# Smart Data Innovation Guidebook ALPHA ## Smart Data Innovation Guidebook ALPHA - [Smart Data Innovation Guidebook](https://open-data-institute.gitbook.io/draft-in-progress-smart-data-innovation-guidebook/smart-data-innovation-guidebook.md): Welcome to the ODI Smart Data Innovation Guidebook. This is an alpha version that will be iterated based on field tests with partners, but it is still fully functional for you to use now. Enjoy! - [Introduction](https://open-data-institute.gitbook.io/draft-in-progress-smart-data-innovation-guidebook/smart-data-innovation-guidebook/introduction.md) - [What is this guidebook for?](https://open-data-institute.gitbook.io/draft-in-progress-smart-data-innovation-guidebook/smart-data-innovation-guidebook/what-is-this-guidebook-for.md): A quick overview of Smart Data, the Smart Data working group, and why this guidebook was created. - [Who is this guidebook for?](https://open-data-institute.gitbook.io/draft-in-progress-smart-data-innovation-guidebook/smart-data-innovation-guidebook/who-is-this-guidebook-for.md) - [Guidebook Status](https://open-data-institute.gitbook.io/draft-in-progress-smart-data-innovation-guidebook/smart-data-innovation-guidebook/guidebook-status.md) - [Key highlights and recommendations](https://open-data-institute.gitbook.io/draft-in-progress-smart-data-innovation-guidebook/key-highlights-and-recommendations.md): This guidebook by the ODI is intended to inform the development of Smart Data schemes but does not represent formal government policy - [Data Infrastructure](https://open-data-institute.gitbook.io/draft-in-progress-smart-data-innovation-guidebook/data-infrastructure.md) - [Data assets](https://open-data-institute.gitbook.io/draft-in-progress-smart-data-innovation-guidebook/data-infrastructure/data-assets.md): Data assets most commonly refer to three types of assets - datasets, identifiers, and registers. - [Standards](https://open-data-institute.gitbook.io/draft-in-progress-smart-data-innovation-guidebook/data-infrastructure/standards.md): A data standard is a reusable agreement, which helps to steward data in a more consistent way. - [Technologies](https://open-data-institute.gitbook.io/draft-in-progress-smart-data-innovation-guidebook/data-infrastructure/technologies.md): Data technology helps to collect, access, use or share data more easily and effectively. - [Policies and guidance](https://open-data-institute.gitbook.io/draft-in-progress-smart-data-innovation-guidebook/data-infrastructure/policies-and-guidance.md): Policies and guidance help people and organisations collect, access, use and share data in ways that follow norms and laws intended to increase positive impact and reduce harm - [Organisations and communities](https://open-data-institute.gitbook.io/draft-in-progress-smart-data-innovation-guidebook/data-infrastructure/organisations-and-communities.md): Organisations and communities are often responsible for creating, contributing to, stewarding and using data, and are often impacted by decisions that are made using it. - [Open Banking](https://open-data-institute.gitbook.io/draft-in-progress-smart-data-innovation-guidebook/smart-data-schemes/open-banking.md): Open banking connects banks, third-parties and technical providers – enabling them to simply and securely exchange data to their customers' benefit. - [Open Finance](https://open-data-institute.gitbook.io/draft-in-progress-smart-data-innovation-guidebook/smart-data-schemes/open-finance.md): Open finance involves extending open banking-like data sharing and third-party access to a wider range of financial sectors and products - [Open Communications](https://open-data-institute.gitbook.io/draft-in-progress-smart-data-innovation-guidebook/smart-data-schemes/open-communications.md): Open Communications is an initiative for the retail telecoms and pay TV markets enabling people and small businesses to share information about their services with third parties - [Open Energy](https://open-data-institute.gitbook.io/draft-in-progress-smart-data-innovation-guidebook/smart-data-schemes/open-energy.md): The Open Energy programme facilitates the ability to search, access and securely share energy data, covering both Open Data and commercial Shared Data where access requires control - [Innovation Programme Inventory](https://open-data-institute.gitbook.io/draft-in-progress-smart-data-innovation-guidebook/innovation-progamme-inventory/innovation-programme-inventory.md): The Innovation Programme Inventory lists programmes currently in place within the Smart Data