pmod challenges for open data usage: open derivatives and challenges

Challenges for Open Data Usage Open Derivatives and Licensing

Miel Vander Sande [@Miel_vds]

Marc Portier, Erik Mannens, Rik Van de Walle

The success story!

New businesses can be built on the back of this

dataMore Transparency

Evidence-based policy making and

administrative efficiency

The public payed for it!

It’s collected anyway!

Why not use it?

Because we can and/or should!

Many Open Government Data initiatives

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/

http://ddata.over-blog.com/xxxyyy/4/37/99/26/licence/Licence-Ouverte-Open-Licence-ENG.pdf

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/at/deed.en

New businesses

More Transparency

Evidence-based policy making

and administrative efficiency

Does it?

Should Open really mean Open?

It is the Right & Duty of Governments to

reach the Goals

even if it means using smart restrictions or

extensions

Consequences & Challenges for Open Data Usage

1. Two evolutions Data co-ownership

Feedback loop of applications

2. Supporting legal framework

OGD 2 Consumer: Today

Read(API,

Download)

Notify(Email, forms,

upload)

Write(update, upload)

Heterogenous Dual-channeled system

Inefficient data management & incorrect data

OGD 2 Consumer: Future

Read(standard API)

Interact(Interface)

Notify, Write

(standard API)

Homogenous Mono-channeled system

DMS

From Master-Slave to a more granular structure

Data co-ownershipLibraries

Schools

Local businesses

Museums

Monuments

Trains Busses

Civil Servants

Public Services

Metro

Restaurants

Traffic

Location

TimetableStops

TimetableStations

AccidentsParking

Jams

Delays Delays

Type

Location

Opening hours

Catalogus

Location

Opening hoursMenu

LocationCurriculum

TimetableStationsDelays

Location

Opening hoursPrices

Opening hours

Location

Location

Opening hoursPrices

Name

Function

Government

Data co-ownershipLibraries

Schools

Local businesses

Museums

Monuments

Trains Busses

Civil Servants

Public Services

Metro

Restaurants

Traffic

Location

TimetableStops

TimetableStations

AccidentsParking

Jams

Delays Delays

Type

Location

Opening hours

Catalogus

Location

Opening hoursMenu

LocationCurriculum

TimetableStationsDelays

Location

Opening hoursPrices

Opening hours

Location

Location

Opening hoursPrices

Name

Function

Government

CulturalOrganisation

Data co-ownershipLibraries

Schools

Local businesses

Museums

Monuments

Trains Busses

Civil Servants

Public Services

Metro

Restaurants

Traffic

Location

TimetableStops

TimetableStations

AccidentsParking

Jams

Delays Delays

Type

Location

Opening hours

Catalogus

Location

Opening hoursMenu

LocationCurriculum

TimetableStationsDelays

Location

Opening hoursPrices

Opening hours

Location

Location

Opening hoursPrices

Name

Function

Government

CulturalOrganisationMobilityOrganisation

Consequences for Consumers?Looking out becomes taking care

Most care means ownership

Consequences for Clients?Well-described communication protocolFull feedback supportIdentification

REST

Consequences for Owners?Invest in infrastructure

Consequences for Servers?Well-described communication protocol

Flexible technologiesVersion managementConflict management

Trust & Provenance management

Linked Data Platform (LDP) WG

Feedback of Open Data

Application

Usage statistics

Mashups &Aggregations

Prevent monopolisation

Source referencingContribution to the original

Supporting Legal Framework

Defining domains of society concerning Openness

Stimulating governmental investment inRecalculation Platform (transparency)

Well-thought (Viral) licensesfor enforcing restrictions

for enforcing engagement

Supporting Legal Framework

Engagement public debate:

Who is obligated to participate in Open Data?

Obviously Governments...Other parties using Open Government Data?Everything supplying public service? (Private or Public)Every monopoly with wide public coverage?

Discuss!Miel Vander Sandemiel.vandersande@ugent.bet: @Miel_vds

Attributions• Photo ‘Opening slide’ by http://www.flickr.com/photos/paloetic/• Tracey Saxby, Integration and Application Network, University of Maryland Center for

Environmental Science (ian.umces.edu/imagelibrary/).• Photo ‘Neelie Kroes’ by Sebastiaan ter Burg• Photo ‘Open Licensed’ by http://www.flickr.com/photos/mag3737/• Photo ‘copyleft’ by http://www.flickr.com/photos/arifrost/• Logo ‘openID’ by http://openid.net/• Photo ‘Servers’ by http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamisonjudd/• Photo ‘Laptop’ by http://www.flickr.com/photos/ichibod/• Photo ‘question’ by http://www.flickr.com/photos/horiavarlan/