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PSI Alliance 2011-06-28
1. Alberto Ortiz de Zarate
Director of Citizen Services
Brussels, 2011/06/28
Four clues for untying
the Gordian knot of
2011 Annual Public Sector Information
Conference
‘Moving Forward’
3. PSI chronology
the background
green DIRECTIVE LAW PSI
paper 2003/98/CE 37/2007
99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
4. PSI chronology
the background
green DIRECTIVE LAW PSI
paper 2003/98/CE 37/2007
99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
oGov Data USA:
OGD Principles data.gov
data.gov:
data.gov: conducts the 8 principles of Open
Government Data.
5. PSI chronology
the background
UK (Brown):
green DIRECTIVE LAW
paper
data.gov.uk
2003/98/CE 37/2007
99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
oGov Data data.gov
OGD Principles
data.gov.uk:
data.gov.uk: first in Europe
7. PSI chronology
from a basque point of view
DECREE
472/2009
07 08 09 10 11 12
LAW
37/2007
data.gov data.gov.uk
Decree 472/2009 gives responsibility on
472/2009,
openness of public information to the Office of
Citizen Service
8. PSI chronology
from a basque point of view
Government
DECREE Commitment
472/2009
07 08 09 10 11 12
LAW
37/2007
data.gov data.gov.uk
Commitment 29/12/2009 the Basque
29/12/2009:
Government ordered starting up the project
to open public data
9. PSI chronology
from a basque point of view
Commitment
29/12/2009 Open Data
Decree Euskadi
472/2009
07 08 09 10 11 12
LAW
37/2007
data.gov data.gov.uk
07/04/2010: "Open Data Euskadi" starts,
with over 1,000 datasets
10. PSI chronology
from a basque point of view
Commitment
29/12/2009
Decree
472/2009
07 08 09 10 11 12
LAW
37/2007
data.gov data.gov.uk “you are here”
here”
1.500 datasets
14. “In the Basque Country that I want, the citizen is an
adult one who is able to think, decide and take
responsibility by participating in the joint
construction of the country.
And I want to stress this: the times when citizens
were treated like children who are led by the hand,
who are told what to do are over. The days when
people look to the politic parties or public institutions
to know where to walk have come to an end.”
Patxi Lopez, January 14, 2010
“A new social contract between Basques”
http://www.slideshare.net/Irekia/100114-contrato-social-kontratu-sozial
15. Main objectives
(1) Generating value and wealth
Innovative products by companies, reusers and
citizens in general.
(2) Promoting government transparency
Reuse of data to analyze and evaluate governance.
(3) Interoperability between administrations
New public services using data from different
public bodies.
16. Cutting the Gordian knot
#1: No documents, but data
#2: No authorizations, but free reuse
information-on- on-
#3: No information-on-demand, but on-offer
#4: No fees, but free
17. #1: No documents, but data
do it Wisdom
yourself!
Information
Documents
Data
20. #4: No fees, but free
Australian Government: http://www.finance.gov.au/publications/gov20taskforcereport/chapter5.htm
21. Priority in the releasing of data
with reasonable technological sophistication
1.500 datasets
tecnological model
4 stars on a scale of 5 (Berners-Lee)
22. A model based on web content
transparency
1st step:
step:
public information = online
23. A model based on web content
transparency
collaboration
step:
2nd step:
release of open datasets
24. A model based on web content
transparency
collaboration
wealth
innovation
transparency
step:
3rd step:
reuse provides social value
25. Areas of value
For Governments and civil society (Ton Zijlstra):
• Participation, self empowerment
• Transparency, democratic control
• Better (gov) products and services
• New (gov) products and services
• Policy impact analysis, data journalism
• Efficiency and effectivity of government bodies
• New knowledge
entrepeneurs:
For companies and entrepeneurs:
• New businesses based on reuse of data
• Products and services enriched with data reuse
• Stimulation of local innovation
• More efficient and transparent markets
• Improving internal efficiency
Ton Zijlstra: http://www.slideshare.net/TonZijlstra/ogd-in-europe
28. Types of data released
• Official statistics
• Geographic data, maps, orthophoto ...
