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A Guide for Transportation Agencies

Posted on: 07-06-2012

Getting Started with Open Data provides the how-to, why-to, and other useful resources for opening transportation and related data.

The guide "Getting Started with Open Data - A Guide for Transportation Agencies" was spearheaded by Sarah M. Kaufman, Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management and Robert F. Wagner, Graduate School of Public Service New York University.

The guide answers the questions that will arise during the process of opening data, such as – How do you open data, why does it need to be maintained? What potential obstacles and...

The Law Factory Conference Programme published

Posted on: 07-06-2012

The organizers of "The Law Factory" conference on parliamentary data, 6th & 7th July in Paris have published the conference programme.

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Topic Report: Open Data in Cultural Heritage Institutions

Posted on: 31-05-2012

This topic report looks at the digitalisation of cultural heritage in Europe and the regulations and conditions for it re-use. The report discusses relevant research undertaken over the last few years regarding the challenges and benefites of making digital cultural heritage information available for re-use. It reviews the development of the legal framework and highlights the arguments pro and contra the proposed amendment of the PSI Directive to extend the scope of the Directive to include cultural heritage institutions.

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New Topic Report: Open Data in Cultural Heritage Institutions

Posted on: 31-05-2012

The ePSIplatform team has published a new Topic Report, looking at open data and re-use in the cultural sector.

This topic report looks at the digitalisation of cultural heritage in Europe and the regulations and conditions for it re-use. The report discusses relevant research undertaken over the last few years regarding the challenges and benefites of making digital cultural heritage information available for re-use. It reviews the development of the legal framework and highlights the arguments pro and contra the proposed amendment of the PSI Directive to extend the...

The postcode saga continues: Geocoder.ca sued by Canada Post

Posted on: 08-05-2012

Metadata

  • Thesaurus terms: PSI, postcodes, copyright
  • Regulatory Body: Federal Court
  • Jurisdiction: Canada
  • Legal provisions concerned:
    • Canadian Copyright Act
  • Case identifier: Canada Post versus Geolytica
  • Date: March 2012

Short impact analysis
Canada Post has filed a complaint against Geolytica, the company that exploits Geocoder.ca, claiming that Geocoder.ca infringes the copyright it has on its Canadian postcodes database. Depending on the final decision...

Dutch national road database finally available for commercial re-use

Posted on: 08-05-2012

Metadata

  • Thesaurus terms: PSI, unfair competition, public task
  • Regulatory Body: Court of ‘s Hertogenbosch
  • Jurisdiction: the Netherlands
  • Legal provisions concerned:
    • Freedom of Information Act
    • Act amending the Competition Act on market activities of the State
  • Case identifier: Falkplan and Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment
  • Date: 21 December 2011

Short impact analysis
In a summary proceedings, the Dutch Court of ‘s Hertogenbosch refused to...

Topic Report: The Amendments to the PSI Directive

Posted on: 25-04-2012

In December 2011, the European Commission published a proposal for a directive amending the 2003 PSI directive. This topic report discusses the amendments proposed by the Commission, and indicates what effect these amendments would have on the rights of the re-user and the obligations of the public sector bodies. The proposal is part of the Digital Agenda for Europe and the Europe 2020 strategy, and intends to provide the market with an optimal legal framework to stimulate the market for PSI-based products and services. The main changes include the inclusion of museums,...

Topic Report: Re-use of Budget Data

Posted on: 30-03-2012

Budget data contains information about national and local government budgets. Access to, and a better understanding of, budget data by the general public leads to broader public engagement in government budgetary processes. This engagement can promote substantive improvements in governance. This report provides an overview of international initiatives regarding open budget data, of the re-use that is made of budget data and the remaining barriers to re-use of budget data.

The main re-users of budget data are journalists and transparency groups. News media produce budget...

ePSI Trailblazers Candidates

Posted on: 29-02-2012

See the current Candidates for the ePSI Trailblazers. We love them! Help us find more!

In the run to the upcoming ePSI Conference 2012 on 16th March in Rotterdam, Netherlands, we are very excited to announce the first round of ePSI Trailblazers Candidates as submitted by you through the submission from.

The Candidates

The following projects are Candidates for the ePSI...

PSI Scoreboard Released in Public Beta

Posted on: 28-02-2012

The ePSIplatform team is proud to announce the launch of a new feature on this website. From today, you will be able to view the PSI Scoreboard. The PSI Scoreboard is a crowdsourced initiative to measure the status of PSI re-use throughout the European Union.

The PSI Scoreboard, is available on the ePSIplatform under "reports", or directly via http://epsiplatform.eu/content/european-psi-scoreboard. It is released in Beta-status, meaning that we will allow interested parties to view the scoreboard and...

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