A Belgian perspective

on Open Data

Pieter ColpaertOpen Knowledge Belgium

Open Data researcher at imec

OPEN KNOWLEDGE BELGIUM

What’s the route to work

with the highest probability

to see a waterbird?

sidenote:

Waterbird counts are

available

Thinking like

a data publisher

Sharing data between 2 systems

Your system Third party systemHave a meeting,

Agree on a protocol

Asks questions

Sharing data on the Web

Your system

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Goal: maximizing the use and usefulness of a dataset

Thinking like

a data consumer

Using data on the Web

Your system

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Goal: …

Using data on the Web

dataset

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Goal: Automating adoption of different datasets

you

dataset

dataset

dataset

Legal certainty needed

OpenDefinition.org

We want a world where knowledge creates power

for the many,not the few.

For how to make the data more usable… Let’s listen to

Nils Walravenshttps://pietercolpaert.be/