Open Transport Data Manifesto
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OpenTransportDataManifesto
JonathanRaperCEO,Placr
Manifestoprinciples
• Assump2on:theopendatareleaseprocesshastosucceedtosave£,createjobs,>transparency
• Consequence:developersneedearly,freeandcomprehensivedatareleases
• Challenge:organisegovernmenttodeliver,especiallytoreformexis2ngdatapublishers
• Thesearetheprinciples…prac2ceisharder…
1.Publicmoney
• Ifthereispublicmoney,theremustbeaccess• Accessmeansredistribu2onofexis2ngrawdata
• Bodies/servicesnotmee2ngthisprinciple– NetworkRail– TransportDirect.Info
• Bestprac2ce– HighwaysAgency
2.Free
• Ifthereisaccessitmustbefreeatthepointofuse• ‘free’meansviaopenor‘aSribu2ononly’licence
• Bodies/servicesnotmee2ngthisprinciple– *Traveline*Setupchargesandhitlimits(butprivatedataincluded)
• Bestprac2ce– TfLTrackernetdataforTube
3.Nocompe22on
• Publicmoneymustnotbeusedtocompetewithopendatausers
• Privatesystemintegratorsrunningdatabasesinsidegovernmentmustnotgainunfairadvantage
• Bodies/servicesnotmee2ngthisprinciple– (formerly)MDVandMyTfLapp(nowwithdrawn)
• Bestprac2ce– LondonCycleHire(Barclaysnowhavebrand2e‐inapp)
4.Equalityofaccess
• Theremustbeequalityofaccesstothedata• Adequatedocumenta2on/metadataneededtomakeuseofit
• Bodies/servicesnotmee2ngthisprinciple:– (fornow)*TfLJourneyPlannerAPI*Shortlytobereplacedbyopenversion
• Bestprac2ce– DataGM
5.Format
• Opendatareleasesshouldbemadeintheformatsthedataisalreadyheldin
• Expensiveprojectsto‘2dyup’datawaste2me
• Bodies/servicesnotmee2ngthisprinciple– iBusprojectinTfL
• Bestprac2ce– NaPTAN
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