ENGAGE Platform 2.0 (BETA) released! After the release of the 1st version of the ENGAGE platform in 2012, the ENGAGE consortium has worked hard to release ENGAGE v2.0 with new and improved features and architecture. A key motivation for those changes and additions were the results and feedback of the project’s extensive user engagement and …
From May 22 to May 24, the international Conference for e-Democracy and Open Government 2013 will take place (CeDEM13). This conference brings together e-democracy, e-participation and open government specialists working in academia, politics, government and business (see http://www.cedem-conference.org/cedem13). The ENGAGE-project will be represented by several members at this event. Keith Jeffery (euroCRIS), Vasily Bunakov (STFC) …
We are deeply saddened by the terrible news of the untimely loss of our esteemed colleague Michael Wilson at the end of April. Michael was involved in ENGAGE from the beginning but after the first review he was seconded from STFC to a position in the UK government department responsible for research. We will all …
The Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research (JTAER) is planning a special issue on Innovation through Open Data. Open data have the potential to enable different types of innovation, such as innovation through the provision, processing and use of open data, innovation through open data technologies, and innovation through impact and public value …
As part of the project’s engagement and collaboration strategy, ENGAGE has selected a number of key projects and initiatives in the Open Data and e-Infrastructures domains to collaborate with for mutual benefit and increased impact. So far ENGAGE has signed Memoranda of Understanding with the following projects, but constantly considers other opportunities for collaboration. LOD2 …
Another interesting article published by members of the ENGAGE Consortium, this time on “The potential of metadata for linked open data and its value for users and publishers”. Abstract: Public and private organizations increasingly release their data to gain benefits such as transparency and economic growth. The use of these open data can be …
In the past months, you may have participated in our Open Data Requirements Survey. We want to thank you very much for participating in this survey. This document briefly reports on the main findings of the survey. These findings are used to develop and further specify the requirements of the ENGAGE e−infrastructure for open data …
Another article by ENGAGE members has been published, entitled “Benefits, Adoption Barriers and Myths of Open Data and Open Government”. The article is now available on Taylor & Francis Online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10580530.2012.716740. In this article, based on data collected through interviews and a workshop, the benefits and adoption barriers for open data have been derived. …
A paper authored by Anneke Zuiderwijk (Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands), Marijn Janssen (Delft University of Technology), Ronald Meijer (Research and Documentation Centre, The Netherlands), Sunil Choenni (Research and Documentation Centre), Yannis Charalabidis (University of Aegean, Greece) and Keith Jeffery (Science and Technologies Facilities Council, United Kingdom) has won the outstanding paper award in …
Three 90-minutes parallel ENGAGE Workshops took recently place at the context of the Samos Summit 2012 event, on 3 July 2012. ENGAGE WS I : Open Data Requirements During the first, titled “WS I : Open Data Requirements”, Anneke Zuiderwijk – Van Eijk (Delft University of Technology), Charalampos Alexopoulos (University of AEGEAN) and Marijn Janssen …