OpenData in Belgium

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Questions

● What is Open Data?

● Why are you interested● Provider● Consumer

● Do you know of any Open Data?

OpenData in Belgium

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● What

● Why

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What is Open Data

Open Data is a philosophy and practice requiring that certain data are freely available to everyone, without restrictions from copyright, patents or other mechanisms of control.

http://www.opendefinition.org/okd/

The 5 stars of Open LinkedData

http://inkdroid.org/journal/2010/06/04/the-5-stars-of-open-linked-data/

Examples Providers

● http://data.gov.uk/

● http://www.data.gov/

● http://data.worldbank.org/

● http://www.gent.be/open

Examples Consumers

● Mashup 'gaten in de weg' met 'wiplash'

● When should I put Trashbins outside

● Where does my tax money go to

Examples Consumers

Examples Consumers

Examples Consumers

Examples Consumers

The datasets have been previewed by 2,400 developers since 30 September, when the data was made available in a private beta. The developers have created applications including: a video that shows traffic flows and congestion on the motorway network over the past decade; a schools finder website that allows parents to search for schools by location and Ofsted report; and a postcode newspaper that details the different public services within a given postcode

OpenData in Belgium

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Why OpenData

● Transparancy

● Ease of use

● Right to access● Licences apply

OpenData in Belgium

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● What

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How to access Open Data

● Website scraping

● Downloadable files (CSV/XML/XLS/GDOC..)

● API● Rest, soap, ...

OpenData in Belgium

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● What

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Where to find Open Data

● http://openbelgium.be/data

● http://ckan.net/tag/country-belgium

What's Next

● Developers needed● Create mashups● http://opendatachallenge.org/

● Integrate Openbelgium with CKAN● OB -> CKAN or CKAN -> OB● Add information on licences

● Improve datasets● Reviewers / moderators

Some screenshots

Some screenshots

Some screenshots

Some screenshots

Some screenshots

Some screenshots