Alexander Coley

Data Standards & Policy Manager (Defra)

@alexrcoley

Open Standards

Open Standard: definition


developed through collaboration
a transparent process
due process (through a standards body)
fair access
market support
licensed on a royalty free basis (compatible with open source and proprietary licensed solutions)

Some (political) context


Digital (policy)


Open Data (policy)


standards hub


INSPIRE (legislation)


Environmental (outcomes)


Challenges

sharing, using and reusing data is easy 
if you have infinite resources and time

Lock in


Sharing data


Using data


Combining data


Effective public services


Some standards


a slightly INSPIRE centric view


                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        

and..

 

Registries and URIs



why WMS or WMTS doesn't help


store yourself or served to


Visualise or Analyse



Convergence


Some Principles


always  open standards

where possible  open data

doesn't work well without the  actual data

always use  identifiers and they need to be http URIs

link to other people's data

and where you can  reuse other people's data  and definitions

there are choices


and....

 best practice is not yet fully described

Where next

  

Alexander Coley

@alexrcoley

OpenStandards

By Alex Coley

OpenStandards

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