This webspace is devoted to promoting the dialogue about the improvement of the provision, usage and final utilization of open data by scientists of all scientific domains, citizens and businesses. Your contribution on the use and re-use of PSI that depict sound positions and views is most welcome, please send your messages at contact [at] engage-project [dot] eu.
Topics of this call include but are not fully limited to the following:
- Justification of requirements for public sector information, orienting from any scientific domain
- Examples and best practices of open data utilization for scientific purposes
- Visionary ideas on open data utilization within society
- Metadata schemas for open and linked data management
- Methods and tools for open data acquisition, curation, management and publication
- Methods and tools for integrating and combining open data from distributed heterogeneous sources
- Methods and tools for combining linked open data with in-house or open structured information systems in the ‘deep web’
- Information systems and services for open data gathering and provision
- New approaches for public sector information visualization
- Collaborative governance approaches involving the use of open data
- Open data and citizen participation in information gathering / crowdsourcing
- New governance and business models for open data
- Legal provisions and open issues at national and European level, regarding re-use of governmental data
- International cooperation in the field of open and linked data
Short position papers resulted from the ENGAGE International Competition
We initiate this series with 2 excellent contributions from the winners of the ENGAGE International Competition. Readers are encouraged to provide their comments and constructive critique.
- “Open Access to Public Sector Information: Making Data Effectively Available” by Melanie Dulong de Rosnay
- “Voting Records In Comparative Politics And International Relations: The Need For Interoperable Dataset” by Spyros Blavoukos