Launch of LinkedGov to the developer community. Given at Opentech, 11 Sept 2010

1. LINKEDGOV
The tidying-government-data project
Hadley Beeman
@LinkedGov Hadley@LinkedGov.org
@hadleybeeman
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2. HOW DOES THIS SOUND?
Data from government
Government departments Local authorities
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3. WHAT IS IN OUR WAY?
Codes and acronyms
Holes in the data
Multiple formats
Lack of modelling & connections
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4. LINKEDGOV:
THE PROJECT
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5. CROWDSOURCING
Decrypting budget codes and acronyms
Adding labels and annotations
A game!
Hi! You work at the Department for Transport?
Can you tell us what
072529-1092
means in the dataset
Budget forecasts Q3 2010-11 DfT
Programme to improve transport in the South East
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6. FORMATTING &
LINKING DATA
Connecting datasets
Standardising headings
Assigning URIs
Reformatting the data
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7. ENGAGING
GOVERNMENT
What would you like to know?
How many government employees work in Victoria St, SW1?
Result:
201,570
Data sources:
Westminster City Council Venues Reliability score:
BIS employee distribution 8
DTI site census
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8. HOW CAN YOU HELP?
Building LinkedGov: Keeping LinkedGov running:
Systems architects Help us tidy & connect data
Front end developers
Share the wealth: tidy your data here
Data standards enthusiasts
Spread the word
UX designers
Gamers
Data structure experts
http://xkcd.com/552/
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9. JOIN US!
We need your ideas! Send an email with your
thoughts to:
JoinUs@LinkedGov.org
Please let us know you’re interested by Mon 20 Sept.
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