Defining and using open data according to the open knowledge definition and the science commons protocol. Slides from my presentation of this topic at the Defrag Conference 2009 in Denver, Colorado.
2. http://slideshare.net/sveinmagnus1 Open Data - a goldmine Business Analyst of Digital Innovationat Objectware AS Master of Science in communicationstechand entrepreneurship Photo by BullionVault @ Flickr, CC BY-ND
8. Any code will be acceptable, any data won’t3 Open Data - a goldmine Graphic by OpenSourceInitiative, CC BY
9. Open data – real gold Canadian GoldCorp Inc. was near collapse in the late 90’ies. It’s Red Lake mine showed reduced output after 50 years of production Then something previously unheard of happened: Inspired by the crowd-sourcing of Linux and Open Source, Rob McEwen announced The GoldCorp Challenge: a competition to find new gold in the mine. The full geological dataset from Red Lake was made available to contestants. 4 Open Data - a goldmine Photo by Rickz @ Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND
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11. 80% of the targets submitted yielded substantial quantities of new gold
13. Production at Red Lake increased tenfold while mining costs dropped to 1/6th of their previous levels.Photo by BullionVault @ Flickr, CC BY-ND
14. What is Open Data? Open Knowledge Definition(http://www.opendefinition.org/) Open data/content/information must: Be Available and Accessible at Reproduction Cost “As a Whole” Permit Free Redistribution Permit Reuse Under Same Terms Be Absent of Technological Restrictions Be Attributed as Required Keep Source Integrity Not Discriminate Access From Persons or Groups Not Discriminate Against Fields of Endeavor Be Distributed with only the Original License Must Not Be Licensed Specific to a Package Must Not by License Restrict the Distribution of Other Works 6 Open Data - a goldmine Graphic by ronin691 @ Flickr, CC BY-SA
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17. The rate of discovery often accelerates with better access to data.8 Open Data - a goldmine Photo by Victor.Correa Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA
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20. January 19th 2004 she ran aground and capsized. 18 people died in the accident.
21. The use of outdated maps by both the crew and the Norwegian pilotage authorities contributed to the wreck.10 Open Data - a goldmine Photos by Smit International / Scanpix
22. 11 Open Data - a goldmine Ifyou love something… Set it free! Photo by keltanen @ Flickr, CC BY-NC
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