Materials and logos

This page contains brochures and videos produced by Helsinki Region Infoshare, as well as the service logo. All materials except the whiteboard videos are licensed under Creative Commons 4.0 BY. HRI also produces open data training materials (in Finnish).

Presentations

Brochures and publications

		A brochure produced in spring 2019, highlighting, by category, the interesting data opened up through HRI and the applications made from them. The brochure is also available in Finnish.

		A four-page A5 brochure produced by HRI in autumn 2018, briefly explaining the HRI service and the benefits of open data. The brochure is also available in Finnish.

		HRI’s 2014 four-page brochure, which briefly introduces the HRI service and data opening in practice, as well as some benefits of open data and examples of its use. The brochure is also available in Finnish.

		In 2013, Helsinki Region Infoshare published a guide book that provides stimuli for unlocking public data, as well as telling how open data made its breakthrough in the public administration in Finland.

6Aika brochures

The experiences and lessons learned from the 6Aika project in the six largest cities between 2014 and 2017 are summarised in a series of brochures.

		Harmonized Smart City API Cook Book introduces to you the opportunities APIs offer for cities, developers and companies. It also gives concrete examples of the use of the current Smart City APIs created by the six largest cities in Finland in the 6Aika Open data and interfaces project. Last part of the toolkit focuses on step-by-step guidance for starting your journey with Smart City or any other API.
		Open API recommendations for cities describes the importance of APIs and the goals related to them from the cities’ perspective. The recommendations are intended as a general policy to be applied alongside the strategic policies, principles and guidelines that often guide ICT and service development in cities.
		Api Toolkit is intended to be read in conjunction with the Open API recommendations for cities, which explores APIs, their importance as part of the services offered by cities and the objectives and measures related to APIs on a general level. This brochure takes a more detailed look at the most important issues that should be taken into consideration in the implementation of an open API. The brochure is primarily meant to provide help with API procurement, due to which it does not explore the technical intricacies of APIs.
		In order to promote businesses based on open data, Finnish cities are engaging in widespread cooperation andcollaboration with various industries. Working Together Towards Open Data Business brochure collects the experiences of the six largest cities in Finland over the last four years. What kind of measures have been implemented, what lessons have been learned? How could the cities further develop their cooperation with businesses?