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Zombie Data: Has open data failed to live up to its hype?

Tim Large, editor-in-chief of Thomson Reuters Foundation, will moderate an expert roundtable discussion in which he will ask whether the open data movement has lived up to its promise to hold governments and corporations to account.This select group of public policy, corporate and civil society experts will seek to explore some of the challenges of open data, what has worked and what hasn’t. It will also attempt to draw out lessons learned to ensure that society does not end up with what Daniel Kaufmann of Revenue Watch calls “zombie data,” enormous collections of data that lackpurpose and insight.

3rd & 7 37yd

Discussion on what @kaufpost (Revenue Watch) calls #zombiedata . Data Collections which lack purpose. …lnkd.in/b6NmEvz

by Jude Hanan via twitter 10/28/2013 6:13:19 PM
Yes! RT @jedmiller Design for use. #ZombieData #OGP13

by FelipeEstefan via twitter 10/28/2013 6:15:05 PM
Investors won't use this data for investment decisions, Litvack says

by Luke Balleny @TR_Foundation 10/28/2013 6:18:04 PM
Jamie Drummond, ONE thinks there is a backlash on open data in the states from investors

by karrie.kehoe 10/28/2013 6:18:05 PM
Can't help think #zombiedata should be the good, useful, data that lives again & again. Maybe it's #floppydata ? - lots of it & useless.

by LaurenRPfeifer via twitter 10/28/2013 6:18:56 PM
The data of one small project by an enormous company is not material to an investor, Litvack says

by Luke Balleny @TR_Foundation 10/28/2013 6:19:46 PM
Understanding how #zombiedata becomes impactful data, requires thinking about context, value, channel of delivery and relevance. #OGP13

by FelipeEstefan via twitter 10/28/2013 6:20:07 PM
RT @FelipeEstefan : Understanding how #zombiedata becomes impactful data requires thinking abt context, value, delivery & relevance. #OGP13

by TAInitiative via twitter 10/28/2013 6:20:41 PM
Sticking data intended for community groups exclusively behind an API is good way to create #zombiedata

by willperrin via twitter 10/28/2013 6:21:30 PM
Litvack - A lot of people believe that stability in the commodities markets is vital to generating higher returns.

by karrie.kehoe 10/28/2013 6:22:04 PM
#zombiedata . ##uk 3 women at the table and about 20 men. 7 women sitting against the wall. 0 men. Not good.

by EllnMllr via twitter 10/28/2013 6:22:18 PM
Litvak argues that open data will not be included in an investment model

by karrie.kehoe 10/28/2013 6:22:24 PM
65% of the world population does not have consistent internet access. Still wonder how #opendata has turned into #zombiedata ? #OGP13

by FelipeEstefan via twitter 10/28/2013 6:23:14 PM
65% of the world's population doesn't have consistent internet access. I don't find that in the least bit surprising #zombiedata

by karrie.kehoe via twitter 10/28/2013 6:24:30 PM
Jamie Drummond of ONE asks why can't IAATI be used in other areas such as budget transparency, contract transparecy, extractive transparency etc.

by Luke Balleny @TR_Foundation 10/28/2013 6:24:44 PM
.@DrumJamie asks key question about #ZombieData : What does it take to better coordinate #opendata efforts? #OGP13 #OpenGov

by FelipeEstefan via twitter 10/28/2013 6:26:12 PM
#zombiedata Ooops..bitter disappointment...this tag actually isn't about Zombies is it....

by cheekytempah via twitter 10/28/2013 6:26:49 PM
Paul Lenz from MySociety points out that the Kenyan open data isn't hard to download, the formatting is ok too but that the poverty and health data is six and seven years old. The data sets contradict each other.

by karrie.kehoe 10/28/2013 6:27:59 PM
Paul Lenz says we need to get the quality of the data there before we can have a conversation about standards

by karrie.kehoe 10/28/2013 6:28:30 PM
Stefan Verhulst - thinks we need to be more creative on the type of data points that would make a difference!

by karrie.kehoe 10/28/2013 6:30:39 PM
Join now! Has open data failed to live up to its hype? TwitterHall on #ZombieData bit.ly/1dizLeh

by IREXtech via twitter 10/28/2013 6:31:25 PM
RT @willperrin

if anyone at #zombiedata event blames 'people' or 'citizens' for being skills deficient then slap them please

[Hard!]

by SubtleBlade via twitter 10/28/2013 6:31:31 PM
#ZombieData : Data by itself is useless, you need tools to make it relevant. We dont need data revolution, we need information revolution.

by Oli_mar via twitter 10/28/2013 6:32:50 PM
Stefan Verhulst: we need to be more #creative on the type of #data ... that would make a difference #zombiedata

by revenuewatch via twitter 10/28/2013 6:33:58 PM
"Brasil has 75,500 datasets on its websites but only 80 on its #opendata portal - IRM report for #OGP " says @JohnWonderlich #zombiedata

by DirDigEng via twitter 10/28/2013 6:34:33 PM
One of the key challenges for #OpenData : monitoring and evaluation. How can we measure and show impact? #ZombieData #OGP13

by FelipeEstefan via twitter 10/28/2013 6:34:51 PM
Tim Large rounds up the debate #zombiedata

by karrie.kehoe 10/28/2013 6:35:00 PM
Tim Large says that journalists could do a lot better. He says, "We sense there is a rich rich seam of stories to be tapped but for journalists it is out of our comfort zone."

by karrie.kehoe 10/28/2013 6:35:52 PM
Well that's it folks. Thanks to everyone taking part. It's been a great debate!

by karrie.kehoe 10/28/2013 6:37:19 PM
#zombiedata Yes, yes of course. I completely agree with you all regarding ZombieData. (pssst...I have no f*cking clue what this is about).

by NYgrooveX via twitter 10/28/2013 6:39:34 PM