Date: May 2014 Open Data Ireland: Best Practice Handbook Authors: Deirdre Lee, Richard Cyganiak, Stefan Decker Insight Centre for Data Analytics, NUI Galway This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Contents Glossary ................................................................................................................................................ 8 1 Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................... 9 1.1 Open Data Ecosystem Recommendations .......................................................................... 10 2 Methodology .............................................................................................................................. 17 3 An Introduction to Open Data..................................................................................................... 18 3.1 Economic Value of Open Data ............................................................................................. 18 3.2 Open Data vs. Current Practices.......................................................................................... 19 3.3 Freedom of Information and Open Data ............................................................................. 21 3.4 Public Sector Information and Open Data ........................................................................... 21 3.5 European PSI Directive ........................................................................................................ 22 3.5.1 PSI Directive in Ireland ................................................................................................ 23 4 Open Data State-of-the-Art......................................................................................................... 26 4.1 Open Data Internationally ................................................................................................... 26 4.2 Open Data Organisations, Groups and Institutions ............................................................. 26 4.3 Open Data in Ireland ........................................................................................................... 33 4.3.1 Overview ..................................................................................................................... 33 4.3.2 Local Government ....................................................................................................... 37 4.3.3 Non-government Community ..................................................................................... 37 4.3.4 National Government .................................................................................................. 39 5 Best Practice Standards for Carrying out a Data Audit ................................................................ 45 5.1 Overview ............................................................................................................................. 45 5.2 International Practice .......................................................................................................... 46 5.3 Current Irish Practice .......................................................................................................... 46 5.4 Recommendations .............................................................................................................. 47 6 Best Practice Standards for Dataset Selection ............................................................................ 48 6.1 Overview ............................................................................................................................. 48 6.2 International Practice .......................................................................................................... 49 6.2.1 Open Data Barometer ................................................................................................. 49 6.2.2 Open Data Census ....................................................................................................... 49 6.2.3 G8 Open Data Charter ................................................................................................. 50 6.2.4 High-Value Datasets .................................................................................................... 50 6.3 Current Irish Practice .......................................................................................................... 54 6.4 Recommendations .............................................................................................................. 54 2 7 Best Practice Standards for Address and Map Data .................................................................... 56 7.1 Overview ............................................................................................................................. 56 7.2 International Practice .......................................................................................................... 56 7.2.1 Address Data ............................................................................................................... 56 7.2.2 Map Data..................................................................................................................... 58 7.3 Current Irish Practice .......................................................................................................... 59 7.3.1 Address & Postcode Data ............................................................................................ 59 7.3.2 Map Data..................................................................................................................... 60 7.3.3 National Spatial Data Strategy..................................................................................... 61 7.4 Recommendations .............................................................................................................. 62 8 Best Practice Standards for Data Privacy .................................................................................... 63 8.1 Overview ............................................................................................................................. 63 8.2 International Practice .......................................................................................................... 63 8.3 Current Irish Practice .......................................................................................................... 64 8.4 Recommendations .............................................................................................................. 65 9 Best Practice Standards for Licensing ......................................................................................... 66 9.1 Overview ............................................................................................................................. 66 9.1.1 Metadata Licensing ..................................................................................................... 69 9.1.2 Service Level Agreements (SLAs) ................................................................................. 69 9.2 International Practice .......................................................................................................... 69 9.3 Current Irish Practice .......................................................................................................... 71 9.3.1 Issues with the PSI license ........................................................................................... 72 9.4 Recommendations .............................................................................................................. 72 10 Best Practice Standards for Publishing High-Quality Data....................................................... 73 10.1 Data Formats ....................................................................................................................... 73 10.1.1 Overview ..................................................................................................................... 73 10.1.2 International Practice .................................................................................................. 76 10.1.3 Linked Open Data ........................................................................................................ 76 10.1.4 Current Irish Practice ................................................................................................... 79 10.1.5 Recommendations ...................................................................................................... 79 10.2 Metadata ............................................................................................................................ 80 10.2.1 Overview ..................................................................................................................... 80 10.2.2 International Practice .................................................................................................. 80 10.2.3 Current Irish Practice ................................................................................................... 81 3 10.2.4 Recommendations ...................................................................................................... 82 10.3 Data Standards .................................................................................................................... 83 10.3.1 Overview ....................................................................................................................