Open Data Systems January12, 2017

a presentation by Jonathan Brown - How open data is now being used by governments, some successful examples, and visions for the future.
Here is a link, further explaining the concept of Open Data Systems, and why we should care.
http://www.govtech.com/data/Got-Data-Make-it-Open-Data-with-These-Tips.html

Jonathan provided links to resources and examples:

“Open data and content can be freely used, modified and shared by anyone for any purpose.”

http://opendefinition.org/

 

Open Data Charter http://opendatacharter.net/resource-centre/

 

Wikipedia Open data https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_data

 

Ontario’s Open Data Catalogue: An online tool used to disseminate data in accordance with this directive can be viewed at www.ontario.ca/opendata

 

Some Examples of Open Data:

•Niagara Region Immunization

•Wellbeing Toronto

•Physical Health/Wellbeing Clinics

•Patients Like Me  Data for Good and Pill Box

•Ontario Trillium Foundation

•Gridwatch

•ConnexOntario

 

City of Toronto:

•http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=3647e03bb8d1e310VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD

 

Meetups:

•http://civictech.ca/youth-employment-challenge/

•https://www.meetup.com/opentoronto/events/236672890/

 

Community-Based Challenge:

•http://opendatachallenges.org/

•http://communitydata.ca/sites/default/files/CDP%20Program%20Basics%202013-10.pdf

•Open Referrals and Physical Health/Wellbeing Clinics

•Ontario Health Profiles

 

Public Health Ontario: http://www.publichealthontario.ca/en/eRepository/Reportable_Disease_Trends_in_Ontario_2013.pdf

Algorithms and Weapons of Math Destruction: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (open challenge to Mark Zuckerberg)

Next-generation SMART phone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=64&v=CPPfatkXx74

What3words: https://what3words.com/

 

Jonathan Brown

jonabrow@gmail.com

 

 

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