a comparative census of eu data initiatives, martin kaltenböck, 26.1.2011, brussels, belgium
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This presentation has been the 3rd presentation at the LOD2 (http://lod2.eu) Meetup in Brussels, Belgium on 26.01.2011 at the fedict (http://www.fedict.belgium.be/) office. See also: http://lod2.eu/BlogPost/?p=203TRANSCRIPT
Creating Knowledge out of Interlinked Data
A comparative census of EU data initiatives Brussels, 26. January 2011
Martin Kaltenböck Semantic Web Company
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Overview: data initiatives http://bit.ly/open-data-map
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Open Data initiatives Worldwide
• 10+ nation-wide governmental data initiatives • 31+ local / regional governmental data initiatives • 06 private nation-wide initiatives • 03 private local / regional governmental data initiatives • Lot of competitions on open governmental data
Summary data initiatives* worldwide and EU 27
Open Data initiatives EU 27
• 06 nation-wide governmental data initiatives (+1 Norway) • 14+ local / regional governmental data initiatives • 05 private nation-wide initiatives • 02 private local / regional governmental data initiatives • Several competitions on open governmental data
• 12 nation-wide governmental data initiatives in progress (!!!)
* ….. public and private initiatives that provide Open Government Data and/or running challenges/competitions.
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Additional notes: global data initiatives
There are lots of databases, websites and more & more open data systems worldwide by international organisations, NGOs and NPOs available! • United Nations – http://data.un.org
• World Bank - http://data.worldbank.org/
• Eurostat – http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat
• Also NPOs & NGOs already started ‚open data activities‘:
reegle clean energy data portal: http://data.reegle.info Open Energy Info (CLEAN network) – http://en.openei.org/wiki/Main_Page
• Media & Publishers: The Guardian World Gov Data - http://www.guardian.co.uk/world-government-data NYTimes data portal - http://data.nytimes.com/
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Governmental nation-wide data initiatives in EU 27
Country URL Nr data sets
API available Apps available
Formats available
CKAN
Denmark http://digitaliser.dk 17.086
unlocated NO XML, HTML NO
Finland http://suomi.fi/datakatalogi unloc. YES (XML, JSON) NO XML, CSV, HTML, PDF, XLS …
pending
Greece http://www.geodata.gov.gr unloc. YES (WMS, WFS) NO WMS, WFS In progress
Netherlands http://www.overheid.nl/opendata unloc. unlocated
NO YES
Spain http://www.proyectoaporta.es 720 unlocated NO Mainly text pending
United Kingdom
http://data.gov.uk 4.511 YES (XML, JSON)
YES - 72 RDF, CSV, PDF, XLS…
YES
Sweden (not official)
http://www.opengov.se/ http://en.edelegationen.se/
unloc. Partly (RDF, XML, JSON)
YES – 9 (in galery)
XML, CSV, HTML, PDF, XLS …
NO
Norway (not EU27)
http://data.norge.no
unloc. YES (XML, JSON)
NO CSV YES
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EU 27 governmental data initiatives outreach
Country Outreach
Austria The topic is discussed in the Austrian government at the moment (official aim to set 1st steps into the direction of a data.gv.at in early 2011). Also the cities of Vienna, Linz and Salzburg are discussing 1st steps of an OGD strategy. Catalogue available: http://datenkatalog.at
Slovakia Project Transpararency International Slovakia in progress (aggregate data, search data, raw data etc) – see: http://www.transparency.sk - data portal: http://vestnik.transparency.sk
France The upcoming period is promising for France with a PSI data.gov style single access point portal planned to come on stream by the end of 2010. See: http://bit.ly/bV61hv ; Several data platforms are available: http://www.pollutionsindustrielles.ecologie.gouv.fr and http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr - AND: http://bit.ly/e6K0L3 list of local data portals.
Ireland DERI's Linked Data Research Centre currently prepares the launch of Linked Government Data in Ireland. There will soon be statistical data (CSO) as well as URIs defined for major entities in Ireland. Regional official data portal available since Dec 2010: http://data.fingal.ie
Slovenia There are possibilities for re-use of governmental data – see: http://www.ip-rs.si/?id=195 – but no open data strategy could be located. Statistic Office: http://www.stat.si/pxweb/Dialog/statfile1.asp
Italy 25.10. 2010: 1st version of open data license published and MiaPa (my government) portal announced. See: http://www.epsiplus.net/news/news/italian_open_data_license Presentation MiaPa (Italian): http://www.innovazionepa.gov.it/media/596293/presentazione_miapa.pdf
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Country Outreach
Czech Republic EPSI Directive (2006): Among other things, this amendment sets out the obligation for Public Administrations to provide online access to information in open data formats (e.g. XML). See: http://www.epractice.eu/en/document/288198
Estonia Estonia: Government document repository entirely open to public See: http://www.slideshare.net/jenniferbell/benefits-of-open-government-data ; Open Estonia Foundation: http://www.oef.org.ee and http://www.riso.ee/en/
Poland ‘Poland is Open’ Conference Discusses PSI Re-use 2010 - See: http://www.ebib.info/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=197&Itemid=1 ; See also Poland Transparency Camp2010: http://transparencycamp.pl/o-transparencycamp-polska
Lithuania First geo data initiative in progress; see: http://www.esri.com/library/casestudies/lithuania.pdf
Germany Ongoing administrativ reform including an open data strategy – data portal planned for 2013 – see: http://www.verwaltung-innovativ.de/cln_117/DE/Home/homepage__node.html?__nnn=true Also intensive open data activities in the cities of Berlin, Munich , Breme n et al.
