Open Data - Environment Southland Information Management Conference Oct 2015
1. Environment Southland Data Management Conference
19 October 2015
- Paul Stone
- New Zealand Open Government Data Programme
2. What is open data and information?
◦ Brief description of open government data policies
and the programme
Why: some innovative re-use of open
government data – to get you thinking…
Your questions
3. “Open data is data that anyone can access, use
and share.”
(Open Data Institute https://theodi.org/guides/what-open-data)
For NZ Government…
licensed for legal re-use (NZGOAL)
Non-proprietary and machine-readable
format
5. Guidance to publicly funded agencies on how
to apply Creative Commons licences to
information data and content, published
digitally or in hardcopy.
Copyright = ownership
Licence = permissions to re-use (assigned by
the copyright owner)
Training videos at https://www.ict.govt.nz/guidance-and-
resources/open-government/new-zealand-government-open-access-and-
licensing-nzgoal-framework/nzgoal-online-training-videos/
6. • Open
• Protected
• Readily available
• Trusted and authoritative
• Well managed
• Reasonably priced (“…expected to be free”)
• Reusable
7. • Reusable
o at source, with the highest possible level of
granularity
o in re-usable, machine-readable format
o with appropriate metadata; and
o in aggregate or modified forms if they cannot
be released in their original state.
8.
9. Government direction to government agencies
to proactively release all:
• publicly funded data
• non-personal and unclassified
• high potential value for re-use
• managed according to the Principles
• licensed for re-use (NZGOAL)
• published on Data.govt.nz
10. Our job to encourage all that to happen!
To encourage and support the release of data
and information
To understand the user communities (and
raise awareness)
To assess the impact of re-use
12. It is expected that open data will lead to:
Increased social and economic benefits
(through new products and services)
Increased efficiencies
Increased transparency and democracy
18. Are there any location based events to notify
the public about?
The delivery mechanism already exists,
all that is needed is the open data…
19. Embed open data output as a requirement
of all new systems
Incorporate open data into
processes/publishing
Require quality data as part of any new
contracts for services – that can be released
as open data