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up-to-date and verified information on the current status of deployment of open
data initiatives to both entities. It remains to be seen how these regular monitoring
studies and reports influence national strategies toward the full realization of open
government data across countries, also given that geopolitic contexts profoundly
vary from country to country.
13.2.1.3 Share-PSI 2.0
Share-PSI 2.0* is a European network for the exchange of experience and ideas on
implementing open data policies in the public sector. Unlike the first two initia-
tives, in which the predominant focus is at national level, Share-PSI 2.0 scales
down to also include subnational levels to identify issues and practical solutions for
the upcoming implementation of the revised PSI Directive (see earlier this section
discussing PSI initiatives).
The majority of European countries belong to this network. Nevertheless the
list of partners also includes standards bodies (W3C), national and local govern-
ment departments, academic institutions involved directly in PSI dissemination
and usage, commercial bodies—from microcompanies to small and medium
enterprises—and citizen engagement bodies and open data advocates (the Open
Data Institute [ODI] and the Open Knowledge Foundation † ). The network already
organized a series of stakeholder workshops ‡ to analyze cases in which open data
have improved the efficiency of government departments and institutions. Results
and lessons learned provided input to the W3C Data on the Web Best Practices
Work ing Group. §
13.2.1.4 Publicdata.eu
Publicdata.eu ¶ provides access to open, freely reusable data sets from local, regional,
and national public bodies across Europe (Figure 13.2). It aggregates data sets and
centralizes the access to national open data portals that are reachable by following
the link “Data Portals” in Figure 13.2. As a one-stop portal, Publicdata.eu lets users
discover and access a great variety of open data sets at European and Member State
levels. Because Publicdata.eu is built upon the Comprehensive Knowledge Archive
Network (CK AN)**—the same technology platform as most relevant national open
data portals of European countries (United Kingdom, Austria, Holland, Italy, etc.)
—technical interoperability among these open data portals is easily achieved.
* http://www.w3.org/2013/share-psi.
† http://okfn.org.
‡ http://www.w3.org/2013/share-psi/workshop/samos.
§ http://www.w3.org/2013/dwbp/wiki/Main_Page.
¶ http://publicdata.eu/about.
** http://ckan.org.