

•    Datasets should be open and shared with the
     public on an ongoing basis.

•    Bringing in new measures to enable to public to
     scrutinise the government's accounts
•    Publishing in full government contracts for good
     and services worth over £25,000 …
Public Data and the Public Data Principles



 "Public Data" is the
 objective, factual, non-
 personal data on which
 public services run and are
 assessed, and on which
 policy decisions are based,
 or which is collected or
 generated in the course of
 public service delivery.
Public Data Principles (abridged)
Public data will be

   published in reusable, machine-readable form

   released under the Open Government Licence
   available and easy to find through data.gov.uk

   published using open standards

   will be timely and fine grained

   released quickly, and then re-published in linked data form

   will be freely available to use in any lawful way
Public Data Principles (abridged)

Public bodies should

   publish the data underlying their own Web sites
   actively encourage the re-use of their public data

   maintain and publish inventories of their data holdings



The public and businesses will drive policy and practice of data release
Early examples of OGD - ASBOrometer
Early examples of OGD – NHS dentists
OGD – location, location, location…
The Power of OGD – Spending…
The Power of OGD – Publish it…and the
apps flow
OGD - Local Matters...




•  New items of Local
   government spending over
   £500 – council by council
   from Jan 2011
The Local Data Panel: Current Activities
Working with new Transparency division on 3
key tasks

1.  How to standardise local authority data
    and which data should be standardised
    as a priority

2.  Assisting local authorities/public bodies
    to work through technical/ policy issues
    relating to making data openly available
    – in particular the Jan 2011 data release;

3.  Encouraging citizens, developers, public
    and private sector organisations to
    access and exploit data provided by
    CLG and LAs
The Local Data Panel: Current Activities
Working with new Transparency division on 3
key tasks

1.  How to standardise local authority data
    and which data should be standardised
    as a priority

2.  Assisting local authorities/public bodies
    to work through technical/ policy issues
    relating to making data openly available
    – in particular the Jan 2011 data release;

3.  Encouraging citizens, developers, public
    and private sector organisations to
    access and exploit data provided by
    CLG and LAs
The Local Data Panel: Current Activities
Working with new Transparency
division on 3 key tasks

1.  How to standardise local authority
    data and which data should be
    standardised as a priority

2.  Assisting local authorities/public
    bodies to work through technical/
    policy issues relating to making
    data openly available – in particular
    the Jan 2011 data release

3.  Encouraging citizens, developers,
    public and private sector
    organisations to access and exploit
    data provided by CLG and LAs
Data Publishing – Star Quality

★        Put your data on the Web (any format)

★★       Make it available as structured data (e.g. Excel,
         CSV, instead of PDF)

★★★      Use open, standard formats (e.g. XML, RDF)

★★★★     Use URLs to identify things (so people and
         machines can point at your data)

★★★★★    Link your data to other people’s data
Why 5★ Linked Data?

•  National digital
   infrastructure being built

•  URIs for schools, roads,
   bus stops, post codes,
   admin boundaries...

•  Some of the data links
   across and connects
   other data together

•  Key data link points exist
Why Open Data matters

More transparency                More economic/social capital

  what is going on?                generates opportunities

More accountability              More engagement

  is this acceptable?              supports participation to
                                   exploit and improve data
More localism
                                 More debate
  it matters to me, my family,
  my locale                        data for evidenced based
                                   policy

