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Geospatial Linked Open Data for the GeoTechnology

of the Future

Dr. John J O’Flaherty,

The National Microelectronics Applications Centre Ltd,

[email protected]

Open Data, Linked Data

Contents

1. Geospatial Information (GI) & Semantic Web2. Open Data (OD) & Linked Open Data (LOD)3. SmartOpenData Project & Results4. Irish SmartOpenData pilots & results

– Irish Open Data Action Plan– ETIS– National Monuments Ground Truthing App

5. Conclusion – future of GT will be Linked & Open

GIS Ireland 2015, Dublin, 2 Oct 2015, [email protected]

GeoSpatial Information (GI)

“Everything is somewhere”Geospatial Information (GI) is fundamental.Open Interoperability is critical

The societal, economic & scientific benefits of integrating GI into commercial & institutionalprocesses is huge. – The process would be substantially aided if data were published on the Web

with the appropriate GI at the source, – thus allowing discovery & access using the standard Web mechanisms


Web of Linked Data (LD) – Semantic Web of Knowledge

Community driven - bottom-up/collaborativeW3C (World Wide Web Consortium) standards

See www.w3.org/standards/

Open Web of Linked Data (Semantic Web) - based on – HTML/HTTP – the “normal” web of documents – standard Web Browser– RDF Triples – Resource Description Framework - graph based data model

Two nodes (Subject & Object) & a relationship connecting them (Predicate)

– URIs – Universal Resource Identifiers» Web addresses for everything» All Subjects, Objects & Predicates


Open Data – OGP (Open Government Partnership)

Open Data is – "A piece of data is open if anyone is free to use, reuse, & redistribute it — subject

only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and/or share-alike”G8 Open Data Charter - http://opensource.com/government/13/7/open-data-charter-g8

– All government data will be published open by default, – Will increase the quality, quantity & re-use of the data that is released. – To help unlock the economic potential of open data, support innovation & provide

greater accountability.EU Directive on reuse of Public Service Information (PSI)

– See http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/european-legislation-reuse-public-sector-information

Open Government Partnership (OGP) – Ireland joined in 2013– OGP – 65 countries, www.opengovpartnership.org– Irish OGP National Action Plan, www.ogpireland.ie

» Open Data is a key component» All PSI Open Data to be Linked Open Data within 5 years (OD Roadmap).


Open Data Formats

• Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the Web & Linked Data initiator, suggested a 5 star deployment scheme for Open Data. • From just electronic

to Linked Open Data (LOD)• See http://5stardata.info/

� make your stuff available on the Web (whatever format) under an open license

�� make it available as structured data (e.g., Excel instead of image scan of a table)

�� use non-proprietary formats (e.g., CSV instead of Excel)

�� use URIs to denote things, so that people can point at your stuff

�� link your data to other data to provide context (LOD)


Linked Open Data cloud

http://lod-cloud.net/

Media

Government

Geo

Publications

User-generated

Life sciences

Cross-domain


data.cso.ie– 2011 Census – Linked Open Data• 12 million RDF triples from Census • Geographical entities (counties, cities, etc.)• Codelists• StatBank time series database

Linked Logainm.ie (Digital Repository Ireland) – Irish Place names

Irish Opendata.ie portalAll-Island Research Observatory– www.airo.ieDublinked.ieEtc.

Irish Linked Open Data landscape


SmartOpenDataLinked Open Data for environment protection in Smart RegionsFP7 ENVIR Grant no. 603824 - [Exploiting the European Open Data Strategy to mobilise the use of environmental data & information]

• SmartOpenData is created a Linked Open Data platform of tools • to make public & voluntary GI resources on rural areas• available to SMEs as LOD to enable them create new services & products

• Based on the practical needs & experience of 5 Demonstration Pilots

• SmartOpenData aimed to help bridge the gap between1. GeoSpatial Information - from the SDI/INSPIRE “world”

• OGC (Open Geospatial Consortium) – standards setting2. Linked Open Data (LOD) - from the Semantic Web “world”

• W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) – collaborative movement

“Linking Geospatial Data” Conference, March 2014, led to the

W3C/OGC Working Group on “Spatial Data on the Web” -http://www.w3.org/2015/spatial/wiki/Main_Page


SmartOpenDataLinked Open Data for environment protection in Smart Regions

• Involves 16 partners from 9 countries• Public Bodies,• Academic Researchers, • Industry• SMEs• Ireland – MAC, LCCC, Sindice

• Project started in November 2013 & ends October 2015.

