Selected Talk by Nikolaos Loutas, João Rodrigues Frade, at the European Data Forum 2013, 10 April 2013 in Dublin, Ireland: Linked Open Government Data Business Models

1. European Data Forum 2013
Linked Open Government
Data Business Models
Semantic Interoperability Action 1.1
Nikolaos Loutas, João Rodrigues Frade

2. About the semantic interoperability action of
the ISA Programme
About Linked Government Data Business Models
https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/
Agenda

3. http://joinup.ec.europa.eu/
Catalogue of
interoperability assets
Core Vocabularies
Pilots
using Linked Data technologies
Best Practices
About the ISA Programme

4. http://joinup.ec.europa.eu/
Catalogue of
interoperability assets

5. How does it
look like?

6. http://joinup.ec.europa.eu/
Core Vocabularies
Pilots
using Linked Data technologies

7. Core vocabularies
Simplified, re-usable, extensible and
model neutral data models that capture
the fundamental characteristics of a data
entity in a context-neutral fashion.
CORE
VOCABULARY
PUBLIC
SERVICE
https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/node/43160
ASSET
DESCRIPTION
METADATA
SCHEMA
ADMS

8. http://joinup.ec.europa.eu/
Best Practices

9. http://education.data.gov.uk/doc/schools/123456.csv
e.g. http://education.data.gov.uk/doc/school?id=123456
e.g. http://education.data.gov.uk/doc/school/v01/123456
e.g. http://education.data.gov.uk/ministryofeducation/id/school/123456
Follow the pattern
Re-use existing identifiers
Link multiple representations
Implement 303 redirects for
real-world objects
Use a dedicated service
Avoid stating ownership
Avoid version numbers
Avoid using auto-increment
Avoid query strings
10 rulesfor persistent
Avoid file extensions
e.g. http://{domain}/{type}/{concept}/{reference}
e.g. http://education.data.gov.uk/id/school/123456
e.g. http://data.example.org/doc/foo/bar.html
e.g. http://data.example.org/doc/foo/bar.rdf
i.e. independent of the data originator
e.g. data.gov.uk and publications.europa.eu are decoupled from
specific government department and could readily be transferred and
run by someone else if necessary.
e.g. http://education.data.gov.uk/id/school1/123456
e.g. http://education.data.gov.uk/id/school1/123457
URIs

10. Re-use
Do not reinvent
More good practices & case studies
ISA Open Metadata Licence & Contributor Agreement
How Linked Data is transforming e-Government
10 Rules for Persistent URIs
Process and Methodology for Developing Core Vocabularies

11. LOGD Business models
Our approach
Focus on Linked (Open) Government Data
 Development of a framework for analysing LOGD
case studies based on the business model
canvas.
 Collection and analysis of
case studies from different
countries.
Contact us and
share your case
with us!

12. PwC
Key
Partnershi
ps
Key
Activities
Value
Proposition
s
Customer
Segments
Cost Structure Revenue Systems
Key
Resources
Channels
• Businesses
• Public
administrations
• Researchers
• Developers
Supply of
basic
company
details (for
free), using a
simple URI
for each
company in
their
database.
Content
negotiation
for company
URIs.
Basic LODG about
companies is available free
of charge.
Persistent URI
infrastructure.
Specific cost information
about the publication of
LOGD is not publicly available.
Information
not available.
Assigning and
maintaining
persistent URIs
for companies.
Companies House
6 formats are
supported:
RDF, JSON,
XML, CSV,
YAML and
HTML..
All credits to businessmodelgeneration.com

13. LGD business models
Preliminary findings
 Subscription-based access
 Loss-leader models
 Data markets
 Data mash-ups, data analytics, product and
service recommendation.

14. Basic pricing models
Preliminary findings
 Basic LGD provided free of charge.
 Premium for non-linked data: In most of the
cases reviewed, only basic data is provided as
LGD. The full data is available but under a fee.

15. Cost drivers of LGD
Preliminary findings
 Decide on the data to be linked.
 Model data
 Resource consumption and costs
 Reach out and awareness

16. Raise awareness of your data &
increase reuse!
 Make your data sets
searchable via our
data broker.
 Facilitate the access to
your data and increase
its reuse.
http://www.opendatasupport.eu

17. Contact us
João R. Frade and Nikolaos Loutas
joao.frade@pwc.be | nikolaos.loutas@pwc.be
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