OpenTech 2008: Power of Information - Rewiring the London Gazette with RDFa
Commercial value of open data
1. Commercial Value of Open Data
Jeni Tennison
Technical Architect legislation.gov.uk
(soon to be Technical Director of Open Data Institute)
2. legislation.gov.uk Experience
• UK's legislation website
• legislation from 1267 to present day
• provided as open data through API
• several data reusers of different types
• General lessons
• bodies whose public task is data publication
• think statistics, court cases, consultations
11. Dependents
Publisher
data
Intermediary customisation service
payment information Consumer
12. Dependents
Publisher
data
Intermediary customisation service
payment information Consumer
13. Dependents
Publisher
Intermediary customisation service
data
payment information Consumer
14. Dependents
guarantees
Publisher
Intermediary customisation service
data
payment information Consumer
15. Dependents
- accurate
guarantees - reliable
Publisher - timely
Intermediary customisation service
data
payment information Consumer
16. Partners
guarantees
Publisher
data service
Intermediary
payment Consumer
17. Partners
guarantees
Publisher
data service
Intermediary
maintenance
payment Consumer
18. Partners
guarantees
Publisher
data service
Intermediary
maintenance
- collection
- correction payment Consumer
- expertise
19. Partners
guarantees
Publisher
data service
Intermediary
maintenance
- collection
- correction payment Consumer
- expertise
20. Recap
• Reusers
• linking, embedding, bulk loading, keeping up to date
• licensing, documentation
• Dependents
• digital signatures, service-level agreements
• Partners
• mechanisms for feeding back, adding value for all