More Related Content

T and od v2

  • 1. Transparency and Open Data Why bother? Professor Nigel Shadbolt FREng Public Sector Transparency Board Chair CLG Local Public Data Panel Twitter Nigel_Shadbolt Beyond 2010, Birmingham 20th October 2010 Nigel Shadbolt
  • 2. The Power of Open Data Cholera Bicycling traffic cases accidents
  • 3. Open Data changes behaviour... Real time energy data is changing behaviour – the decisions people make
  • 4. Open Data is taking hold •  Tim Berners-Lee and myself appointed 9th June 2009 and set about creating data.gov.uk •  Reappointed to Public Sector Transparency Board June 2010 •  Open Government Data (OGD) is taking hold •  Governments, local authorities, cities releasing data
  • 5. Open Data is taking hold •  Tim Berners-Lee and myself appointed 9th June 2009 and set about creating data.gov.uk •  Reappointed to Public Sector Transparency Board June 2010 •  Open Government Data (OGD) is taking hold •  Governments, local authorities, cities releasing data
  • 6. Open Data is taking hold •  Tim Berners-Lee and myself appointed 9th June 2009 and set about creating data.gov.uk •  Reappointed to Public Sector Transparency Board June 2010 •  Open Government Data (OGD) is taking hold •  Governments, local authorities, cities releasing data
  • 7. Open Data is taking hold •  Tim Berners-Lee and myself appointed 9th June 2009 and set about creating data.gov.uk •  Reappointed to Public Sector Transparency Board June 2010 •  Open Government Data (OGD) is taking hold •  Governments, local authorities, cities releasing data
  • 8. Open Data is taking hold •  Tim Berners-Lee and myself appointed 9th June 2009 and set about creating data.gov.uk •  Reappointed to Public Sector Transparency Board June 2010 •  Open Government Data (OGD) is taking hold •  Governments, local authorities, cities releasing data
  • 9. Open Data is taking hold •  Tim Berners-Lee and myself appointed 9th June 2009 and set about creating data.gov.uk •  Reappointed to Public Sector Transparency Board June 2010 •  Open Government Data (OGD) is taking hold •  Governments, local authorities, cities releasing data
  • 10. UK Open Data data.gov.uk •  data.gov.uk itself (now with over 4000 datasets) –  open source, open standards, open licence –  key data sets released inc OS OpenData, COINS etc. –  applications from outside HMG •  overcoming the many objections to transparency of data •  community of data users and developers •  establishing public data principles
  • 11. Coalition Government’s Commitments •  Prime Minister’s letter to Ministers on Transparency and Open Data - established Public Sector Transparency Board •  Creating a powerful new right to government data, enabling the public to request and receive government datasets •  Publishing data in open and standardised formats •  Datasets should be open and shared with the public on an ongoing basis. •  Bringing in new measures to enable to public to scrutinise the government's accounts •  Publishing in full government contracts for good and services worth over £25,000 …
  • 12. Public Data and the Public Data Principles "Public Data" is the objective, factual, non- personal data on which public services run and are assessed, and on which policy decisions are based, or which is collected or generated in the course of public service delivery.
  • 13. Public Data Principles (abridged) Public data will be published in reusable, machine-readable form released under the Open Government Licence available and easy to find through data.gov.uk published using open standards will be timely and fine grained released quickly, and then re-published in linked data form will be freely available to use in any lawful way
  • 14. Public Data Principles (abridged) Public bodies should publish the data underlying their own Web sites actively encourage the re-use of their public data maintain and publish inventories of their data holdings The public and businesses will drive policy and practice of data release
  • 15. Early examples of OGD - ASBOrometer
  • 16. Early examples of OGD – NHS dentists
  • 17. OGD – location, location, location…
  • 18. The Power of OGD – Spending…
  • 19. The Power of OGD – Publish it…and the apps flow
  • 20. OGD - Local Matters... •  New items of Local government spending over £500 – council by council from Jan 2011
  • 21. The Local Data Panel: Current Activities Working with new Transparency division on 3 key tasks 1.  How to standardise local authority data and which data should be standardised as a priority 2.  Assisting local authorities/public bodies to work through technical/ policy issues relating to making data openly available – in particular the Jan 2011 data release; 3.  Encouraging citizens, developers, public and private sector organisations to access and exploit data provided by CLG and LAs
  • 22. The Local Data Panel: Current Activities Working with new Transparency division on 3 key tasks 1.  How to standardise local authority data and which data should be standardised as a priority 2.  Assisting local authorities/public bodies to work through technical/ policy issues relating to making data openly available – in particular the Jan 2011 data release; 3.  Encouraging citizens, developers, public and private sector organisations to access and exploit data provided by CLG and LAs
  • 23. The Local Data Panel: Current Activities Working with new Transparency division on 3 key tasks 1.  How to standardise local authority data and which data should be standardised as a priority 2.  Assisting local authorities/public bodies to work through technical/ policy issues relating to making data openly available – in particular the Jan 2011 data release 3.  Encouraging citizens, developers, public and private sector organisations to access and exploit data provided by CLG and LAs
  • 24. Data Publishing – Star Quality ★ Put your data on the Web (any format) ★★ Make it available as structured data (e.g. Excel, CSV, instead of PDF) ★★★ Use open, standard formats (e.g. XML, RDF) ★★★★ Use URLs to identify things (so people and machines can point at your data) ★★★★★ Link your data to other people’s data
  • 25. Why 5★ Linked Data? •  National digital infrastructure being built •  URIs for schools, roads, bus stops, post codes, admin boundaries... •  Some of the data links across and connects other data together •  Key data link points exist
  • 26. Why Open Data matters More transparency More economic/social capital what is going on? generates opportunities More accountability More engagement is this acceptable? supports participation to exploit and improve data More localism More debate it matters to me, my family, my locale data for evidenced based policy