Presentation of the project opendataportal.at for the W3C meetup http://www.meetup.com/Budapest-Open-Knowledge-Meetup/events/208009292/ @Budapest October 16 2014

1. Open Government Data &
NGO operated Data Portals
Two of a Kind?
The Case of opendataportal.at
Johann Höchtl, Danube University Krems W3C Meetup 16. 10. 2014, Budapest
http://www.meetup.com/Budapest-Open-Knowledge-Meetup/events/208009292/

2. Austria Open Government Data Portal
UN Public Service Award
www.data.gv.at

3. Example Outcome: 1 Data Set: 15 Apps
http://data.gv.at/datensatz/?id=add66f20-d033-4eee-b9a0-47019828e698 Source www.data.gv.at

4. National Level Success factors
• Technical Interoperability
– CKAN
• Semantic Interoperability
– Meta-Data Schema Standardisation *
– No URI concept => but URL schema
• Legal Interoperability
– One Licence! Creative Commons: CC BY
• Organisational Interoperability & Aspects**
– Agile and open Cooperation (Administration, Science, CSO
e.g. OKF AT
– Central data portal as data aggregator
*http://www.ref.gv.at/uploads/media/OGD-Metadaten_2_2_2013_12_12_EN.pdf
** https://www.data.gv.at/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Framework__for_Open_Government_Data_Platforms_1.1.pdf

5. Local Level Success factors I
• Strategy and Organization
– Unambiguous organisational structure,
responsibilities and publishing process
– OGD Competence Centre
– OGD publishing phases with main topics e.g.
traffic, housing, …
• OGD Management
– Identification  Selection  Classification  Monitoring

6. Local Level Success factors II
• External Stakeholder Management
– Regular Community Meetings and Feedback
Loops
• Internal Stakeholder Management
– Internal Support and Workshops
– Discussion about Added Value
• Evaluation as an integral part of the OGD
initiative

7. But in Vienna
we had ….

8. OGD lesser expected results
• Inter-department information management
Reduced efforts for data claims
• Harmonisation of data formats due to public urge
• Shared understanding
What are we talking about when we talk about public
multimedia booths?
• Streamlined processes and IT-appliances
From internal systems to the data platform, Trend towards
higher level infrastructure services
• Streamlined (Publication) Processes

9. Strategic Recommendations
1. Ongoing topic oriented data publication phases
2. Community Building and new partners e.g.
Universities Research Institutions
3. Include OGD portals into Participation and
Collaboration
4. Develop new success indicators for administrative
departments
5. Create OGD Quality process
6. Include creative methodologies and analytical
competences in education and training programs;
7. Promote a legal framework/OGD that makes OGD an
integral part of department actions.

10. NGO/CSO Open Data
as a Driver for Open Innovation
The 2000 GoldCorp Challenge
From mining Gold, to mining Data, to mining Gold

11. Open Data Portal
for Companies, Science, Civil Society Organizations, People, Machines, …
www.opendataportal.at

12. What is the
object of study?
Open Government Data Non-Government Data and
Information
How much data
is offered?
Depending on legal backing: open
by default, as much as possible,
unabridged, uninterpreted
As much as necessary to fulfil a
specific goal
Which data sets
are offered?
data sets covering all areas of
government action taking,
produced or collected when
fulfilling public administration tasks,
devoid of data imposing a security
risk or causing economic drawbacks
data and information seemingly
suitable to fulfil a pursued goal
When is the data
offered?
in a timely manner, recurring one-time release of data and
information
OGD vs. NGO D
Characteristics II

13. What is the
object of study?
Open Government Data Non-Government Data and
Information
Why is the data
offered?
to foster economic growth and to
strengthen the established
institutions
to fulfil the stakeholder will, to foster
open innovation, to raise revenues
Who provides
the data?
Government entities Business entities, NGOs, private
persons, associations of international
law
How is the data
provided?
data is provided according to well-established
and agreed principles
data is provided according to the
needs of the issuing party and
existing good practice
Where is the
data provided?
dedicated open data portal, possibly
shared among many entities
provided as part of an existing web
site or embedded within a targeted
marketing measure
OGD vs. NGO D
Characteristics II

14. Open (Govt.) Data in Austria: Big Picture
Service: private operated
Private Data
data.eu
Ministries Provinces Municipalities
?
data.openda
taportal.at
Private
Persons
Companies NGOs
Portal: Government operated Portal: Private operated

15. 3 Months activity report
• CKAN & Wordpress are suitable to operate the
platform
• Little additionale administrative effort caused
by user self-registration and commenting
• OGD Metadata scheme affirmed.
– Bujt plugable domains of action required

16. Observations - Benefits
• SMEs: No need to self-host data in an open
innovation process
• Larger companies: Fulfil legal obligations for
corporations: annual turnover, product
ingredients, …
• Larger NGOs & CSOs: Transparency of Non-democratic
governance
• Marketing: Perception as a dynamic,
innovative and approachable institution

17. Observations – Question marks
• Loosened bonding into
overall marketing strategy
• Tendency towards outdated data sets
• No domain-specific visualisations: 3D printing
models, GPS-tracks, …

18. OPEN INNOVATION IN BUSINESS
IS STILL NOT DATA DRIVEN

19. johann.hoechtl@donau-uni.ac.at
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