Open Data UK

Unlocking the Reality


Jeni Tennison

Technical Director

jeni@theodi.org · @JeniT


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independent institute

launched December 2012

  • unlock supply
  • unlock demand
  • communicate value

Government Initiative

  • £10m over 5 years from TSB
  • matching with money from:
    • paying members
    • training & professional services
    • philanthropic investors
    • research grants

Government's Rationale

  • stimulate private-sector use of open data
    • particularly new businesses
  • build capability
  • provide evidence of impact
  • be a critical friend

Audience

extend open data beyond government

  • private sector
  • third sector
  • individuals

Reasons for Open Data

  • transparency & accountability
    → spending, supply chains
  • innovation & economic growth
    → outsourcing R&D, building markets
  • effectiveness & efficiency gains
    → ease sharing, internal reuse

Effectiveness &
Efficiency Gains

  • how much duplicate data does government maintain?
  • how much data does government surrender rights to?
  • how much does government spend on its own data?
  • what data does government need to use?

we don't know

National Core
Reference Data

  • highlighted in Shakespeare Review
  • data we all need to use
    • anything you give identifiers / codes to
    • schools, hospitals, courts, driving test centres...
  • national information infrastructure
    • the data we build on
    • the data that makes everything else run smoothly
  • deserve persistent URLs

Does the UK have
a coherent strategy for open data?

we'll find out this week

Fin


Jeni Tennison

jeni@theodi.org · @JeniT


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