Alexander Coley Data Policy & Standards Manager

Implementing open data

technical, organisation and cultural change

@alexrcoley

Defra

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One department

Lots of agencies

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data rich 

but

often derived

Political

context

Christine: Flickr

INSPIRE

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Outcomes

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Users?

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our Strategy

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defra-open-data-strategy

Open

by default

Defining open

and data

noting the importance of Freedom

Transparency

in decision making

Responsive

and with understanding

Respectful

of users & others rights

Data release

identifying what we have and what we can release first

Open Standards

and 5* of open data

User prioritisation

and feedback

1000+published data sets (not all open yet) 900+ declared unpublished

410+ INSPIRE based datasets & services

Implementation

Barriers

Technology barriers

complexity and resources

Cultural barriers

everyone is different, every organisation is different

22,000+ staff
& everyone
is different

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Skills

Tracking progress

is really hard

Finding

what

resonates 

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Policy delivery

Trust

Effectiveness

Cost

Influence

Innovation

Business development

Resilience

Speedy response

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one example...

Response
during
challenge

#FloodHack

1 day, 120+ developers,17+ apps

#FloodHack

some things
we are 

working on

Maturity model

Defra and the ODI

http://theodi.org/blog/developing-an-open-data-maturity-model

Registries

connective reference data

Linked-data

http://environment.data.gov.uk

Environment Agency

Data User Advisory Group

Releasing data

Releasing code

learning

lessons

Questions

Alexander Coley

Data Policy & Standards Manager

@alexrcoley