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Blogs and guides

• Blog 03/05/2018
  

  ODI releases new research on registers: making lists we can trust

  • Data publishing and use

  • Leigh Dodds

  ODI Data Infrastructure Programme Lead, Leigh Dodds announces a new report exploring the definitions of a register, how to build trust through transparent stewardship and models of collaboration, written in partnership with OpenHealthcare and Democracy Club
• Guides, Reports 03/05/2018
  

  Registers and collaboration: making lists we can trust (report)

  • Data publishing and use

  • Leigh Dodds

  This report is about registers or lists, and ways of publishing and maintaining them
• Blog 01/05/2018
  

  Startups help revolutionise access to sports and activity information

  • Data publishing and use
  • Health and physical activity
  • Open standards and open APIs
  • Cities
  • Startups

  • Richard Norris

  People across the UK will soon have nation-wide sport and physical activity information at their fingertips as 10 new startups join the OpenActive Accelerator, a groundbreaking new programme launched today by Sport England and the Open Data Institute (ODI)
• Blog 25/04/2018
  

  The ODI announces 2018 innovation programme projects

  • Data ethics and privacy
  • Data infrastructure
  • Data publishing and use
  • Geospatial data and mapping
  • Innovation
  • Peer networks
  • Public service design

  New innovation projects span from increasing data access for new tech to building stronger data trade links
• Blog 25/04/2018
  

  Updating the Data Ethics Canvas

  • Data ethics and privacy
  • Data publishing and use
  • Skills and literacy

  • Anna Scott
  • Jack Hardinges

  A few months after launching the first version of our Data Ethics Canvas and guide, it’s time for an update. Here’s what we’ve changed, why, and what we’re doing next
• Blog 24/04/2018
  

  Can we increase access to data while retaining trust?

  • Data ethics and privacy
  • Data infrastructure
  • Data publishing and use

  • Anna Scott
  • Jack Hardinges

  A new ODI project aims to increase access to data while retaining trust. Here are some of the research questions to be explored
• Blog 22/03/2018
  

  What does the Cambridge Analytica scandal mean for access to data?

  • Data ethics and privacy
  • Data infrastructure
  • Data publishing and use

  • Anna Scott
  • Jeni Tennison

  With questions about the use and misuse of personal data high in the public’s mind, Jeni Tennison shares five takeaways on the implications for access to data for researchers
• Blog 02/03/2018
  

  Open Data Day: seven weird and wonderful open datasets

  • Data publishing and use

  • Alex Vryzakis
  • Anna Scott
  • Hannah Foulds

  Now that the Winter Olympics are over, #OpenDataDay is upon us! In order to celebrate publishing data that anyone can access, use or share we’re showcasing the quirkiest, funniest and most cat-filled open datasets out there in our very own Open Data Olympics
• Blog 25/01/2018
  

  Helping data publishers to improve open data: research and tools register

  • Data publishing and use
  • Search and discovery

  • Olivier Thereaux

  We spent a few months listening to data publishers and the people creating tools for them. Here’s what we learned
• Guides 03/11/2017
  

  What is 'open data' and why should we care?

  • Banking and finance
  • Data infrastructure
  • Data publishing and use
  • Emerging tech and AI
  • Innovation
  • Peer networks
  • Public service design
  • Search and discovery
  • Cities
  • Transport
  • Weather, energy and environment

  • Anna Scott

  What is ‘open data’, and how does it fit in? Here are 10 things you need to know…
• Blog 24/10/2017
  Exploring how data can improve PDFs: our work so far

  • Data infrastructure
  • Data publishing and use

  • Olivier Thereaux

  Having recently released research on how PDFs can work better with data, ODI Leeds Head of Data Tom Forth and ODI Head of Tech Olivier Thereaux share their working and aims for how the work may develop with input from the community
• Blog 22/11/2016
  

  Legislation.gov.uk: improving the UK digital statute book through collaborative maintenance

  • Data infrastructure
  • Data publishing and use
  • Public service design
  • Search and discovery

  This case study shows how legislation.gov.uk went about solving the problem of providing up-to-date legislation
• Blog 18/08/2016
  

  How do we 'own' data?

  • Data ethics and privacy
  • Data infrastructure
  • Data publishing and use

  • Ellen Broad

  We live in an age of data abundance. We produce data every day – as people, businesses, charities and governments – that might be used to generate valuable insights and services. Ellen Broad explores data ownership in this age of abundance
• Blog 10/08/2016
  

  We need to learn how to search the web of data

  • Data infrastructure
  • Data publishing and use
  • Search and discovery

  Search for the web of data is still in the portal era, but portals do not meet all user needs. Imagine a world where you could search for, find, understand, trust and use data as easily as you can for news
• Blog, Guides 27/09/2015
  Open Data Maturity Model

  • Data publishing and use

  The Open Data Maturity Model is a way to assess how well an organisation publishes and consumes open data, and identifies actions for improvement.
• Blog, Guides 06/08/2015
  

  Five stages of data grief

  • Data infrastructure
  • Data publishing and use

  • Jeni Tennison

  The ODI has developed a new approach for organisations to identify and manage data ethics considerations: the Data Ethics Canvas
• Blog, Guides 27/02/2015
  How To Use R To Access Data On The Web

  • Data publishing and use
  • Search and discovery

  Analysing or using data without software is incredibly cumbersome if not impossible. Here we show you how you can import data from the web into a tool called R. Reasons why R has become so popular, and continues to grow, are that it’s free, open source, with state-of-the-art practices and a fantastic community.
• Blog, Guides 18/12/2014
  What is a CSV? A case study of CSVs on data.gov.uk

  • Data publishing and use

  • Jeni Tennison

  CSV stands for comma-separated values. It is a simple format for tabular data and relatively easy to process. We analysed more than 20,000 links to CSV files on data.gov.uk – only around one third turned out to be machine-readable.
• Blog 11/01/2014
  2014: The year of CSV

  • Data publishing and use

  • Jeni Tennison

  Jeni Tennison’s goal in 2014 was to make it easier for developers to use tabular data

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