Efficient Government, Happy Developers

From e-Parliament to smart-Parliament
12 June 2014, Roma

W3C is …

The Share-PSI 2.0 Thematic Network

Workshop series 2014 - 2015

• Uses of open data within government for innovation and efficiency; Samos, 30 June - 1 July
• Encouraging data usage by commercial developers, incl. session with LAPSI; Lisbon 3-4 December
• Identifying data sets for publication; Timisoara, March 2015
• A self sustaining business model for open data; Krems, May 2015
• Improving interoperability; Berlin, November 2015

More info at http://www.w3.org/2013/share-psi/

Parliamentary Linked Data

Services that use Parliamentary Linked Data

Services that use Parliamentary Linked Data

Services that use Official Linked Data

Services that use Official Linked Data

Problem Solved

Er … One of Two Problems Solved

Silo image by Doc Searls, Shankill Peace Wall image by Jennifer Boyer. Both images from Flickr Some rights reserved

APIs for Official Data

APIs for Data

Commericial APIs for Data

Linked Open Closed Data

What We're Doing

• CSV on the Web WG
• Data on the Web Best Practices WG
• Hydra Community Group (API description & automation)
• Linked Data Platform
  
  Starting September STC
  
  
• Geo Data on the Web (joint WG with OGC)
• RDF Data Shapes (validation etc.)

What You Can Do

• Join W3C, as agencies or departments of the Italian, British, Dutch, Basque, Hong Kong, Belgian, US and Australian governments have done;
• Participate in the Share-PSI 2.0 workshop series;
• Reference open standards in your policies and procurement — avoid vendor lock in;
• Use open standards to increase efficiency within government and build powerful APIs that any developer can use.

What You Can Do

• Join W3C, as agencies or departments of the Italian, British, Dutch, Basque, Hong Kong, Belgian, US and Australian governments have done;
• Participate in the Share-PSI 2.0 workshop series;
• Reference open standards in your policies and procurement — avoid vendor lock in;
• Use open standards to increase efficiency within government and build powerful APIs that any developer can use.