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    Do you have data you’d like to make open? This session with Dr David Tarrant will help you choose the right platform to successfully publish your data. Held as part of the ODI's Training Discovery Day, 2014.

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    Publishing Open Data

    David Tarrant [email protected] @davetaz

    Aim

    Provide an overview of current open data


    publishing practices.

    Outcomes


    Understand the dierence between data on the web and the web of data
    Evaluate a number of dierent approaches for publishing open data.
    Develop a strategy for publishing data applicable to a specific domain.

    Publication phases
    Phase 1: Get the data online, in some
    form. This will help with the trust and
    transparency and community building.

    Phase 2: Increase the usability of the data by
    potentially publishing dierently and keeping it up
    to date.

    Data ON the web


    Government data
    Private sector data
    Google advanced
    Aggregators and portals
    Scraping

    data.gov.XX

    Government

    Government / Private

    Suppliers

    X
    BP: You may not frame this site nor link to a page other than the home page without our express permission.
    To nd this Google bp sta's'cal review

    Suppliers

    h@p://manufacturingmap.nikeinc.com/#
    You agree not to change or delete any ownership noDces from materials downloaded or printed from the PlaEorm. You agree not to
    modify, copy, translate, broadcast, perform, display, distribute, frame, reproduce, republish, download, display, post, transmit or sell
    any Intellectual Property or Content appearing on the PlaEorm

    Aggregators and portals


    Collect together data from across the web into one place.

    enigma.io

    transportAPI

    Data IN
    the web

    The developers secret

    Linked data

    Amazing but hard to publishing and use.

    Approaches to publishing data

    ON the web

    IN the web

    Exercise

    List 3 datasets that have been
    published ON the web (& where)?

    List 1 that has been published IN the web (& where)?
    5 minutes

    Open Data
    Platforms

    h@p://www.ickr.com/photos/wwarby

    Types
    Specialist Solu'on
    + Easy to get setup and maintain.
    + Open Data focused
    + Clear workows for publishing open
    data
    + VisualisaDon tools
    + Data mashing tools
    + Best for transacDonal data

    Integrated Solu'on
    + No new plaEorm to learn
    + Data is provided in parallel to web
    pages
    + No separaDon from authoritaDve data
    + Easy discovery of data
    + Best for reference data
    + Best for Linked Open Data

    Key characteristics of
    specialist solution
    1. Separate from your main org website
    2. Designed to publish open data, not
    to fulfill other organisation goals

    Key characteristics of
    integrated solution
    1. It is your main website
    2. Publishes data alongside everything
    else that the organisation does

    Merging specialist and integrated


    Method 1: Build the functionality of your current
    website into a new open data platform.

    Method 2: Hide the specialist solution behind your
    main website and use it as a loosely coupled CMS.

    The sliding scale of specialist solutions


    1.
    1 Catalogue: Point to data (leave it at source)
    2.
    2 Re-present: Provide data services (leave it at source)
    3.
    3 Host the data: Be the source
    4.
    4 Control the data: Be the authority
    5.
    5 Be the hub: Host the data and processor

    Specialist Solutions
    1
    2
    h@p://www.ickr.com/photos/okfn

    2
    3
    4
    5

    1
    2
    Open Knowledge Foundation Supported

    Data Catalogue
    Open Source
    Feels like a record manager
    Simple API and search
    Lots of community tools
    http://demo.ckan.org/

    Evolution of CKAN

    1
    2
    Updated July 2014

    Early) Dataset catalogue (data.gov.uk)


    no data hosted or searched
    Mid) Data and dataset catalogue
    no data hosted but it is searchable
    Now) Integrated data driven web site
    data platform is integrated with data, search and content

    Features
    Publish, Store and Manage Data and Metadata
    Visual and Geospatial
    Social
    Full Stored History
    Federate Your Data With Other Organizations
    Rich RESTful JSON API for Developers

    1

    Open Data Soft

    2
    3

    Open Data Soft


    Data as a Service (DaaS)
    Hosted enterprise solution
    Rich Interface
    Query based API (3-Star)

    2
    3

    Open Data Soft

    2
    3

    Open Data Soft


    Data as a Service (DaaS)
    Closed Source (main product)
    Hosted enterprise solution
    EU Based
    Rich Interface
    Query based API (3-Star)

    2
    3

    4
    5
    Data as a Service (DaaS)
    Hosted enterprise solution
    Allows user created content
    Full linked API (5-Star)

    https://opendata.socrata.com/

    Features
    Data Publishing, Optimized for Business Users
    Flexible Metadata Management

    Federate Your Data With Other Organizations


    Metrics of the Success of Your Initiative in Real-time
    Anyone Can Create Maps and Charts
    Data Becomes Social
    Developers Are Supported Every Step of the Way

    4 5

    4
    5
    Data as a Service (DaaS)
    Closed Source (main product)
    Hosted Solution
    US Based
    Clean Interface
    Powerful API (SODA)

    The sliding scale of specialist solutions


    1.
    1 Catalogue: Point to data (leave it at source)
    2.
    2 Re-present: Provide data services (leave it at source)
    3.
    3 Host the data: Be the source
    4.
    4 Control the data: Be the authority
    5.
    5 Be the hub: Host the data and processor

    Specialist Solutions
    1
    2
    h@p://www.ickr.com/photos/okfn

    2
    3
    4
    5

    Integrated solutions
    Integrated solutions expose data using the
    current infrastructure (web pages).

    Data driven web site

    Best for reference and live data

    The developers secret

    Linked data

    Amazing but hard to publishing and use.

    Recap
    Specialist Solu'on
    + Easy to get setup and maintain.
    + Open Data focused
    + Clear workows for publishing open data
    + VisualisaDon tools
    + Data mashing tools
    + Best for transacDonal data

    Integrated Solu'on
    + No new plaEorm to learn
    + Data is provided in parallel to web pages
    + No separaDon from authoritaDve data
    + Easy discovery of data
    + Best for reference data
    + Best for Linked Open Data

    Both great for open data


    Integrated solutions more suited for building a web of linked
    data

    Exercise
    Take a look at the following portals and
    list 3 things you like and 3 things you
    would improve about each:

    CKAN (http://data.gov.uk)
    Open Data Soft (http://public.opendatasoft.com/)
    Socrata (http://data.cityofchicago.org/)

    Outcomes


    Understand the dierence between data on the web and the web of data
    Evaluate a number of dierent approaches for publishing open data.
    Develop a strategy for publishing data applicable to a specific domain.

    Exercise

    Which strategy do you feel best suits


    your domain and why?

    Thank-You

    David Tarrant [email protected] @davetaz

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