1. OpenlyLocal & open local data in the UK Chris Taggart Developer of OpenlyLocal & OpenCharities Member of UK government’s Local Public Data Panel Member of London’s Digital Advisory Board twitter: @countculture, blog: countculture.wordpress.com Rennes, France, November 29

2. Where we were No data published by local government or other local bodies Small amount of local data published by central government Basic info (list of councils, who councillors are, dates of meetings) not available as data Difficult to use council websites

3. Enter OpenlyLocal Screen-scrapes the basic information from council websites – who the councillors are, committee membership, areas they represent Combines with data from central government – statistical info, demographics, boundaries Over 150 councils covered, 10,000 councillors, 50,000 meetings All available as open data (XML, JSON, RDF) under Open Database Licence

5. RDF JSONXML

6. A battle between cities to be the most open London Birmingham Windsor & Maidenhead London Borough of Redbridge Lichfield, Warwickshire, Bristol, etc, etc

8. Where we are now UK government committed to giving public a ‘Right to Data’ at all levels of government The new Open Government Licence is lightweight, fully open, and compatible with CCBY3.0 and is now recommended for all public bodies (national and local) Local councils have been told to start publishing all spending over £500, contracts, senior salaries in open, standard form by January 2011 Street level crime data also being published

9. All being imported into OpenlyLocal Currently imported about €4bn in spending Over 340,000 individual payments Many matched to real-word companies and charities