The document discusses open data and challenges with publishing open data. It introduces Entryscape Catalog as a solution for easily, explicitly, and quickly publishing open data through intuitive interfaces with minimum manual work. Entryscape Catalog allows describing data through standard-based forms, publishing data one item at a time or all at once, uploading existing non-open data, and creating APIs from tabular data with a click.

1. OPEN DATA
EASY, EXPLICIT & FAST
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2. Why Open Data?
Transparency
Democratic
involvement
Growth
New innovation and
research
Rationalize
Minimize the manual handling

3. Today's challenges in Open Data
Data descriptions vary
Descriptions are hard to
interpret and use
Local publishing
Costly administration
Low reusability
Limited reach
Only on your web limits
findability and reusability
Manual work
Publishing open data is a
recurring manual work

4. Forms for editing
EntryScape Catalog make it easy
Forms for best data description
Flexible publishing
Built-in support for DCAT-AP
the data description standard
Your
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Intuitive interfaces
Minimum work with well
designed user interfaces (*)
* Example of a national data portal.
“Öppna Data” is the Swedish data portal.
PUBLISH

5. OPEN DATA
Step by step with ENTRYSCAPE
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6. Creata an Open Data Catalog

7. Describe your data
Forms
➔ English/Swedish/*
➔ Standard: DCAT-AP
➔ Help Texts
➔ Fields divided in:
➔ Publish one at a time
or all in one go
● Mandatory
● Recommended
● Optional
* more languages can be added

8. Publish
Your
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9. Increase the value of existing data
Upload any file
Not yet accessible Open data
➜ Tabular data, e.g. CSV
➜ JSON or XML files
➜ Statistical data

10. Create API’s from your tabular data
Create an API with a click

11. OPEN DATA AS A SERVICE
We will get you going in one day
Open data in one day: Get in touch: info@metasolutions.se
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www.metasolutions.se/PoC metasolutions.se/contact/
Eric Hjelmestam