1. Open Knowledge
Foundation &
Open Data
Opening Up Meeting, Cambridge
September 2012
Rufus Pollock
@okfn[.org]
@rufuspollock[.org]
Licensed under cc-by v3.0 all jurisdictions

2. We build technology and
communities to create,
share and use
open information that
everyone can use, share
and build on.

4. Working since 2004
on Open Data

5. Anyone means anyone! No
restrictions on commercial use.
Open != Creative Commons. Many
CC licenses NOT open (and most
not appropriate for data).

6. http://blog.okfn.org/2012/09/13/managing-expectations-ii-
open-data-technology-and-government-2-0/

7. CKAN
Open-source Data Publishing and
Management

9. CKAN
Open source data publishing and
management platform that makes it easy to
publish, share and find data.
● Rich search and data publishing tools
● Integrated data storage, processing, viewing and
visualization
● Geospatial metadata & search (including support for
INSPIRE)
● Extensible and flexible - easy to adapt, extend and
integrate
● Componentized structure with variety of add-ons:
stats, analytics, datastore & data API, social etc
● Rich RESTful JSON API to catalog and data

14. {OpenSpending}

15. OpenSpending
A global community
Creating an open map of the money
From streetlights to international aid

16. Where Does Our
Money Go?

19. A project of the Open Knowledge
Foundation, the Budget Transparency
Initiative and the World Bank Institute

20. Getting data is hard!
Data not made available
Data not machine readable
No standard format for data
Poor or dubious quality
Finances are complex

24. {Summing Up}

25. Increasing Amounts of
Data
But need to ensure
It is really open
Of reasonable quality
(good enough not perfect)

26. The Best Thing to Do With
Your Data Will be Thought
of By Someone Else
(And you'll think of the best thing
to do with someone else's data)

27. Small Data
vs
Big Data
It's about small pieces loosely joined not
one ring to rule them all!

28. @okfn[.org]
@OpenSpending[.org]
CKAN.org
@SchoolOfData[.org]
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Rufus Pollock @rufuspollock[.org]