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1. OGD2011
Requirement Analysis for an
Open Government Data Strategy
(in Austria) - ISESS2011, 27. June 2011, Brno
Martin Kaltenböck, CMC
Semantic Web Company – http://www.semantic-web.at
OGD Austria – http://www.opendata.at
Open Knowledge Forum Austria (OKFO) - http://gov.opendata.at/okfo
These slides are published under :
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2. What is Open Government Data
Open Government Data is a worldwide movement to open
data (& information) of the government / public administration* -
that is NOT personal (individual related) – in human- AND
maschine-readable open (non proprietary) formats for re-use
(by civil society, economy, media, academia AND politics &
public administration itsself)!
OPEN stands for lowering the barriers to ensure as broad as
possible re-use (for everybody)!
There is a new paradigm in publishing Open Government Data
= look, take and play!
* ….. data and information produced or commissioned by government or government controlled entities
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3. Principles of Open Government Data
http://sunlightfoundation.com/policy/documents/ten-open-data-principles/
1. Completeness
All public data are made available. Public data are data that are not subject to valid privacy, security
or privilege limitations, as governed by other statutes.
2. Primacy
Data are published as collected at the source, with the finest possible level of granularity, not in
aggregate or modified forms.
3. Timeliness
Data are made available as quickly as necessary to preserve the value of the data.
http://www.opengovdata.org/home/8principles
4. Ease of Physical and Electronic Access
Data are available to the widest range of users for the widest range of purposes.
5. Machine readability
Data are reasonably structured to allow automated processing of it.
6. Non-discrimination
Data are available to anyone, with no requirement of registration.
7. Use of Commonly Owned Standards (e.g. open formats)
Data are available in a format over which no entity has exclusive control.
8. Licensing
Data are not subject to any copyright, patent, trademark or trade secret regulation. Reasonable
privacy, security and privilege restrictions may be allowed as governed by other statutes.
Finally, compliance must be reviewable.
PLUS: Sunlight Foudation, August 2010: 9) Permanence & 10) Usage Costs
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4. OGD worldwide: http://bit.ly/open-data-map
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5. 5 Stars for Open Data by Tim Berners Lee
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6. The Project: OGD2011
OGD Serie 2010 - 2011 The project OGD2011 contains 3
contemplementary packages of measures:
• Partly financed by City of Vienna
• Duration: 09/2010 – 07/2011 • in 4 stakeholder workshops (politics,
• Organised by SWC administration, society, industry) the
respective requirements will be evaluated
Partners of OGD2011 and discussed,
• Danube University Krems
• KDZ-Centre for Public • These requirements will be presented and
Administration discussed at the OGD2011 conference in
• Open3 initiative June 2011 in Vienna.
• Joanneum Research
• OGD Austria / OKFO / OKFN, UK • The results will be published in the OGD
• FP7 projects: LOD2 & LATC White Book 2011 (August 2011) as a first
• futurezone & Computerwelt fundamental publication on the topic of
Open Data in Austria
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7. The Project: OGD2011
Links
http://www.opendata.at
http://www.ogd2011.at
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8. OGD2011 Conference Austria
OGD2011 Conference Austria, 16.06. 2011: 135 participants, 20 speakers
Documentation: http://www.ogd2011.at/doku
Videos: http://www.ogd2011.at/doku/video
Slides: http://slidesha.re/ogd2011_slides
Fotos: http://bit.ly/ogd2011-fotos
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9. OGD Requirement Analysis
Workshop Participants
• 10 to 15 participants per workshop (113 requests, 50 participants)
• Representative sample inside of the stakeholder group
• Diversity in opinion inside of the groups preferred
• Gender distribution minded
Politics Civil Society Economy Administration
• Al parties of the • NPO / NGO • Mix of branches • Federal Gov.
National Council • Data privacy • Associations • State Gov.
