2 days time + public service data + creative people (you!) = * Scape data and make it accessable * Bild apps & prototypes * Show what can be done with government data

1. Hack the Government
A hackday on open government, open data and transparency
Talk @ 26C3 Berlin 2009
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2. Why open data?
Archive of the city of Toronto
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3. Why open data?
• So many public sector data
Archive of the city of Toronto
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4. Why open data?
• So many public sector data
• Produced for public purposes
Archive of the city of Toronto
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5. Why open data?
• So many public sector data
• Produced for public purposes
• Financed with our taxes
Archive of the city of Toronto
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6. Why open data?
• So many public sector data
• Produced for public purposes
• Financed with our taxes
• Digitalisation makes access and
distribution so easy
Archive of the city of Toronto
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7. Why open data?
• So many public sector data
• Produced for public purposes
• Financed with our taxes
• Digitalisation makes access and
distribution so easy
• There are No reasons for any limitations
on access, use, remix and distribution
Archive of the city of Toronto
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8. Open data & Democracy
Tschernobyl
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9. Open data & Democracy
• Access to information is a civil right
Tschernobyl
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10. Open data & Democracy
• Access to information is a civil right
• Informed decisions trough access to data
Tschernobyl
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11. Open data & Democracy
• Access to information is a civil right
• Informed decisions trough access to data
• Informed and responsible citizens are
good for democracy
Tschernobyl
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12. Access with 3-fold benefit
Visualisation travel times in London
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13. Access with 3-fold benefit
• Individual decision making
Visualisation travel times in London
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14. Access with 3-fold benefit
• Individual decision making
• Chances for inovation and economy
Visualisation travel times in London
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15. Access with 3-fold benefit
• Individual decision making
• Chances for inovation and economy
• Governance, public sector administration
and social change become more
transparent
Visualisation travel times in London
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16. The way we organize
information is rapidly changing
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17. The way we organize
information is rapidly changing
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18. The way we organize
information is rapidly changing
• Websites become platforms
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19. The way we organize
information is rapidly changing
• Websites become platforms
• Transparency invokes interactivity
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20. The way we organize
information is rapidly changing
• Websites become platforms
• Transparency invokes interactivity
• Consumers become people who make stuff
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21. The way we organize
information is rapidly changing
• Websites become platforms
• Transparency invokes interactivity
• Consumers become people who make stuff
• There is more data in the world than EVER
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22. The State as Service-Maschine
Infrastructure:
- streets
- hospitals
- schools
- universities
- libraries
Our Taxes
> > - ...
Services:
- administration
- police
- public services
- ...
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23. Most government websites suck
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24. Three laws of open
dovernment data
Quelle: http://eaves.ca/2009/09/30/three-law-of-open-government-data/
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25. Three laws of open
dovernment data
Quelle: http://eaves.ca/2009/09/30/three-law-of-open-government-data/
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26. Three laws of open
dovernment data
• If it can’t be spidered or indexed, it doesn’t exist
Quelle: http://eaves.ca/2009/09/30/three-law-of-open-government-data/
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27. Three laws of open
dovernment data
• If it can’t be spidered or indexed, it doesn’t exist
• If it isn’t available in open and machine readable format, it can’t engage
Quelle: http://eaves.ca/2009/09/30/three-law-of-open-government-data/
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28. Three laws of open
dovernment data
• If it can’t be spidered or indexed, it doesn’t exist
• If it isn’t available in open and machine readable format, it can’t engage
• If a legal framework doesn’t allow it to be repurposed, it doesn’t empower
Quelle: http://eaves.ca/2009/09/30/three-law-of-open-government-data/
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29. It’s our data we are talking about, we
paid the taxes for it
population data opening hours
post codes
road constructions garbage pick-up
environmental data maps times
addresses press releases
schools petitions
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30. What?
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31. What?
• Use government & public service data to:
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32. What?
• Use government & public service data to:
• Build apps & prototypes that help to:
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33. What?
• Use government & public service data to:
• Build apps & prototypes that help to:
• Make government more open & transparent
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34. What?
• Use government & public service data to:
• Build apps & prototypes that help to:
• Make government more open & transparent
• Empower citizens
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35. What?
• Use government & public service data to:
• Build apps & prototypes that help to:
• Make government more open & transparent
• Empower citizens
• Invoke participation & colaboration
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36. Why?
• Government & public sector produce a lot of interesting data
• That data is often not not publicly available and "open"
• Access
• Licenses
• Formats
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37. How?
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38. How?
• 2 days time + public service data + creative people (you!) =
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39. How?
• 2 days time + public service data + creative people (you!) =
• Scape data and make it accessable
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40. How?
• 2 days time + public service data + creative people (you!) =
• Scape data and make it accessable
• Bild apps & prototypes
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41. How?
• 2 days time + public service data + creative people (you!) =
• Scape data and make it accessable
• Bild apps & prototypes
• Show what can be done with government data
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42. When & were?
• 17 & 18 April 2010
• Berlin
• http://opendata.hackday.net
• @opendatahackday
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43. Open data examples
There are so many nice examples on open data, open government,
transparency and participations. Here just a hand full:
• http://www.data.gov/
• http://www.sunlightlabs.com/hackathon09
• http://www.mysociety.org/
• http://theyworkforyou.com/
• http://fixmystreet.com/
• http://pledgebank.com/
• http://whatdotheyknow.com/
• http://writetothem.com/
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44. Make data visualizations
Stamens’ crimespotting map’
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45. Augmented reality with ‘layar’
Visualisation of government spendings from 'recovery.gov'
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46. Build a BCC DIY Beta
Birmingham City Council platform (£2.8 million)
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47. open kvk
a free and open alternative for kamervankoophandel.nl
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48. Think government and its data
should be open?
It’s up the our community to
respond, with our ideas, with our
voices, with our creativity and
our code.
-Tim O’Reilly
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49. Get - involved!
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50. Get - involved!
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51. Get - involved!
• DIY!
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52. Get - involved!
• DIY!
• Participate!
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53. Get - involved!
• DIY!
• Participate!
• Create & Share!
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54. Thanks!
• Opendata Hackday
• http://opendata.hackday.net
• @opendatahackday
• Opendata Network
• http//opendata-network.org
• @opendatanetwork
Credits to Urs Kleinert und Edial Dekker for inspiration and slides
Archiv City of Toronto : http://www.flickr.com/photos/drpritch/305053820/
Tschernoybl : http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcofieber/3832657425/
A travel time map for London : http://www.flickr.com/photos/vladt/157978489/
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