Open Data Open Government Presentation Sep 2009 (Updated)

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Open Data,Open Government

(only) 2 key messages for today…

Set your data and information free

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When you see this

… look for this

What data and information?

Not: Personal information Commercially sensitive Security implications Culturally sensitive Other reasons, e.g. incomplete data

and information that may be materially misleading

What data and information?

Wide variety of data/information like: Administrative Statistical Geospatial, maps Meteorological Research Databases, real-time data Photos, videos

Why set it free?

Because people want it, and think they’ve paid for it already

Social, cultural and economic benefits

Agencies benefit too

First example

Another example

And another one

How do we set it free?

Located at http://www.e.govt.nz/policy/information-data/nzgoalframework.htmland http://www.e.govt.nz/policy/information-data/framework.html

Open access

For non-copyright data and information

Use clear“no-known rights” statements

Open licensing

For copyright data and information(Crown or “regular”)

Most liberal Creative Commons licence

unless there is a restriction which prevents this

Creative Commons

Let’s see a Creative Commons video

But what is Open Data?

Open data

Data that is available in the “right” way:

CompletePrimaryTimelyAccessible

Machine processableNon-discriminatoryNon-proprietaryOpen reuse licence

Adapted from http://wiki.opengovdata.org/index.php?title=OpenDataPrinciples

What about Open Government?

Open Government

At least 2 elements:

Transparency Two-way dialogue and

partnership between people and the State

Open data, Open govt

Open data is necessary but notsufficient for open government

The future of OIAs

2 key messages

Free your data

Start using Creative Commons for copyrighted work

All images in this presentation are either under fair use provisions or based on Creative Commons licenses.

Attribution:• Slide 3, 23: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gettysgirl/3537413538/• Slide 9: http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardthomas78/120944972/• Slide 14: http://www.creativecommons.org.nz/• Slide 14 video by Jesse Dylan at http://creativecommons.org/videos/a-shared-culture• Slide 18: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kristiand/3223044657/• Slide 20: Kate Sheppard, Auckland Institute and Museum Library

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Questions / comments

For more information contactVikram Kumar or Keitha Boothvikram.kumar@ssc.govt.nz keitha.booth@ssc.govt.nz

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