The open (government) data movement had its birth with the “Transparency and open government” memorandum of former US president Obama in 2009. Many open data initiatives were born from here. The premises of these projects have been linked to concepts such as open government (participation, transparency and collaboration) and economic growth (a 2013 report by McKinsey estimated $ 3 trillion of potential economic value). Now, 10 years later, it is right to ask what happened. If we look at its totality, the open data movement has not yet met these expectations. Despite this scenario, we can collect many success stories, and by looking at the common points between them, we can trace what really happened and how much there is still to do. Open data still a great opportunity and the openness movement has to been continue fighting. Presentation for the SFSCon 2019

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Ten years of Open Data
SFSCon - Bolznao, 16th November 2019
Ten years of Open Data:
what has happened and what is there to do
Maurizio Napolitano
<napo@fbk.eu>

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Ten years of Open Data
SFSCon - Bolznao, 16th November 2019
Agenda
● the beginning of the movement
● the promises
● the different interpretations of the
open data concept
● the junk data
● the real impact of open data
● what we still have to do

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Ten years of Open Data
SFSCon - Bolznao, 16th November 2019
10 years ago?

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[..] I could have certainly done more,
especially regarding the statistical
aspects, however, in our country both
private and non-profit organizations show
reluctance relying on public domain for
data and content [...]
CESARE BATTISTI
From the "Preface" of Il Trentino,
Giovanni Zippel Editore, Trento, 1898)
121 years ago!!!

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SFSCon - Bolznao, 16th November 2019
OpenStreetMap
15 years ago!!!

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SFSCon - Bolznao, 16th November 2019
in 2006 FSFE asked to the Italian
government to release of the
zipcodes as open data
Note:
this resource is not yet open

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10 years ago this guy ...
Transparency and
Open Government
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/transparency-and-open-government

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10 years that the word opendata is also
known to politicians and domain experts

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Open data—public
information and shared
data from private
sources—can help create
$3 trillion a year of
value in seven areas of
the global economy.

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THE OPEN DATA PRINCIPLES
https://opendatacharter.net/

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SFSCon - Bolznao, 16th November 2019
OPEN
DATA
OPEN
DATA
DATA is the subject
OPEN is an attribute

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SFSCon - Bolznao, 16th November 2019
THE OPEN DATA TEAM
THE JUNK DATA PRODUCTION
GOAL:
Publishing of CSV online
THE RESULT

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SFSCon - Bolznao, 16th November 2019
Governments still treat open data as a side
project:
The Barometer results show that governments are still treating
open data as isolated initiatives. Governments must prioritise
and invest in open data governance to support the substantial
changes needed to embed an open approach across agencies
and departments.

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Open Data
a means to an end
not an end in itself

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SFSCon - Bolznao, 16th November 2019
THE OPEN DATA TEAM
GOAL:
creating sustainable processes
OPEN DATA DREAMING

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SFSCon - Bolznao, 16th November 2019
10 years and nothing????
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE!!!!
We have to ask to David
Eaves: the canadian open
data hero!
The first decade
of open data has
been a win — but
not for the
reasons you think

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SFSCon - Bolznao, 16th November 2019
https://apolitical.co/solution_article/the-first-decade-of-open-data-has-been-a-win-but-not-for-the-reasons-you-think/
David Eaves
The as-yet hidden but
dramatic success of
open data has been a
transformation of public
officials’ attitude toward
data

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https://apolitical.co/solution_article/the-first-decade-of-open-data-has-been-a-win-but-not-for-the-reasons-you-think/
David Eaves
Without the open data
movement the
conversation would
have been controlled by
vendors and third
parties

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https://apolitical.co/solution_article/the-first-decade-of-open-data-has-been-a-win-but-not-for-the-reasons-you-think/
David Eaves
For governments, a
decade is a often a
relatively short period of
time.

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SFSCon - Bolznao, 16th November 2019
A CHANGE OF MINDSET IN THE GOVERNMENT
AFTER 10 YEARS OF OPEN DATA

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SFSCon - Bolznao, 16th November 2019
Open data—public
information and shared
data from private
sources—can help create
$3 trillion a year of
value in seven areas of
the global economy.
McKinsey: state of the art ?

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SFSCon - Bolznao, 16th November 2019
McKinsey: state of the art ?
these data categories
have not yet been
opened

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SFSCon - Bolznao, 16th November 2019
Conclusions:
stop the production to Junk Data
defend the open data paradigm: it's a RIGHT
ask and again ask very sexy data
understand that public administration processes are slowly innovating
IS A COMMONS

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SFSCon - Bolznao, 16th November 2019
Maurizio Napolitano
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