Open data

a benefit for all!

Oleg @ Datalets.ch [ 'developer', 'data wrangler', 'hacktivist', 'coach' ]

enriching apps with open datasets

"PDF"

Employees

Partners

Customers

Relational

"Big"

"Linked" & API

https://Commodity

owl:Thing

/api/xyz/things/?start=1&end=2

Web of data

Friction

Access (costs, licensing, bandwidth, ..)

Usability (formats, metadata, ..)

Quality (complete, valid, ..)

“Open means anyone can freely access, use, modify, and share for any purpose (subject, at most, to requirements that preserve provenance and openness).”

opendefinition.org

is it open data?

✓ universal progressive licensing

✓ frictionless format & standards

✓ from verified, available sources

✓ community that shares & cares

is it open data?

how to start using &
when to open data

r u datalit?

make open data

mkdir eukaryota; dat init; dat pull http://eukaryota.dathub.org eukaryota; 
dat import Caprinae.json -d eukaryota;
dat push ssh://192.168.0.5:~/data

Pushed 438 changes (32.03 Mb, 4.4 Mb/s). Push completed successfully.

fork open data

use the tools

all the train

participate

launch your business

Is the value of my product tied to the data it provides?

If the answer is “yes”, you might want to consider giving access to this data programatically (through an API), and enabling customers to build platforms and services on top of your data.

The Rise of the API-based SaaS ChartMogul

What companies have to realize today is that mind-sets are changing, and so is the market. Data is raw value, but what matters most now is how they can extract that value from the data they have at hand.

Diving into Open Data in a financial world Deloitte