OpenGov.fi – Suomen datakatalogi

1. OpenGov.fi – Suomen datakatalogi T-76.4115 SW development project

2. SOMUS invites you to join us… in our fantastic journey to demonstrate the power of open data in eGovernment

3. Background • Somus - “Social media for citizens and public sector collaboration” - is a research project funded by Suomen Akatemia • Somus researches citizenship, publicity and participation in decision-making in social media era • Openness is one key element of our vision • There is belief and support for openness in Finnish IT governance and ministries… • …but a good Finnish reference implementation in openness is missing! (international ones exist: data.gov, opengov.se) • Together with Suomi.fi, the goal is to build such a service

4. OpenGov.fi: a social front-end to the official data catalog • The goal is to create a service for "mediating" the public data opening up process and usage • especially between developers, analysts and public institutions. • finding, contacting, lobbying, improvement suggestions • Developer friendly website for data sharing & collaboration • ”By the open data community, for the open data community” • Concrete deliverables may also include e.g. • dialogue (discussions) tools • developer tools • samples • back-end tools • See also next slide

5. Overview

6. Tools and technologies • Tools and technologies defined together with the group and the customer. • Most important: open API's and open-source licensing and thinking. • Use of pre-existing components is strongly encouraged. • REST API's are among known key goals. • Django/Python is one possible technology. One important criteria in selecting the technology is the evidence of a volunteer open-source community (in Finland and internationally) using the chosen technologies. • Other ideas for the choices of technology: • Qaiku API of Twitter API for integrating with existing communication tools • Google AppEngine or other cloud computing solutions for hosting • Github for collaborative development and hosting the open source project • OpenID or FaceBook connect for registration • CKAN API • W3C open gov data • robot framework, slides • When we succeed, we’ll start seeing developers build apps like the following…

7. 23 contest submissions That are using open data! www.mindtrek.org

8. Traffic deaths in Sweden visualised on a map Do you think this serves as a better base for discussion than numerical data?

9. Requirements for group • The group should be adept at analyzing needs and gaining a vision of the target groups. • The group should be interested in: • openness in general • IT thinking in an information society • creating developer and citizen communities, tools and mechanisms for dialogue • A good sense of humor won’t hurt….

10. Ask us! Show us! Join us! Somus researchers include top Finnish social media phenomena researchers from: • VTT • University of Industrial Arts Helsinki • Helsinki University of Technology • University of Tampere • University of Jyväskylä Teemu Ropponen Research assistant Dep. Of Media Technology (T-talo, B119) teemu.ropponen@tkk.fi (or somus.tutkijat@vtt.fi) +358 40 5255153 web: somus.vtt.fi Qaiku: #somus