Open Data

What is Open Data?

Open Government Data are all stored data of the public sector which could be made accessible by government in the public

interest without any restrictions on usage and distribution.

Geiger and Lucke (2011)

Why now?

Access to broadband

Cheap storage

Cloud computing

What are the benefits of Open Data?

Approaches to Open Data

#1 The Hackathon

The Hackathon

Data+

Geeks+

Pizza+

Overnight(I don't understand the overnight bit)

Approaches to Open Data

#2 The App Competition

The App Competition

Data+

Geeks+

Prize+

A decent amount of time

Open Warwickshire

Quick Wordpress site

Some open data

Ipod Shuffles

Yahoo!

Library books

Approaches to Open Data

#3 Build an application

Build an application

Birmingham Civic Dashboard

Rate My Place

Birmingham Civic Dashboard

Birmingham Civic Dashboard

A bit of social media

Rate My Place

The benefits …..

(i) restaurant health inspection scores increased

(ii) consumer demand became sensitive to changes in restaurants' hygiene quality

(iii) the number of foodborne illness hospitalizations decreased

Jin and Leslie (1998)

Approaches to Open Data

#4 Host an open data platform

Open Data Platforms

And a Birmingham Open Data Platform.....?

Apps are nice

Transparency is good

How to get normal people using data?

A role for social media?

* Be demand driven* * Provide context* * * Support conversation* * * * Build capacity & skills* * * * * Collaborate with the community

Davies (2012)http://www.timdavies.org.uk/2012/01/21/5-stars-of-open-data-engagement/