define:Data

Portrait of Android Data by Azhar Latif

da•ta (dāˈtə, dătˈə, däˈtə)

Factual information, especially information organized for analysis or used to reason or make decisions.

Numerical or other information represented in a form suitable for processing by computer.

Values derived from scientific experiments.

“Data is the raw material of knowledge”

David Antis CC BY 2.0

DATA

DATA +CODE

DATA +CODE +API

DATA +CODE +API +GEO

DATA +CODE +API +GEO +SOCIAL

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define:Open

Steven Pisano CC BY 2.0

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define:Open

Steven Pisano CC BY 2.0

Open Knowledge

Open Data is...

public, accessible, usable

#define #legal

“A piece of content or data is open if anyone is free to use, reuse, and redistribute it - subject only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and share-alike."

OpenDefinition.org

Open Data is about technology:

• standards: OData RDFa ...
• formats: CSV JSON OpenGIS
• tools: R SciPy Refine
• portals: CKAN DKAN CERN
• skills: scraping dataviz

Open Data is sociopolitical

“Open data is the raw material of a new industrial revolution”

The Guardian 2012

“Open data has the potential to radically change the way
organisations value data”

The Guardian 2014

Open Data is culture change

Open Data is crowdsourcing

1800's `Barn raising´

2000's `Hackathon´

Ask questions
Gain expertise
Develop concepts

Open Data means business

“The trend towards greater provision and use of open data will be irresistible, forcing businesses to conceive new commercial models, derive higher quality insights, develop new ways of engaging with stakeholders"