Open Data Islands and Communities
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The document discusses the potential and challenges of open data in small communities, highlighting the flows of data between community groups and the wider world. It emphasizes the importance of visibility, empowerment, and local knowledge while noting barriers like expertise, resources, and technical support. Ultimately, the paper advocates for creating reusable data solutions that enhance decision-making and communication within and between communities.
Open Data Islands and Communities
- 1. Open Data Islands and Communities Alan Dix Tiree Tech Wave, Talis, University of Birmingham http://alandix.com http://tireetechwave.org ECCI, Edinburgh, 18th July 2014
- 2. Open Data everyone is doing it Governments, Cities, local gov. Big Data does it with MapReduce Semantic Data does it with RDF In C21 Data is Power
- 3. why not an island?
- 4. island data flows Community groups and individuals rest of the world other communities 1 2 3 4
- 5. island data flows from community to world Community groups and individuals rest of the world 1 • visibility and control • identity and empowerment • level of detail • local knowledge
- 6. island data flows from world to community Community groups and individuals rest of the world 2 • making the most of open data • local decision making • lobbying and negotiation
- 7. island data flows within the community Community groups and individuals 3 • gossip is not enough! • sparse, dispersed population • social cohesion and economic benefits
- 8. island data flows between communities Community groups and individuals other communities 4 • sharing best practice • brand presence • interlinked data
- 9. small may be beautful but …
- 10. barriers and challenges expertise and resources “I don’t know if any public sector has necessarily cracked the nut on attracting the right skills and capabilities,” … “The commercial sector has, because they’ve got the dollars to spend.” (Ian Bartram, Gartner) activists – often (semi) retirees busy life style – multiple jobs and roles
- 11. barriers and challenges expertise and resources reusable data flows "create solutions that are easily reuseable in other European cities” (aims, Code for Europe) even more important for small communities meta-data: find and make sense of local data reusable apps, data access portals, …
- 12. barriers and challenges expertise and resources reusable data flows interaction design Iimited broadband and mobile connectivity ease of access without technical support standard formats for data entry (e.g. spreadsheet) bespoke but reusable apps/plugins, …
- 13. barriers and challenges expertise and resources reusable data flows interaction design heterogeneous multi-source data make apps fit people’s data formats long tail of small data provenance
- 14. in summary … benefits to: the community empowerment and control availability of information communication within and between communities the world improved quality of data level of detail of data local knowledge and understanding