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Overview
• M&M metaphor, data for informed decisions
• Linking open data, what does it mean?
• ESSnet Linked Open Statistical Data
• Putting the citizen in the centre
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What is Open Data?
Open data is data that can be freely used, re-used and redistributed by
anyone - subject only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and
sharealike.
Open Data Handbook
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Linking open data – seeing stars
★ make your stuff available on the web (whatever format)
★★ make it available as structured data (e.g. excel instead of image scan of a table)
★★★ non-proprietary format (e.g. csv instead of excel)
★★★★ use URLs to identify things, so that people can point at your stuff
★★★★★ link your data to other people’s data to provide context
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Dublin 300,000,000 hits
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European Statistical Code of Practicehttps://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/4031688/8971242/KS-02-18-142-EN-N.pdf/e7f85f07-91db-4312-8118-f729c75878c7
• Principle 14 Coherence and Comparability - European Statistics are consistent internally, over time and comparable between regions and countries; it is possible to combine and make joint use of related data from different data sources.
• Principle 15 Accessibility and Clarity - European Statistics are presented in a clear and understandable form, released in a suitable and convenient manner, available and accessible on an impartial basis with supporting metadata and guidance
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Ireland – most Open Data mature 2017https://www.europeandataportal.eu/sites/default/files/maturity-2017-1.png
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What is an ESSnet?• ESS (European Statistical System) Network (Grant agreement no. 11102.2017.001-2017.661 - €619,696.32)
• Four NSIs Bulgaria (Project Coordinator), France, Ireland, Italy collaborating on an ESSnet on Linked Open Statistical Data (LOSD)
• Subcontracting work to industry and academic experts in France and Ireland (Consortium of Derilinx, Adapt Centre (TCD), Insight Institute (NUIG))
• Objectives of ESSnet
• To explore NSIs publishing statistical data as LOSD on the semantic web
• To allow citizens to engage with statistical data easily as linked open data
• To prepare NSIs in the wider ESS to publish LOSD
• To recommend a way forward for the ESS to adopt and exploit LOSD
• Launched November 2017, initial LOSD published April and October 2018, final deliverables in April 2019
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Outline of Work Packages• WP0 - Project Coordination, Bulgaria NSI
• WP1 – LOSD Pilots, user assessments and recommendations on horizontal topics, CSO Ireland
• Set up LOSD platform
• LOSD pilots, publishing LOSD for four separate domains
• Use cases for LOSD and user assessment of the LOSD solutions provided
• Recommendations for the future of LOSD in ESS and lessons learned
• WP2 - ESS Networking, Cooperation and Capacity Building, Insee France
• Dissemination of outputs from the ESSnet
• Set up a cooperation and collaboration platform for LOSD
• Organise capacity building materials and webinars
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Overview of elements of ESSnet LOS • Agile - initially linking one Census dataset then expanding further
• Link data locally, nationally and internationally incorporating non statistical datasets e.g. spatial, local government
• Each NSI hosts their own single source of RDF data
• NSI links RDF datasets to the European Data Portal (EDP) through their national data portals
• Data analyst accesses LOSD through a cloud based tool pulling from EDP
• Access to LOSD Open Cube toolkit (openly licensed LOSD, open source tools, freely available, cloud based)
• NSI data analysts can access and create cross domain products and services e.g. linking statistical, spatial and local government datasets for an easy to use citizen friendly view
• Capacity building in ESS once proven model is created
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What’s in it for the European Statistical System(ESS)?
• An opportunity for the ESS to work together to be a global thought leader in this field
• An opportunity to create innovative products and services for European citizens
• An opportunity for ESS NSIs to work together to link European open data locally, nationally and internationally
• An opportunity to build on the foundations of linked open data in Europe
• An opportunity to link European local government data, spatial data, statistical data and other European open data sources to create the European semantic web
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What’s in it for Open Data in Ireland?• An opportunity for Ireland to continue to be a global thought leader in this field
• An opportunity to create innovative products and services for the Irish citizen
• An opportunity for the consortium of Derilinx, Adapt Centre (TCD), Insight Institute (NUIG) to work together within an Irish and European context to link Irish open data locally, nationally and internationally
• An opportunity to build on the foundations of linked open data in Ireland
• An opportunity to link Irish local government data, spatial data, statistical data and other Irish open data sources to create an Irish semantic web
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Putting the citizen in the centre
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Putting the citizen in the centre
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Statbank table
Visualisation Tool
…in 1 Day
…in 1 Year
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National Data Profile Wireframe
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Takeaways – are you the missing link
• Please publish your data freely available as open data, in open data formats, under an open data license (CC 4.0)
• Please, please publish your data using standard classifications and geographies so your data can link to and enrich other data sources (common URIs)
• Please, please, please add your datasets to Ireland’s open data portal https://data.gov.ie/ to allow (machine) discoverability (CKAN/DCAT data catalogues)
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