Basic conditions, availability,

and the value added of open

data in comparison

Agnes Mainka and Tobias Siebenlist

Open Data Workshop – 20th May 2017

Transparency

Openness

Efficiency

Collaboration

Quality of life

Economic growth

Innovation

Civil Society

Government

Business

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Map of open data portals around the world

• A comprehensive list of 2600+ open data portals around the world (Link)

• Dataset can be explored online (map, table of data, API access, etc.)

• ongoing work: last changed March 27th, 2017

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How to find open data resources?

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Distribution of open datasets on different portals

• No single point of information

• Different data portals for no apparent reason• makes it hard to choose the right portal and to find data sets

• Different levels of information: Country, State, City, …

• Different types of portals: data providers, link providers, …

• A whole other story: Licensing and Licenses• Datenlizenz Deutschland vs. CC-Licenses

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Data formats

Kind of data

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Handling different kinds of data and different data formats

• Most portals subdivide datasets in (the same) 14 different categories

• Varying range of data formats for the same kind of data

• Open data should be not only „machine readable“, but also „plain text“• Data formats like CSV, JSON, XML can be processed easily• PDF, Office files, etc. are harder to process

• Metadata standardization in Germany: DCAT-AP.DE (Link)• direct compatibility to EU Standard• expected in 2018

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How to find open data resources in Northrhine Westphalia?

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How to find open data resources in Northrhine Westphalia?

• Google Custom Search• Search results are different from „site:“-search: Google Support

• 427 website addresses (all cities in North Rhine-Westphalia)

• Ongoing research: extracting and categorizing information• Which kind of open data is available?• Self-hosted or links to open data portals?

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• Data changes over time• Providing / Archiving historical data• Versioning of plain data

• Validity of data• Provide indicators of validity or data „as is“

• Access to data sets: Files vs. API access

• What can be done with open data (sets)?

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The Global Impact of Open Databy Andrew Young and Stefaan Verhulst (2016)

Impact of open data – Improving governmentO

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Tackling corruption and transparency

Sparpakethttps://www.open3.at/sparpaket

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Improving services

Maerker Brandenburghttps://maerker.brandenburg.de/

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Economic growth

Mapnificenthttp://www.mapnificent.net/

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Innovation

RIShttps://www.bka.gv.at/-/ris-app

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Data driven engagement

HealthMaphttp://www.healthmap.org/en

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Data driven assessment

OpenStreetMaphttps://www.openstreetmap.org

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Social mobilization

Mundraubhttp://mundraub.org/map

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Informed decision making

JedeSchulehttps://jedeschule.de/schulen/

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The Global Impact of Open Databy Andrew Young and Stefaan Verhulst (2016)

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technic & impact

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German (or Western) VS South East Asian understanding

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Goals:

• Identify the value added of open data projects

• Identify differences in “the value added of open data projects” between a German (or Western) and a Southeast Asian understanding

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Goals:

Write an open articel…

We are going to publish the findings out of this workshop in theCall for Papers südostasien 3/2017https://open-asia.org/cfp/

You are invited to become co-authorbit.ly/soa_paper

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Describe yourself with 3#

#MyName #OpenDataInterest #iLove

• Tell your name

• Write your on a card

• Pin your card on the wall

#OpenDataInterest+MyName

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Topic 1:• Providing open data: centralized or decentralized?• Centralized Portal(s) or separated portals?

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Topic 2:

• What is the value added of open data projects?

Which projects do you know with an impact for….?10 minutes brainstormingDescribe the projects

10 minutes brainstormingDescribe the impact of the projects and think about if there is more than one impact per project.

15 minutes flip chart preparation

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Presentation

Each group 5 minutes presentation of flip chartIdentify 3# which describe your findings best

Discussion and questions of each presentation afterwards 5 minutes

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See you after a short break…. In 15 mintes…

Open Data Workshop – 20th May 2017

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Topic 3: • Standardization vs. Freedom in providing open data• Follow central guidelines or work independently?

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Topic 4: (Based on the first flip chart and the mentioned projects,)

identify whether there are differences in the impact of the open data projects with reference to the cultural differences.

10 minutes brainstormingFor who / what does the project have an impact?Is this a global or regional impact? Why?

10 minutes brainstormingDescribe the impact of the projects and think about if there is more than one impact per project.

15 minutes flip chart preparation

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Each group 5 minutes presentation of flip chartIdentify 3# which describe your findings best

Discussion and questions of each presentation afterwards 5 minutes

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Final discussion

What is the situation in regard of open data in the countries of Southeast Asia and Germany, and what is their relation to each other?

How can civil society organizations or government orientate or shift their work towards using open data? Where are untapped potentials?

Questions?

Agnes MainkaEmail: agnes.mainka@hhu.de

Twitter: @Agnieszka_Em

Tobias SiebenlistEmail: tobias.siebenlist@hhu.de

Twitter: @t7l

Thankyoufor

participating

Open Data Workshop – 20th May 2017

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of innovation competitions. International Journal of Knowledge Society Research (7)3, 1-15.Mainka, A., Castelnovo, W., Miettinen, V., Bech-Petersen, S., Hartmann, S., & Stock, W. G. (2016). Open innovation in smart

cities: Participation and co-creation of public services. In Proceedings of the 79th ASIS&T Annual Meeting (Vol. 53). Creating Knowledge, Enhancing Lives through Information & Technology. Copenhagen, Oct. 14-18, 2016 (5 pp.).

Mainka, A., Hartmann, S., Meschede, C., & Stock, W. G. (2015). Open government: Transforming data into value-added cityservices. In M. Foth, M. Brynskov, & T. Ojala (Eds.), Citizen’s Right to the Digital City. Urban Interfaces, Activism, andPlacemaking (pp. 199-214). Singapore: Springer.

Mainka, A., Hartmann, S., Stock, W. G. , & Peters, I. (2015). Looking for friends and followers: a global investigation of governmental social media use. Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy, 9(2), pp.237 – 254

Mainka, A., Hartmann, S., Meschede, C., & Stock, W. G. (2015). Mobile Application Services Based Upon Open Urban Government Data. In Proceedings of the iConference 2015: Create, Collaborate, Celebrate. 24.-27. March 2015, Newport Beach, California, USA. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: iSchools, IDEALS.

Siebenlist, T. & Knautz, K. (2012). The critical role of the cold-start problem and incentive systems in emotional Web 2.0 services. In: D. R. Neal (Ed.): Indexing and Retrieval of Non-Text Information (pp. 376-405). Berlin, Boston, MA: De Gruyter Saur.

Young, A., & Verhulst, S. (2016). The Global Impact of Open Data: Key Findings from Detailed Case Studies. (S. Cutt, Ed.). Beijing, CHN: O’Reilly. Retrieved from http://www.oreilly.com/data/free/files/the-global-impact-of-open-data.pdf

Visit our research homepage: isi.hhu.de/opengovernment

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We asked our members at the annual meeting in Copenhagen. How they would describe ASIS&T…

ASIS&T Community

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We are looking forward to start a Special Interest Group (SIG) for Open Data

SIG-ODIf you are looking for an active and vibrant global community to join visit asist.org or contact Agnes @Agnieszka_M

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Movie Meets Science Contest 2017Will be announced soon

bit.ly/mms_esc

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