Mike Thacker 18 May 2011

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1 A Linked Data approach to sharing public sector service and project information Mike Thacker 18 May 2011 supported by Local Government Group

esd-toolkit scope UK local government 350 English local authorities in 9 regions 32 Scottish local authorities 22 Welsh local authorities Plus

2 esd-toolkit scope UK local government 350 English local authorities in 9 regions 32 Scottish local authorities 22 Welsh local authorities Plus specialist authorities for national parks, fire, etc 23,000+ registered users Standards, tools and communities for meaningful information sharing

environment to support disadvantaged groups Civil-servant Empowerment for Multi-media Service Delivery

3 Involvement across EU Smart Cities Innovation network between local government and academics for e-service delivery in North Sea region Activating Drivers for Digital empowerment in Europe framework and learning environment to support disadvantaged groups Civil-servant Empowerment for Multi-media Service Delivery ICT-enabled structured approach to using digital technologies to support the disadvantaged in small local authorities

4 Use of Linked Data Linked Data for sharing public information Service Addresses Need Data expressed as triples Everything has a URI (or is a literal) Lists of concepts according to Simple Knowledge Organisation System

5 UK LG Linked Data esd-standards controlled vocabularies data.gov.uk administrative organisations (plus 100s of other datasets) Ordnance Survey geographical boundaries Legislation.gov.uk laws, statutes, etc CIPFA financial classifications Dbpedia disparate (eg currency)

6 Linked Data application Standards lists of services and other components of Local government service delivery Council spending detailed spending records Metrics types of indicator and actual values Projects register distributed / shared projects information

People and places Changes Implies Life event The Model Determines Addresses Is part of Function Performs Organisation scope Circumstance Need Service Service

Has Accessed from Web menu structure Same as Interaction type Delivered via Process Conducted via Channel type Has Document type Record classification Contains

7 People and places Changes Implies Life event The Model Determines Addresses Is part of Function Performs Organisation scope Circumstance Need Service Service Power/Duty Organisation type Impacts Defines eligibility for on Defines Impacts on Metrics Allows/ Requires Confers on Confers Legislation Implies preference for Has Accessed from Web menu structure Same as Interaction type Delivered via Process Conducted via Channel type Has Document type Record classification Contains Grouped by Organisation Retention defined by Local Government Business Model (LGBM) esd-toolkit 2009 Diagram may be re-used subject to crediting the source as esd-toolkit

8 What is a service? Identifier = URI Name(s) /Label(s) Definition Relationship to other definitions Relationship to resources

9 The Service List One complete list: Local Government Norwegian Service List Service (LGSL) List - - Kommuneforlaget England Scottish Service List (SSL)

10 Service Grouping - Administrative EU Functions List -

11 Linked Data projects register Driven directly from a triple store of projects complying with projects ontology Configurable for any SKOS lists Open PHP source Skinnable Share all compliant projects in all instances Update managed by owner application

12 Projects ontology

13 Skinnable application

14 Project search

15 Project detail

16 Why? 1. To share learning without saying come to my website 2. To evolve linkages

17 Further reference 1 What is a service list? Ten reasons to use a service list Standards for classifying services...

18 Further reference 2 Journal of epractice - Open Linked Data article

19 More information and contacts Websites esd-toolkit esd.org.uk EU standards esd-toolkit.eu Smart Cities smartcities.info Support Mike Thacker

Call for the expression of interest Selection of six model demonstrator regions to receive advisory support from the European Cluster Observatory

Call for the expression of interest Selection of six model demonstrator regions to receive advisory support from the European Cluster Observatory 1. Objective of the call This call is addressed to regional