How to make Open Data used and useful

Advantages of *open* data, examples of useful applications using *open data*, and sources where you can find – more or less – *open* data to make them used and useful.

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1. Andreas Amsler, 30 September 2015
   zhaw.ch, CAS Data Science Applications
   HOW TO MAKE OPEN DATA
   USED AND USEFUL
   Agile Web Development
   Liip.ch
   Transparency | Innovation | Efficiency
   Opendata.ch
   

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2. I am a founding board member
   of opendata.ch
   and a product owner, bizdev
   with liip.ch
   currently foremost working on
   opendata.swiss
   

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3. Data can change
   the world
   if it is made used
   and useful
   …
   

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4. How to make data used
   by thousands?
   allow to re-use it
   and for free!
   

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5. OPEN > FREE RE-USE
   → opendefinition.org
   

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6. OPEN > INTEROPERABILITY
   → 5stardata.info
   

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7. OPEN > DATA QUALITY
   

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8. YES, BETTER DATA QUALITY !
   → slide (Sept. 2013) from Chris Taggart, opencorporates.com
   

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9. Data, made open, re-used and …

   transport.opendata.ch
   closed open useful
   

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10. Open data re-used and useful

    → stadt-zuerich.ch/portal/de/index/ogd/anwendungen.html
    

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11. Open data re-used and useful

    → make.opendata.ch/wiki/event:home
    

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12. But hey, where do I
    find these
    search for topics, …
    and catalogs !
    ?
    

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13. → data.stadt-zuerich.ch
    PRODUCTIVE
    

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14. → opendata.admin.ch (end of 2015: opendata.swiss)
    PILOT > PRODUCTIVE
    

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15. → openresearchdata.ch
    PILOT
    

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16. → make.opendata.ch/wiki/data:global
    And some more on
    make.opendata.ch
    → make.opendata.ch/wiki/data:ch
    

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17. @andreasamsler
    +41 43 501 40 05
    andreas.amsler@liip.ch
    andreas.amsler@opendata.ch
    Join opendata.ch
    Request: open data
    Make open data used
    and useful
    Apply ethics, 

    reflect on change
    

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