KARLSTADS KOMMUN

Open Data
Opening Up –
Open and Social Ways to Transform Local Government
 Open Data
 Social Media
 App-development
A North Sea Region Project
So What Is Open Data?
” Open data is data that can be freely used,
reused and redistributed by anyone – subject
only, at most, to the requirement to attribute
and share alike"
Def. by Open Knowledge Foundation
Open Data
– Availability and Access: the data must be available as a whole
and at no more than a reasonable reproduction cost, preferably by
downloading over the internet. The data must also be available in a
convenient and modifiable form.
– Reuse and Redistribution: the data must be provided under terms
that permit reuse and redistribution including the intermixing with
other datasets.
– Universal Participation: everyone must be able to use, reuse and
redistribute - there should be no discrimination against fields of
endeavour or against persons or groups. For example, ‘noncommercial’ restrictions that would prevent ‘commercial’ use, or
restrictions of use for certain purposes (e.g. only in education), are
not allowed.
Open Government Data
• Data produced or commissioned by government or government
controlled entities.
• Data which is open as defined in the Open Definition – that is, it can
be freely used, reused and redistributed by anyone.
• Data that is not sensitive or private.
Open Knowledge Foundation
Tim Berners-Lee outlined four principles of
Linked Data
Benefits with Open Data
Transparency
Citizens need to know what their government is doing.
They need to be able freely to access government data and
information and to share that information with other
citizens.
Sharing and reuse allows analysing and visualising to
create more understanding.
Social and Commercial Value
Data is a key resource for social and commercial activities.
Government creates or holds large amounts of
information.
Open government data can help drive the creation of
innovative business and services that deliver social and
commercial value.
Participatory Governance
Open Data enables citizens to be much more directly
informed and involved in decision-making and facilitation
their contribution to the process of governance.
They want to get involved.
Reducing Government Costs
Open Data enables the sharing of information within governments in
machine-readable interoperable formats, hence reducing costs of information
exchange and data integration.
Governments themselves are the biggest re-users of Open Government
Data.
Thank You!
Jenny.broden@karlstad.se