for any organization that uses the Web as a channel for delivering goods and services. Open data strategies support outside-in business practices that generate growth and innovation.

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Open Data Meetup London

Press release Gartner Says Big Data Makes Organizations Smarter, But Open Data Makes Them Richer, August 2012

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As well the promises of government transparency and efficiency, the claim that is made most frequently of open data is that it is the new oil that is driving the digital economy. At this workshop, participants will discuss their experiences of realizing this aim and identify whats needed to make it easier. The main topics of the Workshop will be:

), Rufus Pollock (Open Knowledge Foundation), and Dan Brickley (Google/schema.org).

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From Toronto to Taipei,new york asian escort from Washington to Wellington via Westminster, Web data hubs are being created by public bodies from single cities through to supra national organizations like the European Union and the World Bank. But its not only public bodies. Away from the public sector there are community efforts like Open Signal and Open Street Map and, in retail, thousands of online retailers mark up their Web pages using the Good Relations Ontology creating a substantial pool of structured open data. schema.org has frameworks to incorporate health and medical data, events and creative works too. Linked Science is publishing scientific data and the campaign to see clinical trial data published is gaining significant support. Look for a camp site using PitchUp.com and youll be able to see how they use a variety of data sources, some of which are open the list goes on

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Whether your business has an open data strategy today, or you want to learn from global experts how to publish or consume open data, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the Open Data Institute and the Open Knowledge Foundation invite you to join a discussion about realizing the promise of open data. and will take place in the heart of Londons Tech City of Shoreditch.

26 March 2013:

Workshop beginsWeb18:00 - 20:00ODI Networking Evening

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