Open Data: What, Why & How

Speaking to a non-tech audience I explained which are the motivations for the Open Data movement, which are the main problems to implement it in the public institutions in Spain, and which are the main principles that we should observe to build a great Open Data environment in the administration.

You can see the video recording of this talk at http://vimeo.com/aitorgarcia/open-data-alboan (spanish audio, sorry).

'Open Data: What, Why & How' was given on Nov 17, 2011 during a 2 day conference called 'Toma los datos' (http://www.tomalosdatos.alboan.org) organized by Alboan, an basque NGO focused on creating sustainable and equal conditions for all people.

You can see the other talk I gave in the same conference about the Icelandic Constitutional reform here: http://speakerdeck.com/u/_aitor/p/reboot-iceland

Transcript

1. OPEN DATA WHAT, WHY & HOW
3. Erwin Schrödinger 1887 – 1961
4. Schrödinger’s Cat 1935 – ?
5. Goverments as huge cat experiments
6. How much money is my small town expending in culture?
7. Which areas in Bilbao have more criminal activity?
8. Which areas in Bilbao have more criminal activity? ...and the trend?
9. Which areas in Bilbao have more criminal activity? ...and the trend? ...and what types?
10. Which hospitals have received more flu cases in the last 7 days?
11. How are my medical records managed?
12. How are my medical records managed? ...and why I don’t have a digital copy of them?
13. Which are the biggest public providers for my town?
14. Which schools have achieved better results in last 10 years?
15. Which are the use statistics for the sport equipment of my town?
16. How many works permissions have been granted and who got them?
17. What is happening in my parliament?
18. Basque Country Parliament www.parlio.org
21. DEMO
22. TIME: 48 hours BUDGET: 0€ RESULT: amazing
23. now... what?
25. now... what?
26. COMMON LIES
27. DATA IS ALREADY PUBLIC
28. DATA IS NOT INTERESTING
29. PUBLICATION COST IS TOO HIGH
30. DATA IS TOO COMPLEX
31. DATA IS PRIVATE
32. WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?
33. 8 PRINCIPLES FOR OPEN DATA
34. Data must be complete
35. Data must be primary
36. Data must be timely
37. Data must be accessible
38. Data must be machine processable
42. Access must be Non-Discriminatory
43. Data formats must be non-proprietary
44. Data Must Be License-free
45. now... what?
47. 48 hours
48. 4 people teams
49. Results
50. 29 services
51. Big conversation
59. DEMO
60. a ain now... what?
62. 38 services
65. you are living in the info age
66. govs are horrible tech companies
67. tech people is ready
68. THANKS aitor@probp.org www.probp.org @probp