1. Open Access and Preservation
in eGovernment
CEDEM 2012 Workshop
03. May 2012
Ross King, Joachim Jung, Michela Vignoli
Safety & Security Department
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH
2. Workshop Agenda
16.00 1. Introduction and Presentation
16.20 2. General Discussion
16.30 3. Breakout groups
A. Requirements
B. Policies
17.00 4. Reports of Breakout groups
17.15 5. Discussion
17.30 6. Close
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3. AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH
The largest research institution (outside
of the University system) in Austria
Owned 50.46% by the Republic of
Austria, 49.54% by a Federation of
Austrian Industries
Around 900 employees
Five departments
Industrial
Very diverse research landscape commissions
30%
External
A “40/30/30” budget model funds
Funded 30%
40% internal financing through BMVIT projects
(Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology)
Matching funds
40% Internal funds Independent
research
4. AIT R&D Focus – Safety & Security Department
FNS – Security
eGovernment
eHealth & AAL
HRS – Safety
Secure energy
Safety-critical
networks
Soft- und Hardware
Cloud Computing
DME – Safety IVS – Security
Manage massive 3D Vision
volumes of data and High Performance IVS
complex data formats
Multi-Camera Systems
The four cornerstones of Safety & Security in the
Electronic Universe
5. Digital Memory Engineering – AIT on the Leading Edge
Through a number of national and international projects, the AIT Digital Memory
Engineering group (DME) has advanced the state of the art in Digital Preservation in
the areas of scalability (applying intensive computation to binary objects) and quality
assurance (automated image-based error detection). In addition, DME has
participated in a number of national and international initiatives:
OCG working group on long-term archiving (LZA)
Co-founder and Board Member of the Open Planets Foundation
Coordinator of the FP7 Integrated Project SCAPE
Advising EU policy through the Digital Preservation Experts Group
ISO/IEC JTC Study Group on Digital Content Management and Protection
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7. Open Access and Preservation
in eGovernment
The case for an Austrian National Data Service
Dr. Ross King
Senior Scientist
Safety & Security Department
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH
8. Outline
Arguments for Open Access
Arguments for a National Data Service
Existing National Data Services
Next Steps
Conclusions
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9. Arguments for Open Access
Moral Argument
Publically funded research should be publically available
Publically funded government should by publically available
Pragmatic Argument
Open Access improves research efficiency
Open Access improves governmental efficiency
Economic Argument
Open Access and Open Data can be
the foundation of new economic growth
(see for example: Graham Vickery, Review of Recent Studies
on PSI Re-Use and Related Market Developments [2011].)
Is publishing today a value-adding or
a rent-seeking behaviour?
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10. Open Access – Economic Necessity?
“We write to communicate an untenable
situation facing the Harvard Library. … It is
untenable for contracts with at least two major
providers to continue on the basis identical
with past agreements. Costs are now
prohibitive… since faculty and graduate
students are chief users, please consider the
following options open to faculty and
students…
Make sure that all of your own papers are
accessible by submitting them in accordance
with the faculty-initiated open-access policies.
Consider submitting articles to open-access
journals, or to ones that have reasonable,
sustainable subscription costs; move prestige
to open access. If on the editorial board of a
journal involved, determine if it can be
published as open access material, or
independently from publishers that practice
http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k77982&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup143448
pricing described above. If not, consider Accessed on 24.04.2012
resigning.”
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11. Arguments for a National Data Service
Trust
Stakeholders versus beneficiaries
Endurance over time
Preservation
Traditional role of memory institutions (libraries, archives)
Economics
Economies of scale
Return on investment
Planning horizon
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12. Examples of National Data Services
Australia
data.gov.au
This site provides an easy way to find, access, and reuse public datasets
from the Australian state and federal governments
Australian National Data Service (ANDS)
An infrastructure that enables national
researchers to easily publish, discover,
access and use research data
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13. Examples of National Data Services
Netherlands
overheid.nl
The central access point to all information from government organizations of
The Netherlands. data.overheid.nl (launched 2011) is the central register
providing links to all open government data sets
Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS)
This service encourages researchers to archive and reuse data in a
sustained manner, e.g. through its online archiving system. It provides
access to scientific datasets, e-publications and other research information.
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14. Examples of National Data Services
Austria
http://offener.datenkatalog.at/
Katalog Offene Daten Österreich began collecting openly accessible data
from both governmental and science related sources
http://gov.opendata.at/site/
Cooperation Open Government Data (OGD) Österreich
http://www.archivinformationssystem.at/suchinfo.aspx
Austrian State Archive
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15. Next steps
User requirements
Must derive from a broad spectrum of public beneficiaries
Technical solutions
Should be selected based on the requirements, as well as on the
lessons learned from other National Services
Policies
A commitment to preserve and provide permanent access within
government, the scientific community and society in general must be
codified at the national policy level
Funding
Initial estimate for such a service: € 20 Million
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16. Conclusion
Austria is considered a world leader in eGovernment
There are compelling arguments for an Austrian National Data Service
This service could be unique in a number of ways:
Integrate eGovernment and Research Access
Expand support for more content types
• Documents (and Publications)
• Raw Data
but also
• Structured Data (XML)
• Databases
• Software/Applications
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17. AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
your ingenious partner
Dr. Ross King
Senior Scientist
T: +43 (0) 50550 4271
F: +43 (0) 50550 4150
email: ross.king@ait.ac.at