Open Knowledge Foundation / Open Data Day 2015, Kathmandu, Nepal

Open Knowledge Foundation

Shubham Ghimire

Member| OKFN Nepal

The Open Knowledge Foundation

lWe are a global network using advocacy and technology to open

up knowledge and see it used to empower citizens and

organizations to drive positive change.

lWe build tools and communities to create, use and share open

knowledge - content and data that everyone can use, share and

build on.

lWe believe that by creating an open knowledge commons and

developing tools and communities around this we can make a

significant contribution to improving governance, research and

the economy

Tools and Communities

Working Groups (okfn.org/wg)

What do we mean by open?

Now

“A piece of data or content is open if anyone is free to

use, reuse, and redistribute it — subject only, at most,

to the requirement to attribute and/or share-alike”

- http://opendefinition.org/

What is Open Data?

Open data involves

lThe proactive disclosure of information;

lThe Internet being the primary medium for such

disclosure;

lInformation being made available for access and for

reuse free of charge and;

lInformation being made available in a machine-

readable format to enable computer-based re use.

Why Open Data?

lInnovation, Efficiency and Transparency

lThe Many Mind Principle - The best thing to do with

your data will be thought of by someone else

lFixing is Faster with Open Data - To many eyes all bugs

are shallow

What Kinds?

Why?

Government Companies, Communities and

International Organizations are opening data

Examples

We are moving on

(Open data Index 2014)

We want to see “open by default” in DNA of

knowledge society

Find Us

lJoin us in Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/okfnepal

lTwitter: https://twitter.com/okfn_np

lGroup email: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-np

lWebsite: http://np.okfn.org

Thank You!!

lReference:lSlideshare:- Nikesh Balami, Program Co-ordinator,

OKFN Nepal

Any Questions??