From Open Data

Chia-Kai Liu, Swarchy Inc.2011.09.14

To Open Development

Water Pipelines (Zanesville, Ohio, USA)

Project: City Patterns

Which dataset to open?

Which dataset to open?

Why people need the data?

Developer

Government

Ecosystem of Open Data

User

User Experience

Purpose of use

Media for output

Support

A User Story

明星學校分析器School Analyzer

Who is this data consumer?

D

G

Data Consumers (Developers)

D Developers

Caring citizens (parents)

Journalists Non-profit

organizations Real estate companies Government officials

U

Need Method Processes

The Workflow

The results

Student Test Scores (New York, USA)

Road Cycling Black Spots (London, UK)

Drugs near schools (San Francisco, USA)

Education Resources (Taipei, Taiwan)

Source: cp.swarchy.org

Crime Levels (Taipei, Taiwan)

竊盜案件

暴力案件

Source: cp.swarchy.org

明星學校分析器1 公館國小 84.12

2 銘傳國小 83.76

3 龍安國小 77.89

4 新生國小 77.29

5 仁愛國小 75.18

…15 敦化國小 64.12

...

…

134 胡適國小 26.33

…

• 人口組成• 教育資源• 教師品質• 學生成份• 家長成份• 安親班 / 補習班• 速食店• 社區安全• 政府預算• 公園綠地• …

Challenges

The data is not accurate

When is the data compiled?

Where are the other parts of the data? How is the data collected?

Which department manages this dataset?

PDF!

Why do I have to tell you who I am?

Can I use this data for certain purposes?

Do you have this dataset in multiple years?

How long can I use this data?

How to get help regarding this dataset?

Can you give me the raw data? Where is the dataset I saw last time?

Challenges

Data Availability Data Accessibility Data Quality Customer

Support

Issues and Concerns

Evaluation of Open Data

Free for anyone to re-use or re-distribute for any purpose

3 5 10Laws Stars

Principles

Evaluation of Open Data (simplified)

Free for anyone to re-use or re-distribute for any purpose

Accessibility Format Licensing Cost

Beyond the basics

CustomerRelationshipManagement

Free use is bad?

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Paid commercial use is always good?

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Open Development

App Store for the Public Sector

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The most valuable currency of the World Bank is…

A. MoneyB. Informati

on

The most valuable currency of the World Bank is…

A. MoneyB. Informati

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Final Thoughts

Give us the good stuffand we (the developers) will finish the job.

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