What, why, and how
Structured data that is machine-readable and freely shared, used, and built on without restrictions.
Builds public trust, good for a healthy democracy.
Necessary for a functioning democracy.
"The best thing to do with your data will be thought of by someone else"
Credit to Eric Raymond & Rufus Pollock
Getting a single file representing a dataset at a given point in time.
Great for archiving purposes, and easiest to achieve.
A web URL that can be requested any time to receive the current state of a dataset.
Often "programmable" to filter and transform data as you request it.
CSV, JSON, XLS
Free software is everywhere!
https://public.tableau.com
https://plot.ly/create
https://highcharts.com
Just the basics can take you far!
https://codeacademy.com
https://devict.org
Local coding community
Build on the successes / failures of others.
http://opendatahandbook.org/
Information and case studies.
Open Data is a community effort.
https://github.com/openwichita