Open Data,
Open Government
Crown Copyright ©
(only) 2 key messages for today…
Set your data and
information free
When you see this
… look for this
Crown Copyright ©
What data and information?
Not:
 Personal information
 Commercially sensitive
 Security implications
 Culturally sensitive
 Other reasons, e.g. incomplete data
and information that may be
materially misleading
What data and information?
Wide variety of data/information like:
 Administrative
 Statistical
 Geospatial, maps
 Meteorological
 Research
 Databases, real-time data
 Photos, videos
Why set it free?
 Because people
want it, and think
they’ve paid for it
already
 Social, cultural
and economic
benefits
 Agencies benefit
too
First example
Another example
And another one
How do we set it free?
Located at http://www.e.govt.nz/policy/information-data/nzgoalframework.html
and http://www.e.govt.nz/policy/information-data/framework.html
Open access
For non-copyright data and information
Use clear
“no-known rights” statements
Open licensing
For copyright data and information
(Crown or “regular”)
Most liberal Creative Commons licence
unless there is a restriction which prevents this
Creative Commons
Let’s see a Creative Commons video
But what is Open Data?
Open data
Data that is available in the “right” way:
 Complete
 Primary
 Timely
 Accessible
 Machine processable
 Non-discriminatory
 Non-proprietary
 Open reuse licence
Adapted from http://wiki.opengovdata.org/index.php?title=OpenDataPrinciples
What about Open Government?
Open Government
At least 2 elements:
 Transparency
 Two-way dialogue and
partnership between
people and the State
Open data, Open govt
Open data is necessary but not
sufficient for open government
The future of OIAs
2 key messages
 Free your data
 Start using Creative
Commons for
copyrighted work
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All images in this presentation are either under fair use provisions or based on Creative Commons
licenses.
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Attribution:
• Slide 3, 23: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gettysgirl/3537413538/
• Slide 9: http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardthomas78/120944972/
• Slide 14: http://www.creativecommons.org.nz/
• Slide 14 video by Jesse Dylan at http://creativecommons.org/videos/a-shared-culture
• Slide 18: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kristiand/3223044657/
• Slide 20: Kate Sheppard, Auckland Institute and Museum Library
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essence, you are free to copy, distribute and adapt the work, as long as you attribute the work to
the State Services Commission and abide by the other licence terms. To view a copy of this
licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/nz/. Please note that neither the State
Services Commission emblem nor the New Zealand Government logo may be used in any way
which infringes any provision of the Flags, Emblems, and Names Protection Act 1981.
Questions / comments
For more information contact
Vikram Kumar or
Keitha Booth
[email protected] [email protected]
State Services Commission
www.ssc.govt.nz