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Geodateninfrastruktur Deutschland

The impacts of Open Government initiatives on SDIs

Martin Seiler

Coordination Office SDI Germany

INSPIRE Conference 2013

Florence, 27 June 2013

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/


Outline

(Open) Government in Germany

GDI-DE-architecture

govdata.de architecture

Providing geospatial metadata to govdata.de

Conclusion & Outlook



federation

16 federal states (“Bundesländer”)

Administrative structure

© GeoBasis-DE / BKG 2013



federation


~ 12.000 municipalities





federation


~ 12.000 municipalities

They all own data!





Common Drivers:

public discourse about transparency in politics

revision of PSI directive

governmental data as „public good‟

economic potential through innovation

Open Government



But diverse:

laws

cultures

mindsets

implementations

Open Government




Open Knowledge Foundation:

defines 11 criteria: http://opendefinition.org/okd /

(e.g. access/technological restriction, reuse/attribution, integrity, details

about licenses, statements regarding discrimination, …)

What is open data?



Open Knowledge Foundation:

defines 11 criteria: http://opendefinition.org/okd /

(e.g. access/technological restriction, reuse/attribution, integrity, details

about licenses, statements regarding discrimination, …)

govdata.de is less demanding

clear license statement

license considered “open”

data available for download

data available in a “machine readable format”

What is open data?



SDI architecture



SDI architecture

> 30 Discovery Services connected



Open Data portal on federal level

nation-wide, harmonized access to open data

search and access through a single website

harmonized categories, metadata

prototype online since 03/2013

large share of data in administrations is spatial data!

Govdata.de



Open Data portal on federal level

nation-wide, harmonized access to open data

search and access through a single website

harmonized categories, metadata

prototype online since 03/2013

large share of data in administrations is spatial data!

We have an application for your SDI!!

Govdata.de



Govdata.de



Govdata.de architecture

Source: Marienfeld (2012)



GDI-DE vs. govdata.de

GDI-DE Govdata.de

Interface CSW ISO AP CKAN-APIs

Format XML JSON

Data model ISO 19115 “CKAN-Profil”

Complexity high low

Standard

license

no yes



GDI-DE vs. govdata.de

GDI-DE Govdata.de

Interface CSW ISO AP CKAN-APIs

Format XML JSON

Data model ISO 19115 “CKAN-Profile”

Complexity high low

Standard

license

no yes



identifying open data in the central CSW

Challenges




mapping ISO 19115 to “CKAN-Profile”, e.g.

Point of Contacts

Challenges





Point of Contacts

Data– Service Coupling

Challenges





Point of Contacts


Restrictions on access and use

Challenges





Point of Contacts



Challenges

additional agreements on metadata in GDI-DE





Point of Contacts



Challenges


Keyword: “Open Data”





Point of Contacts



Challenges


{name: “Name of License” URL: “http://www.licenseURL” Attribution: “Attribution Text” }





Point of Contacts



Challenges


resolve data-service coupling





Point of Contacts



Challenges


resolve data-service coupling

json export





Point of Contacts



promote common licenses

keeping the infrastructures in sync

identification of resources

Challenges



Challenges

GDI-DE Open Data

central

local



Challenges

CSW (local, regional, thematic)

GDI-DE Open Data

central

local



Challenges


CSW (central)

GDI-DE Open Data

central

local

ISO 19139

Source: Weichand (2013), edited



Challenges


Open Data (local, regional, thematic)

CSW (central)

GDI-DE Open Data

central

local

ISO 19139




Challenges



CSW (central)

GDI-DE Open Data

central

local

ISO 19139

ISO 19139 CKAN




Challenges

Govdata.de (central)



CSW (central)

GDI-DE Open Data

central

local

ISO 19139

ISO 19139 CKAN




Challenges




CSW (central)

GDI-DE Open Data

central

local

CKAN

ISO 19139

ISO 19139 CKAN




Challenges




CSW (central)

GDI-DE Open Data

central

local

CKAN

ISO 19139 CKAN

ISO 19139

ISO 19139 CKAN




Challenges




CSW (central)

GDI-DE Open Data

central

local

CKAN

ISO 19139 CKAN

ISO 19139

ISO 19139 CKAN

Transformation A:

Transformation B:


Transformation A

!=

Transformation B



Challenges




CSW (central)

GDI-DE Open Data

central

local

CKAN

ISO 19139 CKAN

ISO 19139

ISO 19139 CKAN

Transformation A:

Transformation B:


Transformation A

!=

Transformation B

- Duplicates?

- Priorities?



Challenges




CSW (central)

SDI Open Data

central

local

CKAN

ISO 19139 CKAN

ISO 19139

ISO 19139 CKAN

Transformation A:

Transformation B:


Europe



Challenges




CSW (central)

SDI Open Data

central

local

CKAN

ISO 19139 CKAN

ISO 19139

ISO 19139 CKAN

Transformation A:

Transformation B:


Europe

Open Data CSW (INSPIRE)

ISO 19139 CKAN DCAT



Challenges




CSW (central)

SDI Open Data

central

local

CKAN

ISO 19139 CKAN

ISO 19139

ISO 19139 CKAN

Transformation A:

Transformation B:


Europe

Open Data

CSW (INSPIRE)

ISO 19139 DCAT

Transformation C:

ISO 19139 CKAN DCAT

Transformation D:



lessons learned about usefulness of the infrastructure for others

Conclusion




reduce complexity

Conclusion




reduce complexity

care about requirements of potential/new users

Conclusion




reduce complexity


open up

Conclusion




reduce complexity


open up

high quality metadata is crucial (automatisms, editors)

Conclusion




reduce complexity


open up


INSPIRE metadata IR/TG need improvement

Conclusion




reduce complexity


open up



clear license statements are essential

Conclusion




reduce complexity


open up




centralized architecture is adjusting slowly

Conclusion




reduce complexity


open up




centralized architecture is adjusting slowly

Open Data is a challenge and a chance

Conclusion



Questions ?

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