• Environmental information
• Meteorology
• Tourism resources
• Tenders
• Grants and subsidies
• Other procedures
29. More datasets
• Data on management
• Data of common interest to many
applications
• Data on human rights
• Translation memories into basque
language
• The incidence of real-time traffic
• Election results
• Location of health care resources
• Atlas of mortality
•…
30. Some extras
As an example of reuse, some products have
been developed:
– Weather forecast widget
– Map of traffic incidences
– Search for grants and subsidies in real
time
33. Keys to success
1. Highest political leadership
2. Short-term releasing the maximum number of datasets.
3. First datasets of maximum utility and minimum difficulty
4. Making the project sustainable, with moderate levels of
investment and spending
5. Providing good web content, usable and
understandable, before making it available as open
data.
6. Structured formats and standards.
7. Listen and involve reusers in order to meet their needs.
8. Advance the technological model, without seeking the
leadership in this regard.
9. Permanent Beta: flexibility in response to the changing
environment.
34. Hatching a global movement
CTIC Foundation: http://datos.fundacionctic.org/sandbox/catalog/faceted/
35. Lilacs out of the dead land
CTIC Foundation: http://datos.fundacionctic.org/sandbox/catalog/faceted/
36. mila esker | thank you
Alberto Ortiz de Zárate
a-ortizdezarate@ej-gv.es
http://eadminblog.net
linkedin.com/in/alorza
@alorza
Editor's Notes
Many models of opening public sector information can be raised by applying the European Directive 2003/98/EC. But it is not always good news that many models can coexist. Releasing public information is a complex problem for Governments, perhaps so tangled as the Gordian knot that Alexander the Great found in his campaign of conquest of Persia. The Basque Government has started up an open government data strategy 18 months ago. Now we have got experience enough to define our own model. It’s very important to discuss strong and weak points of each model in order to approach some kind of agreement between governments. The aim is to be more effective and more useful for european society.
First of all, the timeline of our project. There is a history since 1998, when the European Commission drafted the Green Paper on public sector information in the information society. That was the foundation stone of the PSI movement. In 2003, the European directive on this matter was approved . Spain approved its own law at the end of 2007.
In parallel to the PSI movement, we find an equivalent in USA, called Open Government Data. PSI and OGD are not exactly the same, but both seek compatible goals, albeit from somewhat different ideological approaches . In 2007 we have the oGov Data Principles manifesto. In 2009, President Obama came to office and, in a short time, data.gov is online. It’s the first time that a national government conducts the eight principles of open government data.
In 2009, we find the first case in Europe, with data.gov.uk, by the Gordon Brown Government in the UK.
Agreement 29/12/2009: the Basque Government ordered starting up the project to open public data
We have around 18 months of experience by now.
The Basque government has expressed its commitment to the principles of open government : transparency, participation and collaboration. At one hand, each department is launching initiatives for open government, from a sectorial point of view. At the other hand, we are launching some cross-cutting initiatives for the whole government. One of them is Open Data Euskadi. Another one is Irekia, our Open Government website.
European Directive defines PSI as “documents”. Problems: It misleads. The nuclear unit is the data, while the document is a collection of data assembled temporarily for a particular purpose. It is overwhelming . The number of documents possible from the data approaches infinity, and the neccesary work incalculable. It is unclear. PDF documents can not be considered open public information! Our choice: raw datasets, with a high level of disaggregation.
The term "administrative license" implies a request for use of public information, an administrative proceeding and the issuance of a license for a particular use for a given period. This is an absurd bureaucratic complexity, because: Information on the Internet is directly taken, not is requested. If public, I have the right to make lawful use of it. Why limit my access? Our choice: CC-BY license where neccesary
When we think of documents and administrative licenses, we are thinking of a system of public information at the request of stakeholders. This builds: An unsustainable system . Each request would be an onerous administrative burden. Barriers to consumption. It's hard to ask for information we do not know that there is. Our choice: release the information without waiting until is demanded, while listening to the demands to release more information.
The EU directive allows the setting of fees for the use of public information. Again, we are in a paradigm of documents into a demand system. However, when focusing on data in a offer system, the fees are unnecessary and counterproductive. The fees are a major barrier. Reuse decreases exponentially with the price of fees. Even small amounts can be a barrier that discourages most. The data is cheap. If an Administration already offers information on its website, the cost of offering data besides is minimal. The collection costs. The recovery procedures are only sustainable with high rates. Our choice: spend a small budget, release lots of data and let them free.