Open Linked Data, Open Government Data Sets

ISBN-13: 9783640930586 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 28 str.

Markus Volk

Opis

Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject Computer Science - Applied, grade: 2,0, University of Koblenz-Landau (Institut fur Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungsinformatik), course: Anwendugnen der Verwaltungsinformatik, language: English, abstract: Since late 2009 there has been a tendency towards a previously unknown openness in providing governmental data to the public. Valuable data sources are opened not only to selected scientists, but everybody who has internet connection available. The following shall be an overview on Open Linked Data, Government Data Sets and how they are made available in different parts of the world. Starting with the U.K. countries in northern Europe, the U.S.A and Australia have already opened up their databases to the public. The different ways and similarities in Open Data, Government Data and Linked Open Government Data shall be outlined. Furthermore the different user groups and their needs will be considered.