Building Open Data Platforms, an Insider's Perspective
summary
Open data projects here are concrete: dozens of Swedish city and national datasets were published as CSV/Excel or simple APIs, not full OAuth platforms, and the UK hosts about 18,500 datasets. Election results released as timed CSVs enabled journalists to build maps and visualizations immediately, proving the approach works; weather data supports a US ecosystem worth millions to billions. Practical checklist: choose formats for your users, aim for internal savings and PR, and skip API keys for unrestricted data.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Start
- 2:31Open Data API?
- 7:12First Impression of Open Data
- 7:31My Open Data Experiences
- 11:46Technical Platform
- 13:52API Management
- 15:58Example: Election Data
- 16:57Organisation
- 21:21Don't forget the basics
- 21:46Example: UK Startups
- 22:22Summary
- 22:33Selfish motivations work
- 22:48Outside the open data bubble
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