A look at the key concepts and common Open Data options available as well as some tangible uses this data has been put to. The types of things it can enable in the near term future is also discussed.

1. Open Data
Information wants to be FREE
A presentation
for #nswsphere
by Rob Manson
http://twitter.com/nambor
http://MOBusiness.com.au

2. Open Data
Information wants to be FREE
A presentation
for #nswsphere
by Rob Manson
http://twitter.com/nambor
http://MOBusiness.com.au

3. Everyone wants to
create great websites

4. Rich, usable, accessible
“websites”

5. You've gotta separate
Presentation from Data

6. Open Your Data Up

7. Data

8. Open

9. Not Open Source

10. Not Open Access

11. Needs Open License
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21572939@N03/2090542246/

12. Core Idea: The API

13. Common Options
Interaction models: Content formats:

Files/Feeds 
XML

RPC 
RSS

Bi-directional Sockets 
Atom

Microformats

GRDDL

RDFa

JSON

14. Key Benefit:
Easy Integration

15. Key Benefit:
Multiple Presentations

16. Example #1:
Open Australia

17. Example #2:
USA IT Spending Dashboard

18. Example #3:
data.gov

19. Example #3:
Augmented Realities

20. Open Data
Information wants to be FREE
A presentation
for #nswsphere
by Rob Manson
http://twitter.com/nambor
http://MOBusiness.com.au