Warwickshire County Council Opening our Data http://opendata.warwickshire.gov.uk Kate Sahota ICT Services Team Manager
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Opening our Data
http://opendata.warwickshire.gov.uk
Kate SahotaICT Services Team Manager
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The Town = Warwickshire County Council
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The Townspeople = WCC Staff
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The Mayor = I’m not brave enough to name anyone!
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Mayor’s Influence = Protective Council Mentality
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Fasting & abstinence = Don’t share data
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Vianne = Open Data Project
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Generous, hospitable = Sharing data
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Chocolate Shop = Open Data Site
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Chocolates = Data
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Vision of Joy = Open Data Applications
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The Film Crew
• Director – Applications Architect: Jim Morton
• Producer – Project Manager: Kate Sahota
• Screenwriters – Developers: Terry Rich-Whitehead & Steve Woodward
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The Props
• Amazon EC2• Amazon S3• Heroku• Ruby on Rails• “Making of” documentary (Wordpress)
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Box Office Ticket Sales
• Efficiency– Re-use of data– Available platform– Reduce workload (e.g. FOI)
• Transparency• Accuracy
– Data quality
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Town Mayor #1
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Town Mayor #2
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Town Mayor #3
But not for much longer, we hope…….
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Producing your own Film
• Make a short film (prove the concept)• Write the storyboard (what’s going to happen)• Do a casting call (identify open data champions)• Re-use someone else’s script (open source)• Get your advertising sorted• Have an awards ceremony – Hack Warwickshire
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End of Film Analogy
(Apologies to those for whom I have completely ruined the film)