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the sources of PSI where does it come from?
Courts
Parliaments
Ministries
EU level
Public Sector
Federal levelLocal level
Regional level
Government Agencies
public sector information what data are we talking
about?
Statistics
Traffic data
Wether data
Geo data
Environment dataPublications
Budget data
Finance data
Regulations
Protocols
Laws
what is the problem? if there is so much useful data - why is it not been used widely?
Statistics
Traffic data
Weather data
Geo data
Environment dataPublications
Budget data
Finance data
Regulations
Protocols
Laws
challenges for PSI re-use what are the factors that
support or limit PSI re-use?
a fragmented picture PSI re-use in Europe...
open PSI in Europe a look at the status quo of...
although the picture is fragmented,lets identify some key factors
the factors that enable the public to re-use PSI:
- discoverable- legally open- technically open- free of charge; with the only acceptable exception of “marginal cost” charges
challenges on the way to open psi
discoverability
as a problem
- who has the information that I am looking for?
- where to search?
- whom to ask?
challenges on the way to open psi
discoverability
as a problem
- IARs information asset registers (simple lists)
- data catalogues
- promotion of re-use
- competitions
solution!
challenges on the way to open psi
legal openness
- implementation of the PSI directive
-inefficient freedom of information legislations
- restrictive licenses and terms of use
- missing or unclear licenses or terms of use
challenges on the way to open psi
legal openness
- efficient and comprehensive freedom of information legislations
- easy and coherent licensing and terms of use
solution!
challenges on the way to open psi
technical openness
PSI available but NO:
- raw data and no structured data, no APIs and no open standards and no open formats
- worst: Paper, PDF, ...
challenges on the way to open psi
technical openness
- raw data
- structured data
- open formats & open standards
- linked data
solution!
challenges on the way to open psi
pricingas a problem
- this is a tricky one!
- the benefits of psi re-use will realize at a different time and a different place than the costs.
challenges on the way to open psi
pricingas a problem
- economic analysis
- why “gratis” is a good price
- possible exception: pricing on a model of “marginal costs”
solution!
the 3 laws of open government data
- 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
www.eaves.ca/2009/09/30/three-law-of-open-government-data/
Open PSI as part of Open Government “a government of the people, by
the people and for the people” -
a common based information society
Open Data is a source for..
transparency accountability and
trust confidenceOpen Data changes democracy..
dialog, participation and collaboration
Open Data enables..
innovationand development Open Data unleashes..
a forsa study from August 2010
ask the people!
a recent study unveiled that 88 % of the german citizens opt for a more transparent government
psi re-usebottom up a look at the status quo of...
analysis, apps, visualizations
some examples
flowering landscapes
so if psi would be open, how would the future look like?
• PSI needs to be legally & technically open
• Open Data is nothing by itself, it needs to be used to become valuable
• there are tree key rules we recommend following in opening up data:
• keep it simple
• engage early and often
• address common fears and misunderstandings
conclusions
www.w3.org/TR/gov-data/
forgovernments
- all PSI should be published in way that ensures that it is legally and technically open for re-use and free of charge.
www.opendata.hackday.net
forcitizens
- get active & engage
- organize bar camps, hack days & competitions
- build apps & tools that add value to psi
* add your ideas here ;)
this is just the
beginning
- much more projects- let’s be creative *- let’s create a world of commons, of open knowledge & open data
OKlet’s go!
“it’s up to our community to respond, with our ideas, with our voices, with our creativity and our code”.
- Tim O’Reilly
www.okfn.org
Thank you!
Daniel Dietrich
Open Knowledge Foundation
