New Data-Product Recipes

Heather SavoryOpen Data User Group

@ODUGUK

• Chair of Open Data User Group• Member of Data Strategy Board• Chair of Scrutiny Panel, RICS

I know Tech:• Managing Director, eComData• VP Hardware Engineering, 3Dlabs

Why am I here?

I’m not a Product Manager!

• To ask you for help.

• Offer you something in return.

Why the recipe analogy?

• Data generated by the User or 3rd Party is a key ingredient of many products.

• Lack of ingredients can often hold products (& dishes) back.

Public Sector Data

• Public Sector Data is often:–Maps & Locations– Spending Information– Demographics & Health Stats– Traffic / Transport Information– Business Information

• It’s built by government agencies as part of their role.

• It’s funded by Taxes.

Why should data be Open & Free?

• We’ve already paid for it through Tax.

• It can help citizens to ‘get involved’ & make informed choices.

• It can save lives• It can help create new services or products

• Charging for data can block innovation.– Can it? Has it stopped you?

Open Data – Some Stats

Data.

gov.

uk

NEW!

Premium Chow

8960 Datasets in UK

140+ new Datasets on the roadmap

810,000 visits since July 2012

220 similar sites Globally**Deloitte 2012

Worth at least £6 billion to economy*

*Newbery, Bently and Pollock (2008)

Where’s the Beef?

• Lots of data so far!• Is it useful to you?• What’s missing?

Ready-to-Serve and in Preparation

• ONS National Statistics Postcodes* now openly available online, for free.

• MoD firing range data.

• ODUG Business Cases available for comment**:– Historic Met Office data– VAT Register– Land Registry historic price paid– River Network centrelines– Rights of Way– Address Data

* National Statistics Postcode Directorywww.census.ac.uk/guides/Lookup_tables.aspx** data.gov.uk/open-data-user-group-benefits-cases-for-release-of-data

ODUG v Jamie Oliver

Experts on Open Data

Represent the community

Building the business case

Advising Government

Supporting Innovation

Prompting debate

Expert on Italian food

Represents the community

Writing your dinner recipes

Advising Government

Supporting Innovation

Holding debates

ODUG Needs You!

• What data will perfect your Product Recipe?

• What’s it worth to you?

• Why can’t you get it today?

• Comment on our current business cases!

What you’ll get

• More data, of better quality, more easily

• Opportunities to build new Products at a lower cost

• Help lead the world in the Open Data revolution

• A Michelin Star!

Next Steps

• Ask for ingredients

• We’ll write the Recipe

• Tell us if it looks tasty

• Innovate like Levi Roots – “vibrant tastes & healthy ingredients”

@ODUGUK