• See www.smartopendata.eu

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SmartOpenData Consortium

Industry

Academic

Public Body

SMEs

Started: November 2013Duration: 24 MonthEU Contribution: €2.4M


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SmartOpenData Service Platform

New SmartOpenData Tools

1. Administration & Notification service – UPM

2. Data Harmonisation& Publication Framework SPAZIODATI

3. Grafterizer & Datagraft.net Transformation Service – SINTEF

4. SEFARAD V2.0 semantic Visualization tool - UPM

5. Kibi – Data Intelligence Browserdistributed semantic Indexing- SindiceTech

6. SmartOpenData Data Model - W3C

SmartOpenData outputs


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SmartOpenData 5 Pilots led to 9 End-user Services

Pilot

1. Spain/Portugal (Public sector) ‐Agroforestry management

2. Ireland (Research, Enterprises) Envir Rsch, Biodiversity

3. Italy (Citizens) Air & Water monitoring

4. Czech (Enterprises & Public sector)Forest sustainability

5. Slovakia (Citizens) Environmental data reuse

End User Services1. Determination of best forestry species 2. Determination of seeds best origin on forestry3. Open Land use/land cover & water quality data.

4. ETIS Webservice for Burren & European GeoParks5. App to Ground‐Truth Protected Monument sites.

6. Open System of Air & Water quality Datasets.

7. Czech National Forestry Inventory (NFI) Geoportal

8. Spatial Web Crawler for GI/LOD resources in the deep web

9. Biodiversity Mashup Linked Open Data Extension


SmartOpenData Irish Pilot

Environmental Conservation, Biodiversity

Burren National GeoParkwww.burrennationalpark.ie

SmartOpenData helping Decision Makers & Researchers to better manage, preserve, sustain & use this unique ecosystem.

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• An unique area of high conservation value• containing many habitats of international importance• Involves many Communities &

Europe-wide environmental issues



Environmental Conservation, Biodiversity

Burren National GeoParkwww.burrennationalpark.ie

15GIS Ireland 2015, Dublin, 2 Oct 2015, [email protected]


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Stakeholders identified 3 key issues.1. How to manage Tourism for Conservation2. Protecting Monument Sites.3. Input to Irish Open Government Partnership (OGP)

Solution: New SmartOpenData-enabled InnovativeServices using LOD sources & structures.

2. SmartOpenData enabled App to Ground-Truth potential Protected Monument sites for the Irish Heritage Council - http://heritagevault.cloudapp.net

1. SmartOpenData enabled European Tourism Indicator System (ETIS) Webservice & Apps (EU Standard) for the Burren GeoPark& European GeoParks Network - http://geoparks.cloudapp.net


Irish Open Data Initiative of the OGP

Published 2 key Open Data documents - www.per.gov.ie/open-data/• a Foundation Document for the development of Ireland’s Open Data Strategy; • a Technical Framework for the publication of datasets in open data format on the

Government’s open data portal data.gov.ie

SmartOpenData input to the Public Consultation on these

http://data.gov.ie

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http://data.gov.ie

www.per.gov.ie/open-data/


Every Public Organisation in Ireland

• Audit of Datasets (COMSODE methodology)

• Open Data Publication Plan

• Using the Open Data Technical Framework

1. Open Data Licence2. Recommended Formats3. Metadata Schema4. Recommended Standards5. Recommended Unique

Resource identifiers

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Foundation Document for the development of the Public Service Open

Data Strategy


Irish Open Data Technical Framework

GeoDCAT-APMetadata Schema

Geo Data Catalogue vocabulary Application Profile for data portals in Europe

Geospatial metadata elements to be included in data.gov.ie

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Linked Open Data (LOD)

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LOD Value Proposition

• LOD offers flexible data integration• LOD leads to an increase in data quality• LOD reduces data integration costs• the use of LOD gives rise to new services

LOD Enablers

• Efficiency gains in data integration – the network effect

• Forward-looking strategies• Increased linking & integrated

services• Ease of model updates• Ease of navigation• Open licensing & free access• Enthusiasm from ‘champions’ • Emerging best practice guidance

LOD Barriers

• Necessary investments• Lack of necessary competencies• Perceived lack of tools• Lack of service level guarantees• Missing, restrictive, or incompatible

licences• Surfeit of standard vocabularies • Inertia of the status quo

From “Study on Business Models for Linked Open Government Data - BM4LOGD”, Nov 2013, https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/85/31/25/Study_on_business_models_for_Linked_Open_Government_Data_BM4LOGD_v1.00.pdf


SmartOpenData: Lessons

LOD Value Proposition1. LOD offers flexible data integration. Who needs data integration?2. LOD leads to an increase in data quality Who will pay for the higher quality ?3. LOD reduces data integration costs Who benefits from that?4. the use of LOD gives rise to new services Who should deploy those new services ?