• Federal Gov • Technology • Apps market • Cities
• State Gov assesment • Data market • Communities
• Cities • Human rights • Data integrators • Extended digits
• Communities • Citizens • Associations
• Chambers movements
• 27 requests • 23 requests • 32 requests • 31 requests
• 9 participants • 11 participants • 16 participants • 14 participants
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10. OGD Requirement Analysis
Set Up of the Stakeholder Workshops
• 1 day moderated workshops (with clear agenda & time frame per topic)
• Statements of ALL participants
• Development of the OGD topics & requirements in small working groups
• Forefront prioritisation of 12 identified topics (around OGD by participants)
• SWOT analysis per stakeholder group
• Workshop reports reviewed and released by the participants
4 Stakeholder Groups plus 2 cross section groups identified
4 Stakeholder Workshops took place in February 2011
• Politicians 02.02. 2011 9 participants
• Civil Society 04.02. 2011 11 participants
• Industry/Economy 14.02. 2011 16 participants
• Public Administration 16.02. 2011 14 participants
• Cross section stakeholder : media & academia were involved
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11. Prioritisation – cross section of groups
Media Literacy & Data Interpretation
Exploitation & Business Models
Technological Aspects: formats, infrastructure etc
Macroeconomic Impact
Participation & Collaboration
Data Privacy
Innovation & Knowledge Society
Terms of Use / Licenses / Liability
Legal Issues
Openness & Transparency
Data: types, scale, apps
Data Quality & Accessability
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
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12. Stakeholder WS: Politics
Discussed topics
• Data: types, scale, apps
• Openness & transparency
• Innovation & knowledge society
Most important statements (overview)
• Step-wise approach (& thereby learn about OGD)
• Cross section work: BLSG
• Committment on highest political level needed
• Changes in existing laws needed
• Single Point of Access for Austria needed
• EU standards & processes - track & follow!
• Austria is poor in natural ressources – OGD is
enabling innovation –regional economical promotion
• Guidelines for public sector needed
• Question economical impact
• Dataset by dataset needs to be checked
• Media Literacy needs to be supported
• What data could be gathered additionally
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13. Stakeholder WS: Civil Society
Discussed topics
• Data: types, scale, apps
• Openness & transparency
• Participation & Collaboration
Most important statements (overview)
• Data not available in needed formats & standards
• Information is the basis for participation
• Important: Single Point of Access to data
• Meta Data: of provenance & for interpretation
• Higher Transparency = better Quality of Life !
• Data often exists – but not available for public
• Open Data prevents corruption & populism.
• Guidelines: what data bring ´what benefit?
• Data interpretation is something new to learn
• Attention: Traceability of personal data
• Benchmark & competition between communities
• Openness brings feedback (& participation)
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14. Stakeholder WS: Economy/Industry
Discussed topics
• Data: types, scale, apps
• Expolitation and business models
• Data quality & accessability
Most important statements (overview)
• 3 groups identified: Web 2.0 & creative industry,
data market (-population) & data integration
• Central register needed (at least for basis data)
• Standards for data, meta data and interfaces
• Only free data enables innovation
• Data quality evaluated and marked
• Very important are georeferencing
• Comparability of data from several sources
• Use costs for detail granularity possible e.g. SLAs
• Marginal costs as a basis for cost models
• Classification of data important
• Develop licenses for all public departments
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15. Stakeholder WS: Public Administration
Discussed topics
• Legal issues, licenses, liability
• Data: types scale, apps & quality assurance
• Innovation & knowledge society
Most important statements (overview)
• Existing legal framework is NOT sufficient!
• Obligation to give information vs. official secrecy
• Metadaten & data governance
• OGD shows performance of public administration
• Single Point of Access for Austria
• Public liability and exclusion of liability
• Also data from economy and academia needed
• How to manage incorrect data
• Guidelines for public administration needed
• New license models can be developed
• Media Literacy (internal & external)
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16. SWOT analysis of the 4 groups
SWOT Analysis of Open Government Data in Austria
from the viewpoint of the 4 stakeholder groups (excerpt)
Strength Opportunities
• Promotion of the economy • Participation as a chance
• Performance: politics & administration • Economical impact
• Transparency, participation, trust • Support of innovation
• Internal transparency – internal OGD • Role model of public administration
• Information for ALL • New user groups for the data
Weakness Threads
• Data Quality • Privacy
• Digital Divide, media literacy • Discrimination concering access
• No economic impact • Questions about liability
• Legal framework • Mis-interpretation of data
• No standards available • Commercialisation of administration
• Political committment missing • OGD threats existing bus. models
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17. Requirements of OGD in Austria
The following concrete requirements of Open Government Data in Austria
were identified through the analysis in the OGD2011 project:
