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=203

1. Creating Knowledge out of Interlinked Data
A comparative census of EU data initiatives
Brussels, 26. January 2011
Martin Kaltenböck
Semantic Web Company

2. Overview: data initiatives
http://bit.ly/open-data-map
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3. Summary data initiatives*
worldwide and EU 27
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
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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4. 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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5. Governmental nation-wide
data initiatives in EU 27
Country URL Nr API available Apps Formats CKAN
data available available
sets
Denmark http://digitaliser.dk 17.08 unlocated NO XML, HTML NO
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Finland http://suomi.fi/datakatalogi unloc. YES (XML, JSON) NO XML, CSV, pending
HTML, PDF,
XLS …
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 http://data.gov.uk 4.511 YES YES - 72 RDF, CSV, YES
Kingdom (XML, JSON) PDF, XLS…
Sweden http://www.opengov.se/ unloc. Partly YES – 9 XML, CSV, NO
(not official) http://en.edelegationen.se/ (RDF, XML, (in galery) HTML, PDF,
JSON) XLS …
Norway http://data.norge.no unloc. YES NO CSV YES
(not © LOD2
EU27) 26.01.2011 JSON)
(XML, http://lod2.eu

6. 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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7. EU 27 governmental data initiatives
outreach
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 Romania; Portugal; Malta; Luxembourg; Hungary; Cyprus; Belgium, Bulgaria, Latvia
about a concrete governmental open (http://www.lv – to evaluate).
data strategy / activity could be
found: LOD2
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8. Local governmental data
initiatives in EU 27 (excerpt)
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
Remark: for details & URLs to initiatives see: http://bit.ly/ogd-worldwide
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9. Private nation-wide & local data
initiatives in EU 27 (excerpt)
Country Location Initiative URL Operator
Austria Nation-wide OGD austria http://gov.opendata.at OGD Austria: private
http://datenkatalog.at initiative universities &
companies
Belgium Nation-wide Open Belgium http://openbelgium.be Krimson - Drupal
architects & Belgian
Open Data Community
Germany Berlin Apps 4 Democracy http://apps4democracy.de Open Data Network
Deutschland
Netherlands nation-wide Open Data http://opendataoverheid.nl Individuals
Overheid
Germany Berlin Open Berlin http://opendata- Open Data Network
network.org/2010/08/openberlin-
werde-ein-datenpate
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 http://www.okfn.org OKFN
Foundation (OKFN)
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10. 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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11. Open Government Data resources
for Europe & Worldwide
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
20.01.2011: PSI Directive Consultation: Responses published by EC
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/psi/index_en.htm
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
LOD2 list of EU 27 data catalogues (mainly based on CKAN)
http://lod2.okfn.org/eu-data-catalogues/
Overview & collection of governmental data initiatives in EU 27 (in progress)
http://bit.ly/ogd-eu27
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
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12. LOD2: OGD Stakeholder Survey
& PUBLINK Consultancy
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 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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13. Thank you for your attention!
Martin Kaltenböck, CMC
Web: http://www.semantic-web.at
Blog: http://blog.semantic-web.at
Mail: m.kaltenboeck@semantic-web.at
Phone: +43 - 1 - 402 12 35 – 25
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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