1. FP7-­‐INFRASTRUCTURES-­‐2011-­‐2,
FP7-­‐ICT-­‐283700
CeDEM
Paper
Presenta>on,
Krems,
Austria,
22
May
2013
Towards an e-infrastructure to support the
provision and use of open data
Anneke Zuiderwijk, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Marijn Janssen, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Keith Jeffery, euroCRIS, United Kingdom

2. Agenda
0 Introduc.on
0 Research
approach
0 Requirements
for
and
elements
of
the
open
data
e-­‐
infrastructure
0 ENGAGE
open
data
e-­‐infrastructure
0 The
ENGAGE
development
plan
0 Func.onali.es
of
the
ENGAGE
open
data
e-­‐infrastructure
0 Conclusions

3. Introduc.on
0 Organiza.ons
increasingly
publish
data
on
the
internet
à
Open
Data
0 Much
poten.al
to
realize
advantages
0 However,
many
organiza.ons
simply
release
data
without
considering
how
these
data
can
be
reused
(e.g.
lack
of
contextual
informa.on,
linkage
to
other
data,
feedback
tools)
0 While
reuse
of
open
data
should
enable
the
realiza.on
of
the
advantages
of
open
data

4. Introduc.on
0 E-­‐infrastructure
(based
on
ICT)
can
s.mulate
and
support
data
reuse
(and
provision)
0 Aim
1. derive
requirements
for
an
open
data
e-­‐infrastructure;
and
2. present
such
an
e-­‐infrastructure
that
meets
a
part
of
these
requirements
à
s.mula.ng
realiza.on
of
open
data
advantages

5. Research
Approach
0 Design
Science
Research
Methodology1
0 Requirements
for
open
data
infrastructure
gathered
from:
0 Literature
overview
0 Interviews
0 Ques.onnaire
0 Workshops
1
Peffers,
K.,
Tunanen,
T.,
Rothenberger,
M.
A.,
&
ChaZerjee,
S.
(2008).
A
Design
Science
Research
Methodology
for
Informa.on
Systems
Research.
Journal
of
Management
Informa0on
Systems,
24(3),
45-­‐77.

6. Requirements
0 Iden.fied
95
requirements
in
12
categories:
1. Access
2. Searching
3. Naviga.on
4. Uploading
5. Downloading
6. Data
quality
7. Analysis
of
datasets
8. Visualiza.on
9. Linking
and
combining
data
10. Collabora.on
11. Support
and
help
12. Feedback

7. The
ENGAGE
development
plan

8. Func.onali.es
of
ENGAGE
open
data
e-­‐infrastructure
0 No
single
e-­‐infrastructure
meets
all
requirements
0 ENGAGE
2.5
will
not
meet
all
of
the
requirements
either
0 Most
important
func.onali.es
of
ENGAGE
2.5:
A.
Data
provision
B.
Data
retrieval
and
use
C.
Data
linking
D.
User
rating
E.
User
cooperation
Requirements
(based
on
number
in
Table
1)
Key
functionalities
of
the
ENGAGE
open
data
e-­‐infrastructure
Data
Acquisition,
Metadata
Acquisition,
Data
Cleansing,
Data
Validation,
Data
Conversion,
Metadata
Enhancement
21-­‐23,
33,
44-­‐47,
86,
92-­‐
93,
95
Retrieval
by
facets,
Retrieval
by
query,
Data
display,
Data
requests
module,
Version
management
Automated,
Manual,
Metadata
User
profiles,
Users
as
providers,
Users
as
consumers,
Users
as
co-­‐operators
Rating
system,
Quality
control
1-­‐20,
27-­‐28,
34-­‐36,
39,
43-­‐47,
64,
74-­‐81,
88-­‐95
14,
27,
29,
32-­‐33,
49-­‐60
29-­‐33,
94
19-­‐20,
61-­‐72
Categories
of
functionalities
of
the
ENGAGE
open
data
e-­‐infrastructure

9. Func.onali.es
of
ENGAGE
open
data
e-­‐infrastructure
0 Contribu.on
of
ENGAGE
over
exis.ng
infrastructures:
1. Service
for
researchers
and
ci.zens
2. Metadata
specifica.on
and
content
organisa.on
(embracement
of
the
Linked
Data
Paradigm
while
ensuring
the
quality
and
responsiveness
of
highly
structured
informa.on
models)
3. Automa.on
in
data
entry
and
cura.on
4. Crowdsourcing
and
interac.on
with
and
between
users
of
the
plagorm
5. Data
cura.on
tools
and
services
6. Dataset
visualisa.on
possibili.es
7. Mul.linguality
8. User
help
and
training

10. Conclusions
0 Aim
1. derive
requirements
for
an
open
data
e-­‐infrastructure;
and
2. present
such
an
e-­‐infrastructure
that
meets
a
part
of
these
requirements
à
s.mula.ng
realiza.on
of
open
data
advantages
0 Iden.fied
95
requirements
of
open
data
users
and
providers
in
12
categories
0 Linked
requirements
to
func.onali.es
0 ENGAGE
2.5
fulfils
many
requirements
0 ENGAGE
is
designed
to
interoperate
within
the
general
e-­‐infrastructure
framework
of
the
European
Commission
0 Future
research
should
show
how
the
requirements
for
open
data
e-­‐
infrastructures
could
be
further
refined

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