Cultural resources are really valuable assets. Most of them are managed by public institutions (museums, libraries, archives). Exposing them allowing reuse will enable innovation and economic growth. These slides were presented at Creative CH Workshop in Florence, Feb 2014.

1. PSI REUSE:
ENABLING INNOVATION
MARTIN ALVAREZ

2. EPSI PLATFORM
European Public Sector Information Platform
Funded by the European Commission
Europe's One-Stop Shop on PSI Re-use
• News, happenings
• Best practices
• Engaging the community

3. SHARE PSI 2.0
EC’s funded Thematic Network
40 Partners
25 Countries
1. Identification of best practices
2. Harmonise the implementation
of the Revised PSI Directive
https://www.w3.org/2013/share-psi/
Shared Standards for
Open Data and Public
Sector Information

4. DIRECTIVE ON THE
RE-USE OF PSI
Encourages the Member
States to make as much
information held by public
sector bodies available for
reuse as possible
Cultural institutions excluded
http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/european-legislation-reuse-public-sector-information
Directive 2003/98/EC

5. REVISION OF THE PSI
DIRECTIVE (2013/37/EU)
Creation of a genuine right to re-use public information: all
generally accessible information will become re-usable
New default charging rule based on the marginal cost for
reproduction, provision and dissemination of the information
Increased transparency requirements with regard to charges
and conditions applied by public sector bodies
Cultural institutions now included
New rules on digitisation agreements which protect the
cultural sector and interests of the general public
To be transposed into national laws by July 2015

6. OPEN DATA GROWS
120+ Official Open Data Initiatives in Europe
http://datos.fundacionctic.org/sandbox/catalog/

7. PSI SCOREBOARD
Crowdsourced Tool
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/european-psi-scoreboard

8. WHY OPEN DATA AND
Organizations (public & private) with limited
resources looking for…
Innovation
Effectiveness
Productivity
PSI RE-USE?

9. BENEFITS

10. CHANGING MINDS
Governments committed to openness
http://www.flickr.com/photos/duncan/3142128696/

11. OPEN (BETTER) GOVERNMENTS
Opening information to increase trust
http://www.flickr.com/photos/restricteddata/6322624283/

12. G8 OPEN DATA
CHAPTER
Open Data by Default
• Exceptions: intellectual property, personally-identifiable and sensitive information
• Action Plan + Open Data portal
Quality and Quantity
• Timely, comprehensive, accurate, original, finest level of granularity
• Publication of consistent metadata + active listening
Usable by All
• Free of charge, no bureaucratic or administrative barriers
• Publication in open and non-proprietary formats
Releasing Data for Improved Governance
• Transparent about our own data collection, standards, and publishing processes
• Publication of technical details about open data policies, practices, etc.
Releasing Data for Innovation
• Open data promotion to unlock its value
• Publication under open licences, machine-readable formats. Challenges, prizes.
Basic
Principles:

13. EUROPE IN FIGURES
(2011)
€140 billion / yearin EU27
from direct and indirect PSI reuse
€40 billion / year from direct reuse
Direct government’s revenues are relatively low
Review of recent studies on PSI re-use and related market developments (2011)

14. ENABLING GOOD CASES
New products, visualizations, services, apps…
http://dev.citysdk.waag.org/buildings/#52.3724,4.8774,14

15. THE BEST IDEA COMES FROM OTHERS
Developers, designers, artists will do a creative use of data
http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/innovate/developers/minecraft-map-britain.html

16. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ter-burg/3987168813/
“THERE IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW HOW CULTURAL
MATERIAL CAN CONTRIBUTE TO INNOVATION, HOW IT CAN BECOME A
DRIVER OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS. MUSEUMS, ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES
SHOULD NOT MISS IT.”
Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the EC. Responsible for the Digital Agenda for Europe
http://www.firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/UC/article/view/3771/3053
“I urge cultural
institutions to
open up control of
their data”

17. CONTENT & METADATA
Both might be re-usable
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HK_Food_Grass_Jelly_Canned_with_Tinplate_a.jpg

18. RE-USE OF DIGITAL CULTURAL
HERITAGE CONTENT & METADATA
Pilots and Challenges
http://pro.europeana.eu/web/europeana-creative/

19. ART WITH HELP FROM WORLD-FAMOUS
OLD MASTERS
http://www.museapp.org
Example of re-use

20. TIMELINE OF OPEN CULTURAL DATA
http://tijdbalk.nl
Example of re-use

21. martin@w3.org
http://epsiplatform.eu
info@epsiplatform.eu
MUCH MORE TO DO…