We Can Haz Ur Datas?!

The slides from my presentation at Pancakes and Mash on why opening up data is good, how to go about it and common pitfalls.

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1. WE CAN HAZ UR DATAS?!
2. @jacksonj04 Nick Jackson Online Services Developer Richard FORTRAN Developer
3. Alex Bilbie Online Services Developer @alexbilbie
4. It’s all about cool stuff. Data is cool. Data will make you more agile.
5. Many vendors love to hide your data.
6. Some vendors even claim getting data is impossible... At least without their ‘web services’ plugin... They want their data to be alone in a cold, featureless (possibly rocky) world...
7. Be inquisitive. Don’t be afraid to try something ‘unsupported’. Make backups, or a copy of all your data to play with. Find a developer.
9. On the other hand, some vendors love open data. Celebrate. Get a developer.
10. Either way, you now have data. Open it up. Make something. Anything. Show it off.
11. Saint Jerome Has a beard Project Jerome Wilfred COBOL Developer
12. Project Jerome JISC Infrastructure Project All about sharing data Also exposes functionality Helps boost our data #jerome jerome.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk
13. Beware! Giant crab has a warning. We’ve been saying “your data”... Double check your licences.
14. Help is at hand. You’ve got open data. So have other people. * May not be permitted under all licences. I am not a lawyer. Please double check with your legal team before exposing yourself to the world. Combine the two. You’ve got a mashup.