Open Government Data &NGO operated Data Portals

Two of a Kind?The Case of opendataportal.at

Johann Höchtl, Danube University Krems W3C Meetup 16. 10. 2014, Budapest http://www.meetup.com/Budapest-Open-Knowledge-Meetup/events/208009292/

Austria Open Government Data Portal

www.data.gv.at

UN Public Service Award

Example Outcome: 1 Data Set: 15 Apps

Source www.data.gv.athttp://data.gv.at/datensatz/?id=add66f20-d033-4eee-b9a0-47019828e698

National Level Success factors

• Technical Interoperability– CKAN

• Semantic Interoperability– Meta-Data Schema Standardisation *– No URI concept => but URL schema

• Legal Interoperability– One Licence! Creative Commons: CC BY

• Organisational Interoperability & Aspects**– Agile and open Cooperation (Administration, Science, CSO

e.g. OKF AT– Central data portal as data aggregator

*http://www.ref.gv.at/uploads/media/OGD-Metadaten_2_2_2013_12_12_EN.pdf** https://www.data.gv.at/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Framework__for_Open_Government_Data_Platforms_1.1.pdf

Local Level Success factors I

• Strategy and Organization– Unambiguous organisational structure,

responsibilities and publishing process– OGD Competence Centre– OGD publishing phases with main topics e.g.

traffic, housing, …• OGD Management– Identification Selection Classification Monitoring

Local Level Success factors II

• External Stakeholder Management– Regular Community Meetings and Feedback

Loops• Internal Stakeholder Management– Internal Support and Workshops– Discussion about Added Value

• Evaluation as an integral part of the OGD initiative

Hydrants

But in Viennawe had ….

OGD lesser expected results

• Inter-department information managementReduced efforts for data claims

• Harmonisation of data formats due to public urge• Shared understanding

What are we talking about when we talk about public multimedia booths?

• Streamlined processes and IT-appliancesFrom internal systems to the data platform, Trend towards higher level infrastructure services

• Streamlined (Publication) Processes

Strategic Recommendations

1. Ongoing topic oriented data publication phases 2. Community Building and new partners e.g. Universities

Research Institutions3. Include OGD portals into Participation and Collaboration4. Develop new success indicators for administrative

departments5. Create OGD Quality process6. Include creative methodologies and analytical

competences in education and training programs;7. Promote a legal framework/OGD that makes OGD an

integral part of department actions.

NGO/CSO Open Dataas a Driver for Open Innovation

The 2000 GoldCorp Challenge

From mining Gold, to mining Data, to mining Gold

Open Data Portal for Companies, Science, Civil Society Organizations, People, Machines, …

www.opendataportal.at

What is the object of study?

Open Government Data Non-Government Data and Information

How much data is offered?

Depending on legal backing: open by default, as much as possible, unabridged, uninterpreted

As much as necessary to fulfil a specific goal

Which data sets are offered?

data sets covering all areas of government action taking, produced or collected when fulfilling public administration tasks, devoid of data imposing a security risk or causing economic drawbacks

data and information seemingly suitable to fulfil a pursued goal

When is the data offered?

in a timely manner, recurring one-time release of data and information

OGD vs. NGO DCharacteristics II

What is the object of study?

Open Government Data Non-Government Data and Information

Why is the data offered?

to foster economic growth and to strengthen the established institutions

to fulfil the stakeholder will, to foster open innovation, to raise revenues

Who provides the data?

Government entities Business entities, NGOs, private persons, associations of international law

How is the data provided?

data is provided according to well-established and agreed principles

data is provided according to the needs of the issuing party and existing good practice

Where is the data provided?

dedicated open data portal, possibly shared among many entities

provided as part of an existing web site or embedded within a targeted marketing measure

OGD vs. NGO DCharacteristics II

Service: private operated

Open (Govt.) Data in Austria: Big Picture

data.eu

Municipalities

Provinces

Ministries

?data.opendata

portal.at

Private Persons

Companies NGOs

Portal: Government operated Portal: Private operated

Private Data

3 Months activity report

• CKAN & Wordpress are suitable to operate the platform

• Little additionale administrative effort caused by user self-registration and commenting

• OGD Metadata scheme affirmed.– Bujt plugable domains of action required

Observations - Benefits

• SMEs: No need to self-host data in an open innovation process

• Larger companies: Fulfil legal obligations for corporations: annual turnover, product ingredients, …

• Larger NGOs & CSOs: Transparency of Non-democratic governance

• Marketing: Perception as a dynamic, innovative and approachable institution

Observations – Question marks

• Loosened bonding intooverall marketing strategy

• Tendency towards outdated data sets• No domain-specific visualisations: 3D printing

models, GPS-tracks, …

OPEN INNOVATION IN BUSINESSIS STILL NOT DATA DRIVEN

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

johann.hoechtl@donau-uni.ac.at https://twitter.com/myprivate42

20.05.2015 - 22.05.2015

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