Scotland’s Environment Web Ingrid Baber SEPA Data Unit Manger

Unique project EU funded – recognise its value Gateway to everything environmental Spotfire Fulfils requirement to report on Scottish environment Consensus building across Scottish environmental organisations LibraryAccess to data Getting people informed Scotland’s Environment Web What’s it all about? Why are we doing it?

Web of Partners Scotland’s Environment Web of Partners

Overall summary State assessment Chapter summary Topic summaries and topics Reports accessed through library Data and maps accessed through SEWeb State of environment report

State and trend Editorial review group Expert workshops Individual experts

Map view: Map layers for air, water, land and people and the environment. Discover data: Spotfire apps, some specifically for SEWeb and others on the SEPA website from the CCCF consultation. Interactive map search: Land information search Developed by SEWeb with Forestry Commission Scotland and SNH. Land designations that must be taken into account when applying for Rural Development Contracts and/or felling licences.

Map view

Land information search

Discover data

Public discussion Spotfire School competitions podcasts Effectiveness of measures State of environment Youth parliament debate Prioritising Partners 3 years funding Data sharing Transparency What has been achievedWhat next? Feedback is always appreciated

Indicators & data

# Available on the web (whatever format) but with an open licence, to be Open Data # Available as machine-readable structured data (e.g. excel instead of image scan of a table) # # #as (2) plus non-proprietary format (e.g. CSV instead of excel) # # All the above plus, Use open standards from W3C (RDF and SPARQL) to identify things, so that people can point at your stuff # # # # # All the above, plus: Link your data to other people’s data to provide context Why Linked Data? - 5 Star Model of Open Data