> data.gov.au is you friendly neighborhood data delivery service.

> assisting government in releasing more data for reuse

> went from 500 to 5,000 datasets in 2014

> data.gov.au is national infrastructure set up to enable better access to data.

> data.gov.au is an unclassified system for hosting accessible public data

> any local/state/territory or federal government entity (or agency) can sign up for a publishing account on data.gov.au

> data hosted on data.gov.au is available for anyone wishing to explore/reuse it

> data custodians are encouraged to use CC-BY licence for published data Created – this promotes data re-use

> data.gov.au makes it easier for data custodians to upload and manage data. There is only a small barrier to entry.

> data.gov.au has implemented a simple metadata schema based on DCAT to assist in discovering data listed on the site.

> data.gov.au has several mechanisms to encourage the reuse of data including visualisation and API access to data. More about this on the next slide.

> data.gov.au makes it easier for agencies to share data across government by putting encouraging a publish once, use many philosophy.

> when correctly structured, machine readable data is uploaded to data.gov.au a machine readable end point is created.

> this allows users to query data and develop applications without storing a local copy of the data.

> data.gov.au can visualise data on through inbuilt CKAN visualisations or custom third party tools such as the National Map.

> in 2014 geoserver was added to data.gov.au to allow for better integration of spatial datasets. Spatial data hosted on data.gov.au is now automatically ingested into geoserver and a WMS/WFS services created.

> in the new version of CKAN users will be able to specify the types of data visualisations to accompany their data.

> making it easier for data to be communicated to non technical users.

>maps social security payments to electorates using data released by Department of Human Services

> helps increase transparency of government spending

>visit to see the use case: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-08/social-security-welfare-payments-by-e...

> energy rating data for over 22,000 appliances

> updated on a daily basis via data.gov.au API

> data.gov.au serves as infrastructure to power iphone app

> making data available has created a single point of truth and has decreased incorrect information given to consumers

> case study: http://www.finance.gov.au/blog/2014/07/11/guest-post-open-data-transforming...

> details on over 10Mn ABNs available as an XML download

> to be updated on a fortnightly basis via API

> not currently available via queryable API

> the business names and company registers from ASIC contain nearly 5Mn records

> an updated resource is added monthly and historic data is available for past month

> any row can be individually interrogated via API

> opening data has given rise to the rise of community focused 'hack-a-thons'

> last year govhack saw 1,300 participants nationwide

> participants used data from all data portals to create applications and engaged in data journalism

> the weekend of the event data.gov.au had over 4,000 visitors and over 20,000 pageviews