SPCData: The Italian Public Administration Data Cloud - Information and Communication Technologies in Public Administration - page 254

12.4.4 External Linking and Self-Description Metadata ......................... 266
12.4.5 Ontology Production ....................................................................267
12.5 SPC Open Data Portal and Public Services ..............................................267
12.5.1 Data Section ................................................................................ 268
12.5.2 Endpoint Section ..........................................................................269
12.5.3 Services Section ............................................................................269
12.6 Conclusions ..............................................................................................270
Author Biographies ...........................................................................................271
References .........................................................................................................272
Abstract
Recently, governments have started sharing a large volume of public data
sets on the Web. However, to enable full reuse of the data and meet seman-
tic interoperability requirements, it is crucial to provide them in a standard
and machine-readable form, with possible interlinks directly exposed. This
is a feasible way to foster the valorization of public sector information.
In the context of the Italian Interoperability Framework, a linked
data cloud, named SPCData (http://spcdata.digitpa.gov.it), is gather-
ing the attention of European Union functionaries, public administra-
tions, (linked) open data practitioners, enterprises, and start-ups. These
stakeholders identify SPCData as an open laboratory where a set of
best practices takes place, demonstration services are showed, and high-
valuable data are exposed to end-users. SPCData comprises several data
sets (e.g., the National Public Administration Registry, contract data,
and classifications) and a relevant amount of external links to form a
linked data cloud within the Italian public administration. This chapter
aims at giving a broad overview of SPCData project and of the initia-
tives that derived from it, including the development of three private
sector applications. SPCData opens future perspectives in the Italian
context of data management within the public administration.
Keywords: web of data, Italian public administration, linked data, semantic
interoperability
12.1 introduction
12.1.1 Scenario and Motivations
In response to recent international and European directives and strategies on open data
(e.g., Digital Agenda and Open Government Initiative), governments have started shar-
ing public data on the web. This has resulted in a number of initiatives of so-called open