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Using Open DataBirmingham Data Factory
Heike Schuster-James – Programme Manager Digital Birmingham
20/03/2015
What is Open Data?
• Open data is data that can be freely used, reused and redistributed by anyone - subject only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and sharealike.
[OKF Open Data Handbook]
• ‘non-personal’ by default• Availability and Access: free of charge or at reasonable
reproduction cost, download over the internet, in convenient and modifiable form
• Reuse and Redistribution: licence permits reuse and redistribution including mashing with other datasets
• Universal Participation: no limitation by purpose such as ‘non-commercial’ or ‘education only’
How can it add value?
• Growing resource at no cost • Add local knowledge to your intelligence• Stand-alone use to gain insights• Download and mix with own sources• Use real-data to test new apps • Encourage others to share• Must check quality
Indices of Multiple DeprivationStand-alone use of national data, free of charge, map out your customer base, download and create your own graphs
Data available
Currently – 20 datasets:•Business rates, Energy consumption, FOI responses and datasets that Government requests e.g. spent above £500, charity funding•Access to traffic management data on requestSoon to be released:•Cooperation with Centro •Opticities and Open Transport Network projects: location data for parking, public transport, traffic info•Social housing stock
data.gov.uk
• Big national datasets• 1326 Publishers from Cabinet Office to
Supreme Court• Household income, crime statistics, energy
display certificates, construction industry stats, M&A of UK companies, retail sales…