[ddj] 5811 datasets in beta EU data portal

Fri Jan 11 13:02:44 UTC 2013

Speaking of which the OECD just announced the winner of its
visualisation competition.
See the announcement here:
Visualization Challenge
http://www.oecd.org/newsroom/oecdannounceswinnerofglobaldatavisualizationcompetition.htm

interactive graphic here.
http://www.visualizing.org/full-screen/44104

Ahmed

On 10 January 2013 23:10, Edmund Tadros AFR
<ed.tadros at fairfaxmedia.com.au> wrote:
> Can anyone advise me if there are similar data sets for OECD countries?
>
> On 11/01/2013, at 7:29, Benjamin Ooghe-Tabanou <b.ooghe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Like on most data catalogs, each dataset is released under a specific licence.
>> In the EU Commission's case, there are three different ones used :
>> cc-by for about 100 datasets, a few dozens under Europa Legal Notice,
>> which seems complex but opendata-compatible, and the whole others,
>> meaning more than 95%, are released under the Eurostat
>> Copyright/Licence Policy
>> <http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/about_eurostat/policies/copyright_licence_policy>
>> This last one explicitly says that commercial reuse is possible except
>> in a broad variety of situations which the user obviously has to
>> identify for himself : this is the exact opposite of an opendata
>> licence that would get rid of any legal uncertainty that could put the
>> reuser at risk as defined in the opendefinition.
>>
>> Benjamin
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 6:04 PM, Ahmed ElAmin <elamin.ahmed at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I don't know if you are correct Benjamin. Where did you get the info
>>> that it is for non-commercial use? Even if it says that, media can
>>> analyse and publish the data (eg see UK gov transparency data
>>> publishing, which is what this exercise by the Commission is based
>>> on). Non-commercial use normally means companies cannot package and
>>> resell the data. That's my understanding. I can always contact the
>>> Commission to clarify if people are still unsure. Here is what the
>>> site says (though it is badly put):
>>>
>>> 'This portal is about transparency, open government and innovation.
>>> The European Commission Data Portal provides access to open public
>>> data from the European Commission. It also provides access to data of
>>> other Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies at their
>>> request. The published data can be downloaded by everyone interested
>>> to facilitate reuse, linking and the creation of innovative services.
>>> Moreover, this Data Portal promotes and builds literacy around
>>> Europe’s data. The data publishers, application developers and the
>>> general public can also use new functionalities enabled by the
>>> semantic technologies.'
>>>
>>> On 10 January 2013 15:23, Benjamin Ooghe-Tabanou <b.ooghe at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> That is the issue... Does a media reusing data make a commercial
>>>> reuse? No one knows, and everyone is in a high legal incertainty
>>>> situation...
>>>>
>>>> Benjamin
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Robin Linderborg
>>>> <robin.linderborg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Just of curiosity, where does one draw the line with non-commercial data?
>>>>> Surely, it must be allowed to reference the results, although not in great
>>>>> detail.
>>>>>
>>>>> /Robin Linderborg
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 2013/1/10 Benjamin Ooghe-Tabanou <b.ooghe at gmail.com>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Warning : most of this data can not be used by medias as it is
>>>>>> released under a non-commercial licence, which is quite surprising
>>>>>> coming from the european commission repeating in loop the strong
>>>>>> interest of OpenData for economic purposes...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Benjamin
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Ahmed ElAmin <elamin.ahmed at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> Very interesting and sometimes bizzare kind of microdata begin put
>>>>>>> online as part of a Commission transparency exercise. Here is a sample
>>>>>>> of what can be found begging for infographic kind of treatment.
>>>>>>> http://open-data.europa.eu/open-data/data/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    Psychiatric care beds in hospitals was updated on 09/01/13.
>>>>>>>    Total length of railway lines was updated on 09/01/13.
>>>>>>>    Public electronic procurement systems was updated on 09/01/13.
>>>>>>>    Enterprises using Internet for interaction with public authorities
>>>>>>> (NACE Rev. 1.1) was updated on 09/01/13.
>>>>>>>    Public services - Individuals was updated on 09/01/13.
>>>>>>>    Enterprises using the Internet for submitting a proposal in a
>>>>>>> public electronic tender system to public authorities was updated on
>>>>>>> 09/01/13.
>>>>>>>    Population connected to independent wastewater collecting systems:
>>>>>>> with treatment was updated on 09/01/13.
>>>>>>>    Gross value added - NACE Rev.1: L-P - current prices was updated
>>>>>>> on 09/01/13.
>>>>>>>    Water abstracted for public water supply was updated on 09/01/13.
>>>>>>>    Compensation of employees by NACE Rev.1 was updated on 09/01/13.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>> Ahmed
>>>>>>>
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