OpenTransportDataManifesto

JonathanRaperCEO,Placr

Manifestoprinciples

•  Assump2on:theopendatareleaseprocesshastosucceedtosave£,createjobs,>transparency

•  Consequence:developersneedearly,freeandcomprehensivedatareleases

•  Challenge:organisegovernmenttodeliver,especiallytoreformexis2ngdatapublishers

•  Thesearetheprinciples…prac2ceisharder…

1.Publicmoney

•  Ifthereispublicmoney,theremustbeaccess•  Accessmeansredistribu2onofexis2ngrawdata

•  Bodies/servicesnotmee2ngthisprinciple– NetworkRail– TransportDirect.Info

•  Bestprac2ce– HighwaysAgency

2.Free

•  Ifthereisaccessitmustbefreeatthepointofuse•  ‘free’meansviaopenor‘aSribu2ononly’licence

•  Bodies/servicesnotmee2ngthisprinciple– *Traveline*Setupchargesandhitlimits(butprivatedataincluded)

•  Bestprac2ce– TfLTrackernetdataforTube

3.Nocompe22on

•  Publicmoneymustnotbeusedtocompetewithopendatausers

•  Privatesystemintegratorsrunningdatabasesinsidegovernmentmustnotgainunfairadvantage

•  Bodies/servicesnotmee2ngthisprinciple–  (formerly)MDVandMyTfLapp(nowwithdrawn)

•  Bestprac2ce– LondonCycleHire(Barclaysnowhavebrand2e‐inapp)

4.Equalityofaccess

•  Theremustbeequalityofaccesstothedata•  Adequatedocumenta2on/metadataneededtomakeuseofit

•  Bodies/servicesnotmee2ngthisprinciple:–  (fornow)*TfLJourneyPlannerAPI*Shortlytobereplacedbyopenversion

•  Bestprac2ce– DataGM

5.Format

•  Opendatareleasesshouldbemadeintheformatsthedataisalreadyheldin

•  Expensiveprojectsto‘2dyup’datawaste2me

•  Bodies/servicesnotmee2ngthisprinciple–  iBusprojectinTfL

•  Bestprac2ce– NaPTAN

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