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Blog 04/10/2018
How hard is it to publish good-quality open data?
- Data publishing and use
- Public service design
- Skills and literacy
How hard is it to publish good-quality open data? Two publishers share their honest experiences
Blog 28/09/2018
ODI responds to Open Data Barometer Leaders Edition: ‘from promise to progress’
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data publishing and use
- Peer networks
- Anna Scott
- Jeni Tennison
We note the need to invest in data infrastructure, ‘faltering’ leaders and the second wave of open data champions
Blog 28/09/2018
Creators of tools for open data? Steal this
- Data publishing and use
- Olivier Thereaux
We’ve done some research into data publishers’ needs – we invite you to steal our ideas and collaborate with us
Article 17/09/2018
Creating FAIR and open agricultural data ecosystems
- Agriculture and food
- Data publishing and use
- Pauline L’Hénaff
How we help ensure good data management in Gates Foundation agriculture grants
Blog 14/08/2018
How Facebook, Apple and Microsoft are contributing to an openly licensed map of the world
- Data publishing and use
- Geospatial data and mapping
- Humanitarian response
- Deborah Yates
- Leigh Dodds
Multinational organisations are collaborating in the open on OpenStreetMap
Blog, Explainers 09/08/2018
Data's value: how and why should we measure it?
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Innovation
- Anna Scott
- Ben Snaith
A lack of consensus is holding back innovation, governance and regulation
Blog 03/08/2018
The ODI responds to House of Lords call for evidence into internet regulation
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Public service design
Our response to the House of Lords Select Committee on the regulation of the internet, focussing on data and openness
Blog 02/08/2018
Beyond ownership: we need better control and rights over data
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data publishing and use
- Jeni Tennison
Jeni Tennison’s short discussion paper on intellectual property and data ownership for the new UK Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation
Blog, Explainers 10/07/2018
What is a data trust?
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Search and discovery
- Jack Hardinges
What is a data trust? What’s the definition and how is one applied?
Blog 03/07/2018
The Data City in Leeds and Lille: measuring data innovation
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Geospatial data and mapping
- Innovation
- Cities
- Startups
In this blog, we talk to project lead Tom Forth from The Data City to about find out more about The Data City in Lille and Leeds project – a project that takes innovation-measuring methodologies that have been successfully applied in the UK
Blog 01/07/2018
How we're exploring the definition of a data trust
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Jack Hardinges
How ‘data trust’ is used, and how it can be used to increase data access while protecting trust
Blog 10/05/2018
How can tools support the use of open data to improve public services?
- Data publishing and use
- Public service design
- Cities
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
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 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
We’re showcasing the quirkiest, funniest and most cat-filled open datasets out there
Blog, Explainers, 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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