Project plan

2023

2023 Focus: Use of Open Data in Scotland

23Q1: Demonstrate Dataset Provision

• Create organisation scorecard
• Create organisation compare dashboard
• Create ODS datastore (OpenStreetMaps, Wikidata)
• Weekly refresh/ fresh refresh dashboard with dataset movement trends

23Q2: Showcase Projects

• Create Open Data project directory
• Create OD Good Use framework
• Link datasets to projects

23Q3: Use Open Data

• Create 1 dashboard combining 3 dataset sources
• Dashboard hack/competition

23Q4: Showcase Projects

• Improve Infrastructure
• Smarter categorisation
• Testing
• Formalise maintenance: team structure/ roles/ policies
• Create API

year-long activities

• Maintenance: Add new sources, pipeline maintenance, catalogue cleaning, frontend maintenance, bug fixes
• Outreach: Talks/ conferences, hack events/ workshops, user groups, stakeholder engagement

2021/22

The plan is for the 12 months Oct21 - Sep22 with the intention to present the output at SODU22 and figure out next steps from there. The work is split into quarterly milestones:

21Q4: Make front end more user-friendly

• Set up environment for project (Comms, repo, To-do list, Wiki for contributors)
• Find
  • Dataset search & filter capability
  • Nicer styling
• Learn
  • Publish a page showing our project goals + web analytics
  • Static page explaining OD in Scotland (it’s not just Public Sector)
  • Page for dataset analytics

22Q1: Fix known data source issues

• Fix known bugs with API calls
• Tidy up inconsistent dataset tags (using NLP?)
• Identify and locate any missing data from the 32 local authorities which we haven't found yet
• Can we add more data features?

22Q2: Automate refreshes

• Remove the dependency on manual refreshes
• Automate API calls
• Automate analytics pipeline

22Q3: Expand on sources

• Identify any new data sources to add
• Can we expand beyond the 32 local authorities?
• Do we need to modify the current system to scale up and accept other sources?