Open data
Catherine McGoveran • Government Information Librarian
University of Ottawa
catherine.mcgoveran@uottawa.ca
Presentation overview
What is open data?
Municipal open data
Open data at uOttawa
What is open data?
Three main principles
Availability and access
Re-use and redistribution
Universal participation
complete • timely • machine readable • unrestricted • permanent
More information is available through the Sunlight Foundation and through Open KnowledgeIn Canada...
Federal
Provincial and territorial
Municipal
Open data across Canada
Click here to learn more about open data in CanadaMunicipal data
Click here to explore this example of an application made from municipal dataOpen data at uOttawa
teaching • research • open access
Open data hackfest
Ottawa Neighbourhood Study
Click here to learn more about this projectResearch at uOttawa
Open data is used in diverse fields such as: biology, public and international affairs, history, communication, engineering, law...
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