2. Open Data Definition
“Open data is data that can be freely used,
reused and redistributed by anyone –
subject only, at most, to the requirement
to attribute and sharealike.” (source: Open
Knowledge Foundation)
Open
licenses
Open
formats and
open web
protocols
Documented
(with metadata)
Free, either
publication/
duplication
cost
3. The Open Data in Trentino Project
The “Open Data in Trentino” project is a 3 years initiative
finalized to develop an open data infrastructure to enhance
Service Innovation for Trentino
The project will be developed within a partnership between
Trento RISE and the Autonomous Province of Trento (PAT)
according to the innovation PAT model
4. Structure of the project
(http://dati.trentino.it)
Meteo
Meteo
…
Comune
Comune
GeoDati Statistica
GeoDati Statistica Trento Trasporti
Trasporti
Trento
…
Data Sources
Etc…
Etc…
Open Data Communities
Catalog
Legal Issues
Services
Semantics
(Entity based)
Organizational Issues
Open Data platform
5. Action: PAT Guidelines
OPEN DATA are:
• Published with open licenses:
everyone can use data with no
limitations
• Published with open formats and
open web protocols
• Documented (with metadata)
• Free, either the user has to pay a
small amount of money because of
the cost of duplication either
publication
Nome (Acronimo)
Descrizione
Tipo di Dato
Estensione
del file
Comma Separated Value (CSV)
Dato tabellare
.csv
Formato testuale per l'interscambio testuale di tabelle, le cui righe corrispondono a
linee e i cui valori delle singole colonne sono separati da una virgola (o punto e
virgola)
Geographic Markup Language (GML)
Dato geografico .gml
Formato XML utile allo scambio di dati territoriali di tipo vettoriale
vettoriale
Keyhole Markup Language (KML)
Formato basato su XML creato per gestire dati territoriali in tre dimensioni nei
programmi Google Earth, Google Maps
Open Document Format (ODF)
Formato per l'archiviazione e lo scambio di documenti di testo, fogli di calcolo,
diagrammi e presentazioni
Resource Description Framework (RDF)
Basato su XML, e' lo strumento base proposto da World Wide Web
Consortium (W3C) per la codifica, lo scambio e il riutilizzo di metadati
strutturati e consente l'interoperabilità tra applicazioni che si scambiano
informazioni sul Web
ESRI Shapefile (SHP)
Lo Shapefile ESRI è un popolare formato vettoriale per sistemi informativi
geografici. Il dato geografico viene distribuito normalmente attraverso tre o quattro
files (se indicato il sistema di riferimento delle coordinate). Il formato è stato
rilasciato da ESRI come formato (quasi) aperto
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
E' un formato di markup, ovvero basato su un meccanismo che consente di
definire e controllare il significato degli elementi contenuti in un documento o in un
testo attraverso delle etichette (markup)
Dato geografico .kml
vettoriale
Dato tabellare
.odc
Dato strutturato .rdf
Dato geografico .shp, .shx, .dbf,
vettoriale
.prj
Dato strutturato .xml
7. 551 datasets
provided by 10 departments of PAT…
5 months until now
68.555 visits
7.988 unique visits
2.516 downloads
62,64% new
visitors
37,36% returning
visitors
6
8
3
3
reporting errors
asking for new data
new suggestions
OD Applications
100% ENTHUSIASTIC
REACTIONS
Agriculture
Culture
Geographical Data
Welfare
Weather Forecast
Social policies
Statistics
Transports
…and MUNICIPALITY OF TRENTO
NOW
-other 10 departmens demand to be involved
-Plus other local actors
8. Next Steps: Open Data Trentino Challenge
From September 2013 to February 2014, also Trentino will launch a challenge to build
software application and creative products (multimedia, audiovisual products, posters,
illustrations) based on the datasets published on the http://dati.trentino.it open data
catalog.
10. Useful Links
Open Data Catalog
http://dati.trentino.it
Institutional Web site
http://www.innovazione.provincia.tn.it/opendata
Policies
http://www.innovazione.provincia.tn.it/documentazione/in_trentino/pagina182.html
Open Data course for PAT (febbraio 2013)
http://www.innovazione.provincia.tn.it/contenuti.php?
t=opendata_tab&id=5&preview_only=yes&lang=1
info@dati.trentino.it
Lorenzino Vaccari: lorenzino.vaccari@provincia.tn.it
@datitrentinoit
Open Data are:
Published with open licenses: everyone can use data with no limitations
Published with open formats and open web protocols
Documented (with metadata)
Free, either the user has to pay a small amount of money because of the cost of duplication either publication
Open Data Benefits:
Improve the economic grow and the entrepreneurship based on the development of digital services reusing Public Sector Information
Answer to social needs through the publication of innovative services and applications
Aims at reducing the cost of the public administrative activities within Public – Private Partnerships (PPP)
Improve the transparency of the activities of the public institutions and the participation of the citizens to these activities
Project Objectives
To define and implement the steps and the architecture to:
Enhance the availability and reuse of the public sector information (PSI)
Release an open data platform on open source technology which enables service innovation for citizens, businesses and government, enforcing the economic growth of Trentino
Improve and drive the PAT digital and organizational change through the use of well known Open Data practices
Promote the integration with the Big Data and Smart Campus projects to enhance the scalability of data and services publication, access and reuse