Alexander Coley
Data Standards & Policy Manager (Defra)
@alexrcoley
Drivers
(spoiler) there are lots and they can conflict
Open Data (policy)
Digital (policy)
standards hub
INSPIRE (legislation)
Open Data Certificates
data.gov.uk
INSPIRE part of DGU
data.gov.uk sub-domains
example being (but not unique)
environment.data.gov.uk
Advantages
Discovery
Public Sector focus
Driving improvement and access
Meeting multiple needs (once)
Efficiencies
Links to EIR and FOI
simplified licensing (moving to)
towards...
build reusable information architecture
provide platform for common reference data
provide access route to federated data
provide access through URIs
Links across to other data sharing obligations (directives and international obligations)
Issues
catalog vs information architecture
best practice for publishing (and lack of)
standards
federation and expectations of users
users (not one type)
maintenance of legacy
transformation
skills and context
links with other data hubs (intelligent connections)
duplication of publishing
Alexander Coley
@alexrcoley
