1. Open Government Data
Initiatives in Austria
March 15th, 2012
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2. 2
Overview
1. Introduction ( – What is Open Government Data?)
2. Initiatives ( – The Austrian way)
3. Conclusion
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3. 3
What is Open Government Data?
Politics
Administration
Open
Government
Data
Public
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What is Open Government Data? ctd.
Features of Open Data (principles):
1. completeness
2. primary source
3. temporal closeness
4. easy access
5. machine readability
6. non-discriminating
7. open standards
8. liberal licensing
9. durability
10. non-discriminating usage costs
Source [Kaltenböck M., Thurner T., (Hg.): Open Government Data Weißbuch, 2011]
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Overview: Initiatives
1. Wien
2. Linz
3. Verein Open Knowledge Forum Österreich
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Wien Open Data (http://data.wien.gv.at/)
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Cagalogue: – Second level
• Third level
94 datasets in 14 categories and 26 applications (half of which is mobile)
– Fourth level
(as of 29.02.2012) » Fifth level
Example (Category: Freetime):
Badestellen , Burgen und Schlösser , Campingplätze , Citybike ,
Fahrradabstellanlagen , Museen und Sammlungen , ...
Data format:
XML, RSS, CSV, WMS, WFS, JSON
License:
Creative Commons Namensnennung 3.0 Österreich Lizenz
(plus additions)
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Linz Open Data (http://data.linz.gv.at/)
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– Second level
• Third level
Cagalogue: – Fourth level
111 datasets in 13 categories and 10» applications (7 are mobile) (as of
Fifth level
29.02.2012)
Example (Category: Bildung):
Berufsbildende Pflichtschulen, Volkshochschule, Berufsbildende mittlere
und höhere Schulen, Volksschulen, Sonderschulen, Hauptschulen ...
Data format:
CSV, PDF, XML, TXT, GML, XSD
License:
Creative Commons Namensnennung 3.0 Österreich Lizenz
(plus additions)
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Verein Open Knowledge Forum Österreich
(http://gov.opendata.at/)
Cagalogue:
22 datasets (as of 29.02.2012)
Example:
Wörgl (Stadtgemeinde) - Haushaltsentwicklung 1949-2010
Data format:
XLS, JSON, CSV, PDF, JSON, HTML
License:
Varying (this is a catalogue which tries to summarize the initiatives)
(plus additions)
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Conclusions
• No governmental dataset using LOD
(Vienna is considering this option in relation to LOD2)
• Semantic Web Company is promoting the use of Linked Data
• Applications are missing
– see also the Apps4Linz award – 1st 3000 €, 2nd 2000 €, 3rd 1000
€
– deadline 2nd of April
– special prize (1000 €) sponsored by Tourismusverband Linz
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References
• [1] Linz: http://data.linz.gv.at/
• [2] Vienna: http://data.wien.gv.at/
• [3] Austria (in general): http://gov.opendata.at/
• [4] Open Government, Data, Society: http://www.open3.at/
• [5] E-Government Austria: http://reference.e-government.gv.at/
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