Where is Glasgow in the Open Data Landscape?
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Transparency and accountability
Releasing social and commercial value
Civic participation and engagement
Motivations for Open Data
2003 MySociety2004 OpenStreetMap, Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN)2006 Linked Data Principles (Berners-Lee, 5 Star Data)2009 data.gov2010 data.gov.uk2011 Open Government Partnership (OGP)2012 Open Data Institute (ODI)
Open Data User Group (ODUG)2013 Glasgow Future Cities Demonstrator
SG Data Management Board2014 Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics Linked Data pilot
Nesta Scotland Code4Europe2015 The Data Lab
SG Open Data Strategy paper
Timeline
City Open DatasetsGlasgow
Edinburgh
Aberdeen
Bristol
Cambridge
Leeds
London
Manchester
0 150 300 450 600
Scotland
UK
Open Data is a devolved matter
3,775 datasets tagged ‘scotland’ on data.gov.uk
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Standards
Identifiers: Where is Glasgow?
• Should be globally unique
• ‘Glasgow’ — UK? Canada? Suriname?
• Ordinary names (or strings) usually aren’t suitable identifiers
• Example of URI identifier:http://dbpedia.org/resource/Glasgow
Progress with open data in Scotland
• ‘Low-hanging fruit’ syndrome
• Data champions: innovating within the organisation, reuse beyond the silo
• Start-up costs, sustainability, digital participation and ROI
• Training, standards, best-practice