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Promoting (meta)-data standards
- The European Commission ISA Programme perspective
Workshop on Open Gov Data Standardisation
Koblenz, 17/09/2013
vassilios.peristeras@ec.europa.eu
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Cooperating partners with compatible visions,
aligned priorities, and focused objectives
Political context
Semantic Interoperability in the
European Interoperability Framework
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What is “Semantic Interoperability”
How to promote semantic interoperability?
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Semantic Standards
Semantic Standards = common ways to describe information
• Generic and abstract data models (data patterns)
• Reference data (e.g. codelists, taxonomies, dictionaries, vocabularies)
Sharing and Reuse of semantic standards contributes to:
a) Reduce development costs, not reinventing the wheel
b) Reduce integration, and sharing of information costs
c) Increase interoperability between systems
9. How to increase visibility of semantic standards
A large number of semantic standards already exists
These are scattered in numerous places linked with various
initiatives
– Several national initiatives to create repositories/libraries/catalogs
of semantic standards (e.g. Germany, Denmark, Finland, Estonia…)
– Standardization bodies and third party initiatives generate valuable
and highly reusable specifications (e.g. OASIS, W3C, UN/CEFACT…)
– Independent projects make available semantic standards to their
own websites
How could we promote reuse at a European level?
10. The need for federation
How could we promote use of semantic standards at a
European level?
… by increasing the visibility of what already
exists
…enabling a federation of semantic standards
repositories
– Cross-querying and discovery should be supported
– Respect the autonomy of each repository
11. How to federate?
Common template (metadata) for describing semantic
standards
Asset Description Metadata Schema (ADMS)
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people
Member States representatives
Multi-disciplinary
working group
Statistics
October 2011-April 2012
Number of virtual meetings
of ADMS Working Group
Number of messages on
ADMS WG mailing list
Number of accesses to ADMS
versions on Joinup
Number of public
comments
Number of JIRA issues
tracked and resolvedGovernment
Business
Academia Libraries
Repository owners
Standardisation bodies
Wide range of backgrounds
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> 2500
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ADMS Working Group in figures
14. ADMS implementation
• Semantic standards are described using ADMS
• Features simple and advanced search of semantic standards
• 2000+ semantic standards from 25 repositories are currently
searchable through Joinup (Sep. 2013)
ADMS-based federation of
semantic standards repositories
Catalogue of semantic
standards
Since January 2013
17. "…What has been discovered over the years is that there
are a number of structures that are universal and
applicable to all kinds of organizations, both private and
public. There are four fundamental categories: People and
Organizations, Geography, Physical Resources and
Activities and Events"
David Hay, Describing the World: Data Patterns
Core Vocabularies
18. Core vocabularies
Simplified, re-usable, generic and extensible data models
that capture the fundamental characteristics of a data entity
in a context-neutral fashion.
CORE
VOCABULARY
PUBLIC
SERVICE
Core Vocabularies
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Usage
- New systems: As default starting points for data
modeling
- Existing systems:
- As reference data models for integration and
information sharing
- As export specifications for publishing open data
Core Vocabularies
CORE
VOCABULARY
PUBLIC
SERVICE
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How ISA develops Core Vocabularies
Core Business TF: chaired by DG MARKT
(European Business Registry project)
Core Location TF: chaired by EC Joint
Research Centre/H6 (INSPIRE Directive)
Core Person TF: chaired by EUROJUST
Core Vocabularies Working Group
W3C methodology
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people
Member States and the
US, South Africa and
Croatia
Multi disciplinary
working group
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EU institutions
Standardization bodies
External experts/academia
21. ISA Open Metadata License v1.1
https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/category/licence/isa-open-metadata-licence-v11
License
Core Vocabularies specs
Core Vocabularies are available through the Join.up platform since
April 2012
Core Vocabularies have been endorsed by the member states in
the context of the ISA Coordination Group, May 2012
24. 5 Linked Data pilots featuring the
Core Vocabularies
1) Interconnecting Belgian address data using the
Core Location Vocabulary
– In collaboration with AGIV, CIRB, bpost, FEDICT, SPW, NGI /IGN and
EC INSPIRE team.
– Pilot available at: http://location.testproject.eu/BEL/
2) Linking national plant protection products
registers
In collaboration with DG SANCO and agencies from 8
Member States, i.e. Austria, Belgium, Germany, Greece,
Hungary, Poland, The Netherlands and Sweden.
• Pilot available at: http://health.tesproject.eu/PPP/
• using the Registered Organization Vocabulary
25. 5 Linked Data pilots featuring the
Core Vocabularies
3) Publishing organisational data as Linked Open
Government Data
– In collaboration with the Greek Ministry of Administrative Reform
and e-Government and Agenzia per l'Italia Digitale.
– Pilot available at: http://org.testproject.eu/MAREG/
4) Reusable public service descriptions using the
Core Public Service Vocabulary
– In collaboration with SPOCS and e-CODEX large scale pilots,
Flemish Intergovernmental Product and Service Catalogue and DERI,
National University of Ireland, Galway.
– Pilot available at: http://cpsv.testproject.eu/CPSV/
26. 5 Linked Data pilots featuring the
Core Vocabularies
5) Interconnecting maritime surveillance data using
the Core Location and the Registered Organization
Vocabularies
– In collaboration with DG MARE, EMSA and the Spanish Armada.
– Pilot available at: http://maritime.testproject.eu/CISE/ (under
development)
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6) eCodex LSP uses the Core Person vocabulary for
exchanging judicial information amongst EU MSs
7) The Flemish Local Authority Association has used all
Core Vocabularies and has created an extension to cover
local authorities needs
8) eSENS LSP will use ADMS to document interoperability
solutions across Europe
Core Vocabularies uptake
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Next Steps
• Raise awareness on semantic standards
• Promote the use of Core Vocabularies and ADMS
• Develop operational pilots using the core vocabularies and linked data
• Work towards metadata alignment in MSs and in EU institutions
• Support DGs and MSs in metadata, and reference data management
• Identify high value data and make it available as open and linked data
• Develop more core vocabularies
32. • Technical standards have contributed to mature solutions at the
technical interoperability layer for decades
• Semantic standards are still missing to address semantic
interoperability
• The EC ISA Programme has initiated work in this area to promote
semantic standardization
Conclusions
33. References
• ISA Programme, Action 1.1 on semantic interoperability:
http://ec.europa.eu/isa/actions/01-trusted-information-exchange/1-1action_en.htm
• Joinup platform: https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/
• Open Government Metadata:
https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/elibrary/document/towards-open-government-metadata
• Core Vocabularies:
– http://joinup.ec.europa.eu/asset/core_business/description
– https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/asset/core_location/description
– http://joinup.ec.europa.eu/asset/core_person/description
– http://joinup.ec.europa.eu/asset/core_public_service/description
• DCAT-AP: http://joinup.ec.europa.eu/asset/dcat_application_profile/description
• ADMS: http://joinup.ec.europa.eu/asset/adms/description
• Federation of semantic assets repositories:
http://joinup.ec.europa.eu/catalogue/all?current_checkbox=1
• ADMS promotion video: http://ec.europa.eu/isa/library/videos/isa_adms.mp4
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