1. Single Point of Access – a data portal for Austria!
2. Involvement & balancing: BLSG: federal gov – state gov – cities - communities!
3. Active collaboration and communication of all (6) stakeholder groups!
4. Harmonisation and standardisation of data, formats, interfaces, meta data (in international context)!
5. Data can also be provided by economy and academia!
6. National and international Benchmark (as a chance)!
7. Guidelines & Best Practises should be developed and provided!
8. Committment for Open Data from highest political level needed!
9. Concrete terms of use, cost models, licenses, SLAs should be developed
10. 1. Phase: open basis data (low hanging fruits) - 2. Phase: set up on lessons learned of phase 1!
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18. OGD Requirements Circle
The following 11 topics as a partial aspect of Open Government Data could be
identified & described on the basis of the requirement analysis:
1. Need for Definitions
2. Open Government: Transparency and Democracy, Participation & Collaboration
3. Legal Issues
4. Impact on Society
5. Innovation and Knowledge Society
6. Impact on Economy / Industry
7. Licenses, Models for Exploitation, Terms of Use
8. Data relevant Aspects
9. Data Governance
10. Applications and Use Cases
11. Technological Aspects
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19. Der OGD Anforderungskreis
The following 11 topics as a partial aspect of Open Government Data could be
identified & described on the basis of the requirement analysis:
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20. OGD White Book Austria
OGD White Book Austria - Table of Content
• Introduction & Definition
• Requirement Analysis of OGD for Austria
• Requirement Circle of OGD
Order your book copy now!
• Open Government Data Guidelines
for Austria • Order Form
http://www.ogd2011.at/weissbuch
• Proceedings of the OGD2011 Conference
16. June 2011 in Vienna • Order at OGD events
• Send email: ogd@semantic-web.at
• Open Government Data Glosary (Austria)
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21. Outreach: OGD events et al.
Open Government Data in Europe – What comes next?
• 27. – 29. Juni 2011, ISESS2011 Konferenz, Brno - http://www.isess2011.org
• 30.6. – 01.7. 2011, OKCon2011, Berlin Germany - http://okcon.org/2011
• 30. 06. 2011, OGD Platform Meeting Vienna - http://data.wien.gv.at
• August 2011, Publishing of the OGD White Book Austria
• 22. – 24. August 2011, Reformgespräche Forum Alpbach, Austria
http://www.alpbach.org/index.php?id=1235
• 07. – 09. September 2011, I-Semantics & I-Know Conference, Graz, Austria
http://www.i-semantics.at
• 21. October 2011, Open Data Camp, Warsaw Poland
http://opengovernmentdata.org/camp2011
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22. Services of SWC around OGD
Our activities in the area of Linked Open Government Data are embedded in a international
network of commercial and governmental organisations that bring forward the most
important improvements with regards to technological and strategic issues in the field.
• (Linked) Open Government Data – Strategy Formation & Consulting
• Development of concrete (Business) Use Cases (publish & consume)
• Measures, Methods & Technologies for the Implementation of the project
(Data Governance, Licenses, Studies, Meta Data & Data Management, Technologies)
• Community & Awareness Building
Promotion of the Open (Government) Data project (Surveys, Competition et al.)
• Buildup of Expertise and Key People inside of an Organisation
(Trainings & Workshops)
• Project Guidance, Execution & Evaluation
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23. Information & Kontakt
Martin Kaltenböck, CMC
Semantic Web Company GmbH (SWC)
Lerchenfelder Gürtel 43
A-1160 Vienna
Semantic Web Company (SWC) LOD2 OKF - OGD Austria
Creating Knowledge out
Web of Interlinked Data Web
http://www.semantic-web.at http://gov.opendata.at
http://blog.semantic-web.at Web http://gov.opendata.at/okfo
http://www.lod2.eu
m.kaltenboeck@semantic-web.at
OGD Survey
Phone: +43-1-402 12 35–25 http://survey.lod2.eu
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