open + internet of things
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A short talk at IOT London October 2013 on open and the internet of thingsTRANSCRIPT
OPEN + THE INTERNET OF THINGSDr Laura JamesCEO, Open Knowledge Foundation
PRESENTED BY
What is open data?
Open Data can be freely used, reused, and redistributed, by anyone, anywhere, for any
purpose(we also work with public domain cultural
works - content - as well as data)
Why open?So you can:
componentiseremix
reshareGiving you:
new insightsbetter datainnovation
What is open knowledge?
Open Knowledge is what Open Data becomes when it is made
useful - accessible, understandable, meaningful,
and able to help someone solve a real
problem
OpenDefinition.org
all kinds of knowledge
• any kind of knowledge can be open
• any format: spreadsheets, databases, pictures, words…
• any field: transport, science, products, education, sustainability, maps, legislation, libraries, economics, culture, development, business, design, finance …
all kinds of peoplein all kinds of organisations
• open data can be published by anyone: government, public sector bodies, researchers, corporations, universities, NGOs, startups, charities, community groups, individuals….
• open data can be used by anyone: government, public sector bodies, researchers, corporations, universities, NGOs, startups, charities, community groups, individuals….
• all kinds of people can get involved with the open knowledge movement: as a campaigner, coder, writer, donor, trainer, tweeter, meetup organiser, data wrangler, ambassador, analyst, researcher, manager…
The Open Knowledge Foundation
• We build tools to make working with information easier
• We help people learn the data skills they need
• We connect and support individuals and organisations and projects to create collaborations and make things happen
we are makers
Creating the open infrastructure and tooling to power and support the open ecosystem and innovation
CKAN.org
OpenSpending.org
WhereDoesMyMoneyGo.org
OKFNLabs.org
Timemapper.org
we bring people together & advise & campaign & collaborate
Meetups and workshops – online and offline
Key convening events such as the first international Open Government Data Camp in 2010
Direct technical and legal contributions to a large number of projects and initiatives in dozens of countries around the world, shaping essential policies at the World Bank, US, UK, French, Finnish, Brazilian governments
OKFN.org/local
we help people learn
Learning through doing at datathons & hackathons - online and offlineOpen materialsPartnerships around the world
Schoolofdata.org
OpenDataHandbook.org
OpenDataHandbook.org
So… We are in the midst of an open data revolution
• But it’s not a magic bullet
• We need: tools, communities, skills
• We need access to data!
• It’s going to be disruptive
The data revolutionThe 21st century as information age
• Data is everywhere
• Data is powerful (especially when it’s shared openly!)
• But it shouldn’t all be open data
Data about me• A lot of the data which could help me improve my life is
data about me
• This data might be gathered directly by me or harvested
by corporations from what I do online, or assembled by
public sector services I use, or voluntarily contributed to
scientific and other research studies, or…
• There’s a lot of it. I don’t even know what’s out there
My data / our data
• Who collects it?
• Who moves it around or stores it?
• Who licenses it?
• Who uses it? And for what?
• Who controls what happens to it?
• Who is the data about?
Whose information is it anyway?
Personal data becoming open data
• Important datasets that are (or could be) open are
created from personal data via aggregation,
anonymisation, etc
• By personal choice
• Through the public record
Personal data becoming open data
• Important datasets that are (or could be) open are
created from personal data via aggregation,
anonymisation, etc
• By personal choice
• Through the public record
This is really very very hard to do properly
Most people are not like you
• Most people are not early adopters
• Other people have different risk profiles
• Design for everyone, not just you
Warning: seriously non-trivial!• Data ownership & data control
• Education & awareness
• Privacy & risk
• Crypto / personal data stores / query APIs not data
APIs / ??
• This isn’t an open data debate: it’s a data debate!
It’s not about opening everything
• If it’s definitely a shared good, commons-style data:
open it
• If it’s personal information: think very hard
Some light relief
• choice
• sustainability
• trust
• transparency
open source softwareopen source software
open hardwareopen hardware
• open what?
open hardwareopen hardware
•gates within FPGAs and ASICs
•e.g. opencores.org
open coresopen cores
•circuit diagrams, board layouts, bills of materials
open open electronicselectronics
open docsopen docs
open networkopen networkprotocolsprotocols
•e.g. ietf.org
open designopen design
design.OKFN.org
• Open web design
• Open graphic design
• Open fonts
• Open product design
• Open fashion
Open design facets
Open processes and stuff
open recycling & reuse
•e.g. ikeahackers.net
open public service design
•e.g. www.openpublicservices.cabinetoffice.gov.uk
• spectrum.okfn.org coming soon…
Open whitespace spectrum?
Open manufacturing
open tools
•e.g. makerbot.com
open sourcing & supply chains
•e.g. sourcemap.com
open testing
•e.g. ethereal.com
open materials
•e.g. openmaterials.org
•e.g. Product.okfn.org
open product information
• Is what you’ve got a design, a process, software, data?
• Where in the world are you?
• If there’s no licence it’s not open!
On open licensing…
• Principles are all very well but you have to ship
• Does it matter if it’s turtles all the way down?
• Revolutions are hard
Pragmatic not fanatic
• IOT will help us solve the big global problems
• Open gives us choice, freedom, transparency & trust
(and these are things we want when we imagine
systems which are everywhere, affecting everyone, all
the time)
• Open scales
• Open is sustainable
Why open IOT?
Conclusionopen means free reuse and resharing by anyone, anywhere, for any purpose
I’m @LaurieJ / LBJ.org.ukWe’re @OKFN / OKFN.org