Open Transport Working Group

Open Knowledge introduction at POLIS

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1. Open Transport Open Knowledge International Pieter Colpaert pieter.colpaert@okfn.org @pietercolpaert
2. Open Knowledge A world where knowledge creates power for the many, not the few
3. Open Knowledge community started in 2004: not for profit independent chapters and working groups couple of general projects http://okfn.org
4. Open Definition .org Open means anyone can freely access, use, modify and share for any purpose (subject, at most, to requirements that preserve provenance and openness) You may know us from
5. Open Data Index Ranking countries on the openness of 10 datasets National timetables is 10% of the score You may know us from http://index.okfn.org
6. Open Knowledge Festival 2-yearly festival where all working groups, chapters and enthusiasts meet You may know us from http://okfestival.org
7. Open Transport WG Mailinglist where news, issues and events are shared Github repository where common problems are tackled Holds sessions at conferences and invites community members
8. Issues we’re tackling 1. Awareness 2. The terms we use 3. Discovery of the datasets
9. http://epsiplatform.eu/transport
10. Terms we use https://github.com/opentransport/vocabulary
11. Discovery of the datasets An open data portal… http://datahub.io Where all community members add high quality datasets
12. Thanks http://transport.okfn.org Pieter Colpaert @pietercolpaert pieter.colpaert@okfn.org