ecosystem, and those with the potential to inspire Smart Data schemes - [Digital Sandbox](https://open-data-institute.gitbook.io/draft-in-progress-smart-data-innovation-guidebook/innovation-progamme-inventory/digital-sandbox.md): The Digital Sandbox provides innovators with access to a suite of tools to collaborate and develop financial services Proofs of Concept. - [Open Banking](https://open-data-institute.gitbook.io/draft-in-progress-smart-data-innovation-guidebook/innovation-progamme-inventory/open-banking.md): Open banking connects banks, third-parties and technical providers – enabling them to simply and securely exchange data to their customers' benefit. - [OpenActive](https://open-data-institute.gitbook.io/draft-in-progress-smart-data-innovation-guidebook/innovation-progamme-inventory/openactive.md): OpenActive is a community-led initiative to get more people active using open data. - [Data Pitch](https://open-data-institute.gitbook.io/draft-in-progress-smart-data-innovation-guidebook/innovation-progamme-inventory/data-pitch.md): Data Pitch is an open innovation programme bringing together corporate and public-sector organisations that have data with startups and SMEs that work with data. - [Modernising Energy Data](https://open-data-institute.gitbook.io/draft-in-progress-smart-data-innovation-guidebook/innovation-progamme-inventory/modernising-energy-data.md) - [Roadmap introduction](https://open-data-institute.gitbook.io/draft-in-progress-smart-data-innovation-guidebook/roadmap/roadmap-introduction.md): The Smart Data Roadmap describes how schemes have evolved in the past and may do so in the future. - [Building the ecosystem](https://open-data-institute.gitbook.io/draft-in-progress-smart-data-innovation-guidebook/roadmap/building-the-ecosystem.md) - [Research the landscape](https://open-data-institute.gitbook.io/draft-in-progress-smart-data-innovation-guidebook/roadmap/building-the-ecosystem/research-the-landscape.md): Research into the data landscape, and especially the issues that are trying to be solved, is the foundation of implementing Smart Data. - [Convene the stakeholders](https://open-data-institute.gitbook.io/draft-in-progress-smart-data-innovation-guidebook/roadmap/building-the-ecosystem/convene-the-stakeholders.md): Data access initiatives like Smart Data require convening multiple stakeholders that are actively working together to tackle a collective challenge. - [Assess the needs](https://open-data-institute.gitbook.io/draft-in-progress-smart-data-innovation-guidebook/roadmap/building-the-ecosystem/assess-the-needs.md): Assess policies, capabilities and other data infrastructure that can properly support the innovation programme. - [Growing the ecosystem](https://open-data-institute.gitbook.io/draft-in-progress-smart-data-innovation-guidebook/roadmap/growing-the-ecosystem.md): In the medium-run, the Smart Data ecosystem will need to build the supply side by supporting organisations and complementary policy, and the demand side through innovation challenges and pilots. - [Test and develop](https://open-data-institute.gitbook.io/draft-in-progress-smart-data-innovation-guidebook/roadmap/growing-the-ecosystem/test-and-develop.md): Test and develop the data infrastructure and relevant capabilities needed to fuel data-driven innovation within various Smart Data schemes and across sectors. - [Scale the initiative](https://open-data-institute.gitbook.io/draft-in-progress-smart-data-innovation-guidebook/roadmap/growing-the-ecosystem/scale-the-initiative.md): Scale the implementation of Smart Data schemes, both within sectors to include additional and more complex components, and also cross-sector to merge and synchronise relevant aspects. - [Evolving the ecosystem](https://open-data-institute.gitbook.io/draft-in-progress-smart-data-innovation-guidebook/roadmap/evolving-the-ecosystem.md): In the long run, the Smart Data ecosystem will require a robust framework for Monitoring, Evaluating and Learning in order to consistently deliver value, and should expand in new sectors and regions. - [Conclusion](https://open-data-institute.gitbook.io/draft-in-progress-smart-data-innovation-guidebook/roadmap/conclusion.md) - [Glossary](https://open-data-institute.gitbook.io/draft-in-progress-smart-data-innovation-guidebook/appendix/glossary.md): The glossary lays out some additional information on key terms that are used throughout the Smart Data Innovation Guidebook --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. 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