The Australian Government is a world leader with Open Data and are committed to consulting a range of private sector and community organisations to identify value-adding public datasets. These datasets are considered high value if they are: valuable to business; help the public make informed decisions; improve user experiences and and assist the Government in making or communicating evidence based policy decisions.
How might organisations use Open Data?
- Analyse indicators and trends
- Draw out interesting evidence
- Combine datasets to create new knowledge, insights and/or applications
- Help solve community or societal problems
- Research – a great base for secondary research
- Compare data from other sources
- Explore and export data to create test scenarios
- Add data to existing applications
Where can you obtain this data?
- Government website: www.data.gov.au
- Melbourne: https://data.melbourne.vic.gov.au
Open Data Sources and related links:
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https://www.data.gov.au
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https://www.opsi.gov.uk/advice/poi/power-of-information-review.pdf
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https://sunlightfoundation.com/opendataguidelines/
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https://index.okfn.org/
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https://index.okfn.org/insights/
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https://opendatabarometer.org/2ndEdition/summary/
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https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset
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https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/The-problem-with-Open-Data
