Friday Lunchtime Lecture 
#ODIFriday 
Tim Berners-Lee's 5-Star 
Open Data Scheme 
Ian Henshaw 
CEO 
The ODI North Carolina 
ihenshaw@theodinc.org 
@ihenshaw
About the Open Data Institute 
The Open Data Institute is catalyzing the evolution of 
open data culture to create economic, environmental, 
and social value. It helps unlock supply, generates 
demand, creates and disseminates data to address 
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local and global issues. 
We convene world-class experts to collaborate, 
incubate, nurture and mentor new ideas, and promote 
innovation. We enable anyone to learn and engage with 
open data, and empower our teams to help others 
through professional coaching and mentoring.
“Open data and a change of mindset is 
the next step in the internet revolution” 
- Sir Tim Berners-Lee 
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http://info.cern.ch/Proposal.html 
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The ODI UK 
 Founded in 2012 by Sir Tim Berners-Lee and 
Professor Nigel Shadbolt 
 The Open Data Institute is an independent, 
non-profit, non-partisan, limited by guarantee 
company.
Open data can help us address 
the greatest challenges of our 
time and generate value for 
everyone. 
Open Data Institute 2012 
5-Star Open Data Scheme 
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The DIKW Pyramid
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Open Data Definition 
Open data is data that can be freely used, 
reused and redistributed by anyone - subject 
only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and 
share alike. 
- Open Knowledge Foundation 
Interoperability 
 Availability and Access 
 Reuse and Redistribution 
 Universal Participation
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Open Data Defined 
 Non-Proprietary Format 
 Machine Readable 
 Easy to Access 
 Easy to Use 
 Reusable Without Restrictive License 
 No Cost
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What is not Open Data? 
 Personally Identifiable 
Information (PII) 
 Security Data 
 Confidential Information
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Examples of Open Data 
 Government Data  Commercial Data
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Examples of Open Data 
 Crowd Sourced Data
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Benefits of Open Data 
 Data Driven Decision Making 
 Performance Measurement 
 Reduction of Government Costs 
 Support an Open Government Initiative 
 e.g. Transparency 
 Economic Development 
 Increased Citizen Engagement 
 Talent Attraction / Retention
2006 – Semantic Web / Linked Data 
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http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/LinkedData.html 
 The Semantic Web isn't just about putting data 
on the web. 
 It is about making links, so that a person or 
machine can explore the web of data. 
 With linked data, when you have some of it, 
you can find other, related, data.
Expectations to Make the Web 
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Grow: 
1.Use URIs as names for things 
2.Use HTTP URIs so that people can look up 
those names. 
3.When someone looks up a URI, provide useful 
information, using the standards (RDF*, 
SPARQL) 
4.Include links to other URIs. so that they can 
discover more things.
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5 Star Data Schema 
 Available on the web (whatever format) but with an open 
license, to be Open Data 
 Available as machine-readable structured data (e.g. excel 
instead of image scan of a table) 
 as (2) plus non-proprietary format (e.g. CSV instead of 
excel) 
 All the above plus, Use open standards from W3C (RDF 
and SPARQL) to identify things, so that people can point at your 
stuff 
 All the above, plus: Link your data to other people’s 
data to provide context
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Costs  Benefits ... 
From: http://5stardata.info/
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Costs  Benefits ...
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Questions?
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ODI NC Services 
Thought Leadership 
Open Data Research 
Open Data Training 
Open Data Consulting 
Data Set Certification 
Networking
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Thank you 
for your time

Tim Berners-Lee's 5-Star Open Data Scheme

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    Friday Lunchtime Lecture #ODIFriday Tim Berners-Lee's 5-Star Open Data Scheme Ian Henshaw CEO The ODI North Carolina ihenshaw@theodinc.org @ihenshaw
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    About the OpenData Institute The Open Data Institute is catalyzing the evolution of open data culture to create economic, environmental, and social value. It helps unlock supply, generates demand, creates and disseminates data to address 5-Star Open Data Scheme September 19, 2014 @TheODINC @ihenshaw 2 local and global issues. We convene world-class experts to collaborate, incubate, nurture and mentor new ideas, and promote innovation. We enable anyone to learn and engage with open data, and empower our teams to help others through professional coaching and mentoring.
