1. Linked Data & INSPIRE: Progress in broadening the data sharing agenda Alex Coley UK Location Information Interoperability Board Chair & Directives Reporting Service Manager (Environment Agency) with thanks to: Tony Riggs (Environment Agency) Keith Murray (UKLP) and Stuart Williams (Epimorphics)

2. linkages between data objects in a common language Many domains through linked data 2 Legislation data Environment data Transport data Community data Location data Health data Education data data.gov.uk | inspire other data

3. Greater than the sum of the parts Context (through vocabularies) the “basic” data + domain neutral, web accessible, machine readable format +

4. The URI framework 4

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7. Outcome focus Datastore Linkable data (all domains) environment health legislation location statistics transport education Metadata & Registers API to find data objects Intermediate services Enable Applications Application Services Dedicated functionality & “business” processes End user tools All types & Many devices App Triple Store WMS WFS Triple Generator eg Google Refine Transformation / api(s) App Location based User App User Apps (incl location) User App – no location Triple Generator Scripting eg Python eg Excel> stylesheet Registers Reference Data Ontology: predicates/vocabs Api(s) api

8. Example Bathing Water linked data pilot 8

9. the current problem what we do... Press interest start of season 20-22 samples in 22weeks annual report November bathing season 15 th May 30 th Sept December what information is relevant to public about beaches what we do

10. how linkable data helps 10 Photo by Skellig2008 (flickr) Tenby Tourist Information Centre Unit 2, The Gateway Complex Tenby. Wales, SA70 7LT Tel: 01834 842 402 Fax: 01834 845 439 Email: tenby.tic@pembrokeshire.gov.uktenby.tic@pembrokeshire.gov.uk Tenby Tourist Information Centre Unit 2, The Gateway Complex Tenby. Wales, SA70 7LT Tel: 01834 842 402 Fax: 01834 845 439 Email: tenby.tic@pembrokeshire.gov.uktenby.tic@pembrokeshire.gov.uk

11. as built with INSPIRE other linked data data.gov.uk location data location.data.gov.uk environment data environment.data.gov.uk definitions environment.data.gov.uk reference reference.data.gov.uk

12. Reference Data: Bathing Waters: http://environment.data.gov.uk/id/bathing-water/{eubwId} Sample Point: http://location.data.gov.uk/so/ef/SamplePoint/bwmp.eaew/{bwmpId} inspire theme feature type namespace localID as built within INSPIRE spatial object Observations: http://environment.data.gov.uk/data/bathing-water-quality/in- year/sample/date/{date}/time/{time}/point/{bwmpId}

15. data.gov.uk location.defra.gov.uk www.environment-agency.gov.uk legislation.gov.uk data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk 15