Open Data Strategy & Portal of Korea Govt.

Open Data Strategy of Korea Govt. 01. Open Data Strategy of Korea Govt.

Beginning of Open Data in Korea High school student develops Bus App in 2009 and provides it free to iPhone users App reached No. 1 downloads in Korea Appstore but the service was suspended Local govt. raised objection citing Location Information and Copyright laws Citizens protested and the service resumed in 2 days

Open Data Law Enactment and Implementation Make clear the citizens’ right to use public data and mandate public sectors (institutions, organizations) to provide public data Create high value added new industry foundation and jobs through active private sector usage of public data Scope(organization) – central & local govt, public sectors Scope(data) – all data except data containing personal info, copyright, etc Provision method – machine readable Policy planning – Open Data Master Plan(3yr cycle) & Annual Plan Foundation – Open Data Strategy Council, Chief Open Data Officer, Open Data Center, etc

Governance Framework Open Data Strategy Council : highest level Open Data policy decision making MOGAHA : public data inventory notice, evaluate agency performance, formulate master plan, build Open Data foundation Open Data Center : support Open Data provision & usage Chief OD Officer : lead Open Data efforts at each agency ODMC : dispute resolution regarding refusal and suspension of privision of public data * MOGAHA : Ministry of Government Administration & Home Affairs * ODMC : Open Data Mediation Committee Open Data Center (NIA) Chief Open Data Officer (central & local public institutions) ODMC (dispute resolution) MOGAHA (lead ministry) Open Data Strategy Council Co-chaired by Prime Minister

Achievements after Open Data Law

Objective and Programs of Korea by 2017 Release of High Value Data through Open Data Portal High Open Data Quality Assurance Create Public-Private Cooperative Ecosystem Expand Open Data Foundation & Diffusion to Provinces %50% High volume DB open Open format data Open data standards New data services

Restructure govt data services with low usage and private sector alternatives (criteria) downloads under 1000, visitors under 5000, existence of private sector alternatives (plan) eliminate, integrate public sector websites : 4,182(32%) by 2017 eliminate 429(35%) public sector apps with private sector alternatives : weather, patent, geo-data Restrict app development to those with high level of public of interest (e.g. to support disadvantaged groups) Social welfare services stipulated in relevant laws, etc Revision of Open Data Law(2 nd half of 2015) Provide basis for prohibition, survey, recommendation measures regarding data services similar to private sector

Need for Open Data Portal Govt management Lack of function(system) to systematically manage public data which is now considered a new economic resource Need to launch Govt Open Data System(register-manage-open) Much time and costs consumed to contact, find and gather data from individual agencies Govt opening Govt Open Data System needed to utilize public data from single source “Govt. needed a single integrated window for holistic management and opening of public data”

Intro. Of Open Data Portal Open Data Portal System to allow govt. holistic public data management and integrated opening as stipulated in the Open Data Law Separation & improvement of services for public sector staff and private sector users

Portal Services

Comparison of Portal Operating Issues - Collecting public data Before law Before After law After improvement

Portal Awareness Strategy Raising portal awareness through : press & media, monitoring group, SNS, developer outreach, etc Press & Media Press, media, internet portal, newsletter Developer outreach SNS Monitoring group, facebook, twitter, etc Visiting outreach to potential developers : University startup clubs, meister high school

Open Data Usage Examples Customized hospital info service

Open Data Usage Examples Parcel tracking info service

Open Data Usage Examples Transportation info service

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