Countries where no information about a concrete governmental open data strategy / activity could be found:
Romania; Portugal; Malta; Luxembourg; Hungary; Cyprus; Belgium, Bulgaria, Latvia (http://www.lv – to evaluate).
EU 27 governmental data initiatives outreach
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Country Location Initiative Operator
Finland Helsinki Infoshare City of Helsinki
France Paris Paris: un pas vers l’opendata City of Paris
France Rennes Data Renne Metropole City of Rennes
France Brest, Montpellier Open Geo Data City of Brest
Italy Piemont Dati Piemonti Unlocated
Spain Zaragoza Conjunto de Datos City of Zaragoza
Spain Basque region Eusko Jaurlaritz Euskadi Government
Spain Asturia Asturian Public Data Asturian local government
United Kingdom Warwickshire Warwickshire Open Data unlocated
United Kingdom Lichfield Lichfield Open Data Lichfield District Council
United Kingdom Kent Pic and Mix Kent Government
United Kingdom London London Data Store Greater London Authority
United Kingdom Northern Ireland Open Data NI UK Department of Finance & Personnel
Local governmental data initiatives in EU 27 (excerpt)
Remark: for details & URLs to initiatives see: http://bit.ly/ogd-worldwide
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Country Location Initiative URL Operator
Austria Nation-wide OGD austria http://gov.opendata.at http://datenkatalog.at
OGD Austria: private initiative universities & companies
Belgium Nation-wide Open Belgium http://openbelgium.be Krimson - Drupal architects & Belgian Open Data Community
Germany Berlin Apps 4 Democracy Deutschland
http://apps4democracy.de Open Data Network
Netherlands nation-wide Open Data Overheid
http://opendataoverheid.nl Individuals
Germany Berlin Open Berlin http://opendata-network.org/2010/08/openberlin-werde-ein-datenpate
Open Data Network
Sweden nation-wide OpenGov Sweden http://www.opengov.se Open Gov Initiative Sweden
France nation-wide Data Publica http://www.data-publica.com 3 SMEs – Araok, Nexedi, Talend – but funded by French Gov
UK Nation-wide Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN)
http://www.okfn.org OKFN
Private nation-wide & local data initiatives in EU 27 (excerpt)
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Conclusion important to mention!
• Some EU 27 countries have already started a focused open data strategy
• Lots of others EU27 countries are discussing this and/or start activities!
• Nearly any EU 27 country does have statistical data, geodata, environmental
data etc public available as ‚open data‘ in HTML, PDF, XLS, CSV, XML formats
already available (but often difficult to find)!
• There are lots of governmental regional data initiatives (as well as private
initiatives) going on in EU 27 countries!
• Initiatives are rarely co-ordinated nation-wide & the idea of national
OGD/LOGD infrastructures is not harmonised: nation-wide single points of
access of governmental data for searching, browsing, comparing, analysing
and re-using etc of data.
• Furthermore an EC OGD/LOGD infrastructure is in discussion at the moment
– a EC data portal has already been announced!
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Neelie Kroes (Vice-President of the European Commission ), December 2010:
I have said it before, and I say it again: yes to open data!: http://bit.ly/f6R8Sd
Open Government Data resources for Europe & Worldwide
Some upcoming events in Europe
• ePSI-Conference: Open Data - Apps for everyone? 18.2.2011, Berlin, Germany - http://bit.ly/fLTjHG
• CeDEM, 5. - 6. May 2011, Krems, Austria - http://bit.ly/cedem2011
• OGD2011 Conference Austria, 16 June 2011 , Vienna, Austria – http://www.ogd2011.at
• ISESS 2011, 27. – 29. June 2011, Brno, Czech Republic - http://www.isess2011.org
World Map of Open Government Data Initiatives: An open map of those public and private
initiatives that provide Open Government Data or running Challenges. http://bit.ly/open-data-map
Overview & collection of governmental data initiatives in EU 27 (in progress)
http://bit.ly/ogd-eu27
20.01.2011: PSI Directive Consultation: Responses published by EC
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/psi/index_en.htm
LOD2 list of EU 27 data catalogues (mainly based on CKAN)
http://lod2.okfn.org/eu-data-catalogues/
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LOD2 OGD Stakeholder Survey • 25 questions in 10-15 minutes time
• Open: November & December 2010
• ~ 400 participants – Europe- & Worldwide - analysis is in progress
• Results will be published in February 2011 (http://survey.lod.eu)
LOD2: OGD Stakeholder Survey & PUBLINK Consultancy
LOD2 PUBLINK Consultancy Service • Information: http://lod2.eu/Article/Publink.html
• Lower the entrance barrier for potential data publishers
• Free consultancy for publishing (linked open) data
• Up to 5 selected organizations - Overall effort of 10-20 days of support
• From highly skilled Linked Data professionals
• Decision: end of January / beginning of February 2011
• Applicants e.g. City of London, City of Vienna, Parliament of Finland et al.
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Thank you for your attention!
Martin Kaltenböck, CMC
LOD2 Project: http://lod2.eu
LOD2 OGD StakeholderSurvey: http://survey.lod2.eu
PUBLINK LOD Consultancy: http://lod2.eu/Article/Publink.html
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