Open Athletics: Global Data Interoperability in Sports

• Canceled
• Breakout Sessions

A group of sports data enthusiasts motivated by the opportunities the open data promised during the rising data revolution in the public sector launched the Open Athletics CG (officially named OpenTrack CG) in 2017. This CG aimed to motivate the exchange of Athletics data across federations, clubs and businesses.

Interoperability was and still is a challenge due to the heterogeneity of governing bodies and systems (i.e., lack of a central or a federated system to collect results automatically at the international level). Competitions are similar worldwide (i.e., changing distances and units, throwing different objects, and using different surfaces), and most of the information, like the results or the competitors, is public, so global interoperability seems feasible.

We defined a model and vocabulary, but simpler solutions are still in use.

Since the beginning, European Athletics has been one of the most active interoperability advocates. Now, World Athletics is also in the conversations. This session aims to present our activities and current projects' status and bring more stakeholders and ideas into the group (most of the participants are from Europe, so we would like to expand the scope).

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