Open Data Trends and Issues: Open Raleigh

Open Raleigh

Open Data Portal Implementation

Outline

• Open Raleigh– What is Open Raleigh– What is Open Data?– Who benefits? How?– Where are we now?– Where are we headed?

• Q&A

What is Open Raleigh?

Beta Launch: March 2013The evolution of the Open Raleigh portal. Above is the beta launch from March, 2013.

DalaSlate Launch: August 2013To the right is the Open Raleigh Portal with DataSlate. Anticipated launch is August 2013.

What is Open Data?

How do We Define Open Data?

Who benefits? How?

Why is now a good opportunity for government to benefit from open data?

New Technology Resource Constraints

Opportunity to Rethink

Roles

Who Benefits? How?

Open Data Portal

Updates

Citizens & developers

engage providing feedback

COR internalizes feedback, improving

data

COR departments see successes

of others

More data released

attracting more users

Events around data

generate interest in

portal

The “Virtuous Circle” of a Data Ecology

Who Benefits? How?Citizens and government working together

Where are we now?

Data Policy Data Collector Data Producer Data Publisher

The Data Evolution in Raleigh

Open Data Policy as a Living Document

External influences

Steering Committee influence

Data Published

Stage 1 Evolution

Stage 2 Evolution

Where are we now?

Open Data Resolution

February 2012

Adoption of OKFN Open

Data PhilosophyApril 2012

Launch of Beta Portal

March, 2013

Steering Committee

FormedMay, 2013

New Open Data Policy Considered

July, 2013

Timeline of Open Raleigh

Where are we now?The Whitehouse comes to the Triangle #NCDataJam

Where are we now?Open Raleigh’s DataSlate Project

Where are we now?Geospatial Visualizations Open Raleigh

Where are we now?Sustainability Projects in Open Raleigh

Where are we now?Citizen Tools to Create Visualizations

Where are we now?Site Stats for Open Raleigh

Where are we going?GovStat coming soon for Open Raleigh