Data.gov and Open Data in the United StatesJeanne Holm, Data.gov

February 23, 2013

Data.gov

• Provides instant access to ~400,000 datasets in easy to use formats

• Contributions from UN, World Bank, and 180 agencies, cities, and states

• 18 communities ranging from energy to public safety

• Encourage development of innovative applications

• Drive innovation and knowledge use across the globe

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Stories Around Open Data

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Open CommunitiesCommunity

Developers ✓

Safety ✓

Energy ✓

Health ✓

Law ✓

Education ✓

Ocean ✓

Manufacturing ✓

Business ✓

Ethics ✓

States ✓

Counties ✓

Cities ✓

Sustainable Supply Chain ✓

+ many more…

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Data.gov Capabilities• Present

– Dataset Management• Workflow engine and

metadata editor– Search

• Keyword and faceted filtering

• 6.7 billion triples– Geo

• Search, harvest, and visualize

– Vocab.Data.gov• Vocabulary and

schema engine for linked data

• URIs for health data

• Future

– OGPL• Open source platform• Drupal + CKAN

– API key registry• API key authorization• Application statistics

– Enhanced search• Federated catalogs from

agencies, cities, and +

– Vocab.Data.gov• Federated ontologies• URIs for all data

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Open Government Platform (OGPL)

• Open source co-developed by India’s National Informatics Centre and US Data.gov Team

• Data.gov is migrating to OGPL in 2012• Coordinating with open data providers,

platforms, and communities like W3C, World Bank, CKAN, and open source developers worldwide

• Public commits and tracker on Github• Public mailing list for discussion• Join the community!

– https://github.com/opengovtplatform

– http://www.opengovplatform.org

– Opengovplatform @OGPL

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OGPL Partners

• Led by India and the US• Implementing in Ghana,

Rwanda, Canada, and US

• Adoption of worldwide standards

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A Global Movement Has

Begun to Provide Transparency and

Democratization of Data

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The Path Ahead• Bring data up and out of government to the public ★• Make data accessible and linked ★★★★★• Create communities to understand and apply data• Connect and collaborate with small businesses,

industry, and academia to drive innovation• Continue to develop OGPL with community

development• Share with others to understand global issues

We need to securely architect our systems

for interoperability and openness from conception.

—Digital Government

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Hack the Code Today!

• Your call to action:1. Get the data in the hands of the citizens2. Make the solutions sustainable3. Make a difference

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Let’s work together to set the data free!

www.Data.Gov@usdatagov

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