42
Julie Freeman · [email protected] · @misslake Digital Utopias - Hull - 20th January 2015 Introducing Open Data Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Julie Freeman · [email protected] · @misslake
Digital Utopias - Hull - 20th January 2015
Introducing Open Data
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Provide a good foundation in the principles of open data, and explore examples of open data usage.
Aim
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
What is Data?
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Definition of Data (origin)
Euclid’s book of propositions, Data, was written to “facilitate and promote the method of resolution or analysis”.
The propositions in it (such as if X then Y) help us take givens (existing datum) and use the propositions to deduce or infer new data.
In this context, data is the gift that keeps on giving.
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Definition of Data (1)
A collection of facts, information and statistics that can be analysed to develop new knowledge
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Definition of Data (2)
The lowest level of abstraction from which information and
then knowledge are derived.
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Data(information without context)
Information
Knowledge
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
What is Open Data?
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Definition A
Open data is data licensed
for use by anyone
for any purpose
-Open Data Institute
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Definition B
Open means anyone can freely access, use,
modify and share for any purpose (subject, at
most, to requirements that preserve provenance
and openness)
-Summary of Open Definition (v2.0)Introduced August 2014
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Definition C
Open data is data that is published in an open
format, is machine readable and is published
under a license that allows for free reuse.
-data.gov.ukAccessed November 2014
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Definition D
Open data is the idea that certain data should be
freely available to everyone to use and republish
as they wish, without restrictions from copyright,
patents or other mechanisms of control.
-WikipediaAccessed November 2014
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Open data is data licensed
for use by anyone
for any purpose
-Open Data Institute
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Data as an art material– used by artists & creative practitioners
Data that IS cultural media– moving image, photos, audio, BBC archives, Europeana...
Data about the cultural sector– museums, galleries, theatres, audiences...
Cultural Data
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Is data is the material of adigital utopia?
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Exercise
In groups, create a short list of your organisational data (present and future)
10 minutes
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
The challenges…
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Types of personal dataOpen personal data
Data about people not a person
Available to anyone
Has been anonymised
e.g. number of people attending event, gender split, age ranges.
(bigger numbers are better!)
Available personal data
Data about a person
Available to the person only!
Often known as MiData
e.g. credit scores, energy and other consumption data.
Personal data
Data about a person which is neither open nor available.
Might belong to you or be collected by a company.
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Opportunities
Open Data Brings transparency, open peer review
Big Data Brings evidence
Personal Data Makes it relevant
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Case studies…
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Open Data Stories
Enabling transparency
Enhancing society
Creating an income stream
Cutting costs
Improving services
Saving our planet
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Exercise
In groups, discuss what you’d like to achieve or the problems you’d like to solve with your data
10 minutes
Enabling transparency
Enhancing society
Creating an income stream
Cutting costs
Improving services
Saving our planetTuesday, 20 January 2015
Resources & Tools
Data Scrubbing (cleaning)CSVLint http://csvlint.ioOpenRefine http://openrefine.org
Data VisualisationDataWrapper http://datawrapper.dePlotly http://plot.ly
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Resources & Tools
Open Data Tips and Training
Training http://training.theodi.org/InPractice/Business Case http://theodi.org/guides/how-make-business-case-open-data
Certificates https://certificates.theodi.org/Anonymisation http://ukanon.net/ukan-resources/
Fun datasets to play with http://data.gov.uk/dataset/gh-wine-cellar-data_2
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Data is a means, not an end.
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Data(information without context)
Information
Knowledge
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Data as Culture
What is open data? what is its meaning? how is it used? where is it found? what is its impact on society?
As data is opened up, the information it holds must be reflected back to us from many angles.
How can we do this?
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
- 4 exhibitions, 17 artists, 8 new art commissions, 10+ workshops
- public talks (TED, British Library, universities)
- Tate Modern, V&A, Lighthouse, FutureEverything, White Building,
University of the Arts (London)
- National and international media coverage
(Guardian, Telegraph, Wall Street Journal, TED, BBC Radio 4)
- Co-commissioning open data art series with The Space
Engaging the public
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
We Need UsA co-commission from ODI and The Space
weneedus.org
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Frame from real-time data driven animation - see live project at weneedus.org
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