EU Public Data stage


Irish Pilot – ETIS Service

1. Tourism for ConservationUser Validation/Co-design meetings & discussions with the GeoPark stakeholder groups identified the following User Scenario as providing the most immediate benefit/added value to ensure sustainable tourism for the Park.

• SmartOpenData enabled European Tourism Indicator System (ETIS) Webservice & Apps for the Burren & European GeoParks Network• ETIS is a new EU standard, that is a locally owned & led process for monitoring,

managing, & enhancing the sustainability of a tourism destination.• To streamline & enhance the current manual system by transforming the ETIS Excel

dataset into Linked Open Geospatial Data.• Webservice & multiple easy-access/VGI Apps for the various stakeholders involved

• Public bodies – National Parks Wildlife Service (NPWS)• Experts – Researchers & management in the Burren GeoPark, GeoParks Network.• Enterprises, Companies & SMEs – Burren GeoPark• Citizens – visitors to the Burren National Park.


European Tourism Indicator System (ETIS)

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ETIS Dataset• DG Growth, Internal Market, Industry,

Entrepreneurship & SMEs, Sustainable Tourism• Defined as an Excel Spreadsheet & PDF Guide

http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/the-european-tourism-indicator-system-pbNB3213182/


ETIS GeoPark Management Portal

http://geoparks.cloudapp.net

• Dynamically binds the options chosen by the GeoPark Manager to the user interface

• Manager selects sections relevant to their Park & the content is automatically published in the User surveys.

• System Dashboard interface shows how the destination is performing as per ETIS framework

• ETIS data model includes the Response Indicators that are linked depending on the selected options.

• The App based surveys are collated & the toolkit algorithms applied.

• One click deployment of the surveys. • The System uses the dynamic

links created between elementsto show the relevant content basedon selection.

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ETIS GeoPark Management Portal

System Dashboard interface shows how the destination is performing as per the ETIS framework.


ETIS Stakeholders Surveys

Each of the stakeholders surveys can be accessed with the following URLs

• Visitor http://geoparks.cloudapp.net/visitorsurvey.html• Resident http://geoparks.cloudapp.net/residentsurvey.html• Enterprise http://geoparks.cloudapp.net/enterprizesurvey.html

Mobile App User Interface


Tourism for Conservation

Service

Data ModelTable for ETIS

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Transformed to the SmartOpenData Data

Model using the Harmonisation Tools

proven in other Pilots.


Mobile App for Protected Heritage SitesSocial Validation/Co-design meetings & discussions with the Heritage Council & stakeholder groups identified the following User Scenario as providing the most immediate benefit/added value to protect heritage sites in the Burren & beyond.

• SmartOpenData enabled service to Ground-Truth potential Protected Monument sites• Enabling visitors & people interested in their local heritage, to seek out & ground truth

potential Monument sites.

• To mobilise a very motivated community of stakeholders, including• Public bodies – Heritage Council, National Monuments Service, Irish Government

Department of Arts, Heritage & the Gaeltacht.• Experts – Field Monuments Advisors & Researchers• Enterprises, Companies & SMEs – Farmers.• Citizens – visitors & people interested in their local heritage

• Ground Truthing• Crowdsourcing/VGI process of gathering data in the field• To either complement or dispute remotely collected data.

Irish Pilot – Ground Truthing Service


Crowdsource Ground Truthing– Mobile App

Enables visitors & people interested in their local heritage, to seek out & ground truth potential Monument sites, as follows:


Ground Truthing Service Portal

• Once reported the inputs are verified to confirm their status, • at the portal at http://heritagevault.cloudapp.net


Ground Truthing Service Portal

• The service uses the Irish National Monuments dataset available at http://webgis.archaeology.ie/nationalmonuments/flexviewer/.

• This is being transformed to the SmartOpenData Data Model using theHarmonisation Tools proven in other Pilots.


Mobile App for Protected Heritage Sites- Data Model for National Monuments

• Irish National Monuments Dataset

• INSPIRE Protected Sites Simple Application Schema

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• Transformed to the theSmartOpenData Data Model using theHarmonisation Tools proven in other Pilots.


In Conclusion ….

Irish Pilot services – meet real user needs– will continue


The Future of GeoTechnology will be – Linked & Open– Standardised - combining both OGC & W3C standards.– Huge opportunity for us all !

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Thank You


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