Trends in Open Data,Maree Adshead, CEO of ODI Australian Network

Chief Data & Analytics Officer, Sydney - 8 March 2017

What is the ODI AU Network

and what do we do?

@odiqueensland#opendata

Sponsors and Supporters

Definition of Open (ODI)Open data is data that anyone can access, use or share.For data to be considered ‘open’, it must be:

● Accessible, which usually means published on the web● Available in a machine-readable format● Have a licence that permits anyone to access, use and share it -

commercially and non commercially.

Definition of Open (Aus gov) Open data is, at its best, data that is freely available, easily discoverable, accessible and published in ways and under licences that allow reuse. As a default, government data should be:

on or linked through data.gov.au for discoverability;

in a machine-readable, spatially-enabled format;

with descriptive metadata;

for free to the end user;

using agreed open standards;

kept up to date where appropriate in an automated way;

under a Creative Commons By Attribution licence unless a clear case is made for another open licence.

Key elementsAccess

Reproduction

Modification

Sharing

Non-commercially AND commercially

A licence

Published online

Machine readable

Open format

Up to date

So that’s what we mean by ‘open data’ What is the difference between open, shared and closed data?

A dataset can be publicly available

without being open

KnowledgeCan personal data ever

be open?

The Australian government standard

Open and community developed; not controlled by a

central agency or body.

Economic benefitsEnvironmental benefitsSocial benefits

Justifications

$25 billion AUD per year (2014)Australian government open data (N Gruen & ors)

58:1 ROI from open data for Transport for London (2014)

70:1ROI from opening national addressing data (Denmark)

Open innovation. Open data

Knowledge

Three layers of benefitsNew business modelsBroader economic growthNew purposes for dataCreativity and engagement

Efficiencies and savingsCollaboration with private and research sectors - and other parts of govImproved services

Improved data qualityGreater visibility of data offeringsAwareness of data usersCulture change enabler

Indirect

benefits

Direct benefi

ts

Inside the org

Discovering datadata.gov.au

http://queensland.theodi.org/home/resources/data/

The web!

Tools for using datahttp://queensland.theodi.org/home/resources/tools/

Including:● CSVLint (validation) - ODI● Bothan (metrics) - ODI● ArcGIS (mapping)● Tableau (visualisation)

ODI Skills Framework 2017 Explorer

Strategy & Practical

Pioneer

https://davetaz.github.io/new_odi_courses/

ODI Learning opportunities

queensland.theodi.org/home/learning/courses

Trends in open data…

● Managing private and sensitive data = confidence & trust in ‘open’ innovation

● Building data capability and skills● Enhancing quality of data in general = data being a valuable,

reusable resource● Certifying open data = more confident usage, more usage● Building maturity of data custodians and publishers = better

outcomes for all● Communicating success