TheOPEN DATA

story.

Jan - Member of the Open Knowledge foundation Belgium

jan@okfn.be

@Coreation

WHAT IS OPEN DATA?

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“Open data is data that can be freely used, reused and redistributed by anyone.” - okfn

Green energy information

Annual financial reports

Demography changes

List of allowed animals

But… why?

Data leads to information which leads to knowledge which leads to action!

Ok… how does this apply to us?

Enable open innovation by pursuing open data.

Open data offers the unlimited fuel to get more power out of your company and kickstart others.

That includes yours.

Boo!!! So far just a bunch of quotes and lines on a white background, not impressed and my

mind is still not blown away!

Imagine this!

Do you know what your data means?

“We must think things not words, or at least we must constantly translate our words into the facts for which they stand, if we are to keep to the real and the

true.” ― Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

This is what semantics is all about!

Semantics allows your data to be linked with other data, not on a pure value level but on a

conceptual or context level.

Imagine! That’s what this lab is also about!

What is our role and how do we get there?

Step by step: 5 stars of LOD

The Open Data exercise alone, can get you to innovate.

Practical examples.

Join the Open Data story, make it your story and overcome 1+1 = 2 and pursue 1+1 < ...

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