Open Research Data – the Citizen’s Perspective Improving Data Access and Research Transparency (DART) in Switzerland November 7th 2014 Bern, Hotel Bern André Golliez Managing Partner itopia ag President Opendata.ch, Swiss Chapter of the Open Knowledge Foundation

Open Definition DART - ORD - the Citizen's Perspective - November 7th “Open data and content can be freely used, modified, and shared by anyone for any purpose subject, at most, to requirements that preserve provenance and openness.” (Source: “Open data and content can be freely used, modified, and shared by anyone for any purpose subject, at most, to requirements that preserve provenance and openness.” (Source:

The Open Data Ecosystem IndividualsCorporatesPublic Sector Applications Visualisation, Analysis Enrichment, Mashups further Services Opening up Data Publishing Data Using Data Individuals, Corporates Public Admin., Science Media, Politics Civil Society Research Institutions Open Data Portal Open Dataspace DART - ORD - the Citizen's Perspective - November 7th 20143

G8 Open Data Charter (June 2013) DART - ORD - the Citizen's Perspective - November 7th Principles: Open Data by Default Quality and Quantity Useable by All Releasing Data for Improved Governance Releasing Data for Innovation Principles: Open Data by Default Quality and Quantity Useable by All Releasing Data for Improved Governance Releasing Data for Innovation Data Categories (alphabetical): Companies Crime and Justice Earth observation Education Energy and Environment Finance and contracts Geospatial Global Development Government Accountability and Democracy Health Science and Research Statistics Social mobility and welfare Transport and Infrastructure Data Categories (alphabetical): Companies Crime and Justice Earth observation Education Energy and Environment Finance and contracts Geospatial Global Development Government Accountability and Democracy Health Science and Research Statistics Social mobility and welfare Transport and Infrastructure

Open Research Data in Switzerland? «Data Silos»: Research data generally remain confined in closed domain-specific environments. Usage of data: Basically no secondary usage beyond the research project that has produced the data. Need for action acknowledged (SUK programme P-2): Development of a metadata infrastructure («Metadata Hub») that spans across institutes and projects in order to make research data more broadly visible and accessible. DART - ORD - the Citizen's Perspective - November 7th 20145

Open Research Data Platform Switzerland DART - ORD - the Citizen's Perspective - November 7th 2014 Fachspezifische Forschungs- institution (-projekt): - recording - analyzing - processing - storing Primärdaten Metadata Fachspezifische Forschungs- institution (-projekt): - recording - analyzing - processing - storing Primärdaten Metadata Domain specific research institution/project): - recording - analyzing - processing - storing Primary data Metadata Open Research Metadata Hub Search Service Feedback Linked Data Services... Metadata catalogue (with link to the primary data) Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH, REST, LOD etc.) Institute/Project website User API’s openresearchdata.ch 6

Profile of the Project Development and pilot operation (9 months) of a metadata based publication platform for research data from the social sciences, the humanities, and the life sciences. Participating institutions: – FORS (Lead) – Digital Humanities Lab of the University of Basel – Scientific IT Services / SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics of the ETH Zurich Milestones: – Start of the project: July 2014 – Start of the pilot operation: spring 2015 – Open Reserach Data Hackday: June 5./ (Basel and Lausanne) – End of the project: December 2015 Continued operation and extension of the platform as an extensive metadata hub for Swiss research data in DART - ORD - the Citizen's Perspective - November 7th 20147

Objectives Promotion of secondary analysis of research data. Performance indicator for publicly funded research programs. Promotion of interdisciplinary approaches in research and teaching. Access to publicly funded research data for the general public. Increased visibility of research teams and institutes. Simplified publication of data linked to publications. Progressive integration of additional databases to build an extensive metadata infrastructure for research data in Switzerland. DART - ORD - the Citizen's Perspective - November 7th

Federated Architecture Public User („Citizen“) Open Reserach Metadata Hub CKAN openresearchdata.ch OpenBIS (other) User Life Sciences systemsx.ch/data SALSAH Linked Open Data (other) User Humanities dhlab.unibas.ch/data DARIS NESSTAR SHP and others User Social Sciences unil.ch/fors.ch/data ETH Data Archive ZORA (UZH) (other) DART - ORD - the Citizen's Perspective - November 7th 20149

Research (Data) from a Citizen’s Perspective (I) DART - ORD - the Citizen's Perspective - November 7th Metadata Primary Data Research Data Research Project Metadata Research Results Research Publications Researcher Citizen (tax payer) Funding? Trust? Impact? Contribution? Participation? Open Data, Open Access, Open Research…

Research (Data) from a Citizen’s Perspective (I) Funding and trust: what’s happening with my taxes?... -> research results should be reproducible based on open research data! Knowledge and impact: what’s going on in research and how does it influence my daily life?... -> research results shoud be communicable based on open reserach data! Partizipation and involvment: how can I help to improve/complete research data?... -> openness helps to improve research data completness and quality. (see Fold.it, Galaxy Zoo, Butterfly Counting etc.) Contribution: what’s the value of my personal data to reserach?... -> «My Data» should be accessible to research under my control! DART - ORD - the Citizen's Perspective - November 7th

Research Reusing Data from the Web… DART - ORD - the Citizen's Perspective - November 7th Metadata Primary Data Research Data Research Project Metadata Research Results Research Publications Researcher Personal Data Impersonal Data

The My Data Vision: Citizen Controlled Scondary Use of Personal Data DART - ORD - the Citizen's Perspective - November 7th Metadata Primary Data Research Data Research Project Metadata Research Results Research Publications … … Retail Telecom & Mobile Finance & Insurance Health ResearcherIndividual (Data Owner) My Data (Secondary Use) Contract

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