Download as ODP, PPTX
Uploaded byPockey Lam
Digital21 - Open Data and Open Source
The Digital Freedom Foundation advocates for free and open sharing of knowledge, emphasizing the importance of open data and open-source software. Key points include the necessity for improved practices in data management, transparency, and public engagement, as well as the advantages of open-source software in reducing costs and avoiding vendor lock-in. Global trends show a rise in countries adopting open-source policies to enhance innovation and transparency in government.
More Related Content
Similar to Digital21 - Open Data and Open Source
Digital21 - Open Data and Open Source
- 1. Open Data andOpen Source by Digital Freedom Foundation
- 2. Who are we? Createdin 2007 in the US, moved to HK in 2013, DFF promotes free and open sharing of knowledge in the digital world. 2
- 3. Open Data Is datathat can be freely used, shared and built-on by anyone, anywhere, for any purpose. 3
- 4. “Public Sector Informationas Default” “Ignite business innovation through research and development and provision of open data.” by the Digital 21 Strategy 4
- 5. Caution! “Identify the valueto the government rather than just the value to the public to make it sustainable.” By Pia Waugh, Director of Coordination and Gov 2.0 Technology and Procurement Division Office of the Australian Government CTO 5
- 6. How? Through policy andlegislation Develop better practice guidance e.g. standards, privacy / confidentiality issues, tools... Assign human resource, set timeline, monitor progress... and it's crucial to be transparent 6
- 7. Open Data Census HongKong scored 265 out of 1000, is the top 58 out of 75 countries... by the Open Knowledge Foundation 7
- 8. Data.One Analysis Summaryand Report Identified issues with the open data format provided and the site UI, etc. by Open Data Hong Kong 8
- 9. Improvement is needed bothqualitative and quantitative 9
- 10. Open licenses To beused, reused and built upon (e.g. Creative Commons, Open Data Commons, attribution and attribution shared-alike licenses.) Avoid risks of the terms being untested, defendable only by you, vague... 10
- 11. Open formats no proprietarylock-in (e.g. XML, CSV, JSON) promote re-usability 11
- 12. Open tools andAPIs better ways to publish, share and use the data (for presentation, publishing, automation, data visualization, analysis, APIs and apps development, metadata, linked data tools and feedbacks...) e.g. Open Data Kit, ckan, JSON Validator 12
- 13. Metadata Informative: keywords tags,purpose, progress status, data generation and production process, how the data was collected, complied and aggregated... Standardized among all datasets: able to understand by machine and human, compare and merge data from different sources, etc. 13
- 14. Data portal welcoming, targetedand educational (Independent site using existing open tool e.g. CKAN) 14
- 15. Feedback loops accept, shareand work with input with each dataset, rating, etc. 15
- 16. Outreach public engagement througheducation, advertising and promotion 16
- 17. Collaboration NGOs, communities, industries,academia, agencies & governments around the world e.g. online platform, conferences, trainings, workshops, online Q&A sessions, hackathons, app contests, and join the Open Government Partnership! 17
- 18. What about OpenSource? 18
- 19. (Free and) OpenSource Software written to be freely used, distributed, studied, and modified in any way, for any purpose 19
- 20. Benefits No entry barrier:accessible to all Rights to reuse and improve for free Better code quality, documentation Lower cost of ownership Security: rapid and public actions Flexible: transparent technology, able to reuse what exists and customize Support: anyone can provide support since the code is open and accessible to all ... 20
- 21. EU Commissioner Kroes “Thedownside of relying on proprietary standards, which cost the European economy "several hundred million Euros per year" in public sectors and damages competition.” 21
- 22. UK Government ServiceDesign Manual “With the software we are making, we have a preference for open source, because it means other countries can use it too and help make that software better. This approach will also ensure we are not locked in to some mad oligopoly outsource.” 22
- 23. South African government “...withthe traditional proprietary software model, South Africa ends up primarily being an importer of software, with little influence over how software is developed. It is hoped that using FOSS systems will change this.” 23
- 24. Brazilian government “Implementing OSSpolicy hoping to leverage its impact for development purposes by extending technological tools and knowledge throughout the country using cheaper and easily-accessible open-source applications... helps Brazil to foster a skilled workforce –both in software production and basic IT literacy, thus giving its economy a huge boost.” 24
- 25. How about HongKong? FOSS is not mentioned... 25
- 26. Software in education ingeneral and programming in every children's education use FOSS (free to use, study and distribute, cross platform...) 26
- 27. Supporting the underprivilegedgroups use FOSS (free to reuse, cross platform, community support...) 27
- 28. Supporting the startupecosystem encourage and promote FOSS (availability of tools, flexibility, no vendor lock-in...) 28
- 29. Open data use FOSS (lotsof existing quality tools, no vendor lock-in, more transparent...) 29
- 30. Cloud use FOSS (pick asolution that is not belong to one country or company) 30
- 31. Cut cost? use FOSS (existingquality software across different fields and industries) 31
- 32. What's happening elsewhere? 95%of the top 500 Supercomputers run GNU/Linux... 32
- 33. 40+ countries havepolicies to use FOSS Europe: Germany, France, Norway, UK, Spain, Finland, Czech, Turkey, Iceland... The Americas: USA, Canada, Peru, Venezuela, Brazil... Asia: Japan, China, Korea, Malaysia, Vietnam, India, Russia, the Philippines... Africa: South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Ghana, Zambia... Australia and New Zealand... 33
- 34. FOSS will continueto be the ‘go to’ approach for governments around the world facing transparency and security issues, budget constraints, avoiding lock-in and growing demand for innovative services and citizen engagement How about Hong Kong? 34
- 35. More information http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FOSS_A_General_Introduction/FOSS_Success_Stories http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_adopters http://agict.gov.au/policy-guides-procurement/open-source-software http://timreview.ca/article/250 http://opengovernmentdata.org/ http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/ http://opendatahandbook.org/en/ http://ckan.org/ http://pipka.org/2012/12/18/my-nz-open-data-and-digital-government-adventure/ http://pipka.org/2012/10/02/okfestival-2012-open-data-open-gov-open-science-in-helsinki/ https://www.gov.uk/service-manual http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240179643/Government-mandates-preference-for-open-source http://census.okfn.org/country/ The presentationis licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 You are free to share and remix the content. Let's promote free and open sharing of knowledge! 35