Eurostat data as open data: experience with Google and with the open data community

Transcription

1 Eurostat data as open data: experience with Google and with the open data community Chris Laevaert - Dissemination

2 Introduction Eurostat context Making data searchable Bulk download facility Google Public data explorer Other Open Data examples Conclusion

3 Eurostat s free dissemination policy Started 1st October 2004 All statistical Data and electronic publications are FREE OF CHARGE via the Eurostat website Available in three languages (en,de,fr) > datasets online available > tables online available > publication available (.pdf) Data updated twice a day

4 Usage figures Monthly average ,1 million visitors, 3 million page views Among top 5 visited websites of European Commission > dataset extractions > publication downloads (.pdf) Internal European Commission usage less 3%

5 Making data re-usable Users needs cannot be predetermined Allow users to re-use data with tools they prefer Provide various data formats in visualisation tools (xls, html, txt, xml, spss, pc-axis) Bulk download facility raw datasets (tsv, sdmx-ml, dft)

6 Making data re-usable, searchable Bulk download facility (1,5 Million files 400 Gbytes / month) Google s Public Data Explorer Integration in Google search Onebox LinkedData

7 Bulkdownload facility Raw datasets in sdmx-ml, tsv and dft format Table of contents in xml format, contains metainformation of all datasets and tables (5000+) Data updated twice a day Beta version web service (SOAP) Euro SDMX Metadata Structure (ESMS) files available for download in sdmx format in June

8 Bulkdownload facility

9 Table of contents (xml)

10 Google Public Data Explorer Google acquired Gapminder Trendalyzer Creating a new service that make lots of data instantly available for intuitive, visual exploration Play a central role in informed public conversations Google contacted Eurostat to include EU data in 2009 Eurostat considered as a reference in Government Summit 2.0

11 Google Public Data Explorer Project launched the 8th of March 2010 in Google labs 9 Eurostat data cubes: Other cubes in preparation Datasets are generating debates on different economical blogs using the PDE and Eurostat data Impact on Eurostat website traffic

12

13

14

15

16

17 Search integration Onebox search on the 5 October 2010 Eurostat Data available in 34 languages in Google search with high ranking in search results 4 datasets Minimum Wage Unemployment Government debt in Europe Broadband penetration in Europe

18

19

20

21

22

23

24 Search integration Examples minimum wage belgium tassi di disoccupazione минимальная заработная плата hükümet borcu 最低賃金 最低工资 offentliga sektorns skuld

25 Other Open Data examples Hackday on Eurostat data in December 2010 LinkedData The guardian, ncomva,

26

27

28

29 E-reputation Measure impact of re-use of Eurostat data on the internet How, when and where is Eurostat cited Media, blogs, social networks, tweets, >7000 articles from 2300 sources (April 2012)

30 Conclusion Free dissemination policy gives Eurostat data much higher visibility Better reach of specific user audiences by offering machine understandable formats picked up by redistributors Answer to increased user demand is to supply data in formats easy to re-use

31 Mobile apps iphone and Android

32 Thank you for your attention