Open Source Summit Paris '17 Amsterdam Open Source
- 1. City of Amsterdam Amsterdam Open Source Growing an Open Source ecosystem for cities.
- 2. Boris van Hoytema Open Source Advisor, City of Amsterdam Director, Foundation For Public Code boris@publiccode.net @bvhme
- 3. Software in the city
- 4. Datapunt: Connecting City Data ● Development team ● Tasked to connect city data in Amsterdam ○ Connect internal and external data ○ With internal users, partners and the public ○ To who wants it and is allowed to ● Mix of own and ‘client’ work
- 5. Datapunt: Team ● An Agile Scrum workflow enabling iterative development ● Using DevOps and Continuous Delivery to accelerate development ● Team includes Backenders, Frontenders, DevOpsers, Supporters, Privacy experts, Designers, Architects, Product Owners User needs Usable solutions Building in one or more sprints of two weeks 1 2 3
- 6. We have to use Open Source
- 7. City Data APIs ● APIs for Maps, Statistics, 360° Imagery, Addresses, Company information Historical data, etc, etc, etc ● REST APIs, WMS/WFS services and map tiles ● Access control for restricted data ● All with OpenAPI documentation
- 8. Data products Open data portal for existing open data ● Frontends to the City Data APIs ● For the public, partners and internal users (progressive disclosure)
- 9. We have to use and contribute to Open Source
- 10. «Oh, we can develop apps easily!»
- 11. FIXXX Applications ● Solutions to actual problems inside the organisation ● Often connected to the data but not always ● Deals with similar progressive disclosure issues ● Apps for the fire department, tour bus operators, collaborative public safety and more
- 12. My Amsterdam A citizen self-service portal ● One place where a citizen can see what is happening all across the City organisation with their cases ● Aggregating and showing data on cases ● Leaving business logic with the departments ● A new UI for citizens to deal with the City
- 13. Code == Code
- 14. We have to use, contribute to and develop Open Source
- 15. ● Collaboration ● Security ● Transparency ● Support, reliability and maintainability ● Agility ● Reusability ● Attractiveness amsterdam.github.io Why Open Source
- 16. github.com/amsterdam All of our code is on GitHub ● Models ● City Data Portal ● Data pipelines ● APIs ● Infrastructure ...
- 17. amsterdam.github.io Just started ● Comprehensive showcase of products ● All the guides and policy we have or know on Open Source
- 18. Projects
- 19. An Open Source Ecosystem for cities
- 20. Working on an Open Source for cities community We want to find out how to: ● Share “challenges” and “solutions” to find collaborations and learn from each other ● Find governance models for Open Source projects and collaborations ● Build an international community of city and civic developers and dev management