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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)