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    “Open data anda change of mindset is the next step in the internet revolution” - Sir Tim Berners-Lee 5-Star Open Data Scheme September 19, 2014
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    http://info.cern.ch/Proposal.html 5-Star OpenData Scheme September 19, 2014
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    5-Star Open DataScheme September 19, 2014
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    5-Star Open DataScheme September 19, 2014 The ODI UK Founded in 2012 by Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Professor Nigel Shadbolt The Open Data Institute is an independent, non-profit, non-partisan, limited by guarantee company.
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    Open data canhelp us address the greatest challenges of our time and generate value for everyone. Open Data Institute 2012 5-Star Open Data Scheme September 19, 2014
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    5-Star Open DataScheme September 19, 2014 @TheODINC @ihenshaw 8 The DIKW Pyramid
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    5-Star Open DataScheme September 19, 2014 @TheODINC @ihenshaw 9 Open Data Definition Open data is data that can be freely used, reused and redistributed by anyone - subject only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and share alike. - Open Knowledge Foundation Interoperability Availability and Access Reuse and Redistribution Universal Participation
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    5-Star Open DataScheme September 19, 2014 @TheODINC @ihenshaw 10 Open Data Defined Non-Proprietary Format Machine Readable Easy to Access Easy to Use Reusable Without Restrictive License No Cost
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    5-Star Open DataScheme September 19, 2014 @TheODINC @ihenshaw 11 What is not Open Data? Personally Identifiable Information (PII) Security Data Confidential Information
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    5-Star Open DataScheme September 19, 2014 @TheODINC @ihenshaw 12 Examples of Open Data Government Data Commercial Data
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    5-Star Open DataScheme September 19, 2014 @TheODINC @ihenshaw 13 Examples of Open Data Crowd Sourced Data
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    5-Star Open DataScheme September 19, 2014 @TheODINC @ihenshaw 14 Benefits of Open Data Data Driven Decision Making Performance Measurement Reduction of Government Costs Support an Open Government Initiative e.g. Transparency Economic Development Increased Citizen Engagement Talent Attraction / Retention
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    2006 – SemanticWeb / Linked Data 5-Star Open Data Scheme September 19, 2014 @TheODINC @ihenshaw 15 http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/LinkedData.html The Semantic Web isn't just about putting data on the web. It is about making links, so that a person or machine can explore the web of data. With linked data, when you have some of it, you can find other, related, data.
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    Expectations to Makethe Web 5-Star Open Data Scheme September 19, 2014 @TheODINC @ihenshaw 16 Grow: 1.Use URIs as names for things 2.Use HTTP URIs so that people can look up those names. 3.When someone looks up a URI, provide useful information, using the standards (RDF*, SPARQL) 4.Include links to other URIs. so that they can discover more things.
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    2010 - Isyour Linked Open Data 5 5-Star Open Data Scheme September 19, 2014 @TheODINC @ihenshaw 17
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    5-Star Open DataScheme September 19, 2014 @TheODINC @ihenshaw 18 5 Star Data Schema Available on the web (whatever format) but with an open license, to be Open Data Available as machine-readable structured data (e.g. excel instead of image scan of a table) as (2) plus non-proprietary format (e.g. CSV instead of excel) All the above plus, Use open standards from W3C (RDF and SPARQL) to identify things, so that people can point at your stuff All the above, plus: Link your data to other people’s data to provide context
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    5-Star Open DataScheme September 19, 2014 @TheODINC @ihenshaw 19 Costs Benefits ... From: http://5stardata.info/
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    5-Star Open DataScheme September 19, 2014 @TheODINC @ihenshaw 20 Costs Benefits ...
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    5-Star Open DataScheme September 19, 2014 @TheODINC @ihenshaw 21 Costs Benefits ...
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    5-Star Open DataScheme September 19, 2014 @TheODINC @ihenshaw 22 Costs Benefits ...
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    5-Star Open DataScheme September 19, 2014 @TheODINC @ihenshaw 23 Costs Benefits ...
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    5-Star Open DataScheme September 19, 2014 @TheODINC @ihenshaw 24 Questions?
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    5-Star Open DataScheme September 19, 2014 @TheODINC @ihenshaw 25 ODI NC Services Thought Leadership Open Data Research Open Data Training Open Data Consulting Data Set Certification Networking
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    5-Star Open DataScheme September 19, 2014 @TheODINC @ihenshaw 26 Thank you for your time