supported by Local Government Group a local government initiative sharing nationally to improve services locally trans- A Linked Data approach to sharing public sector service and project information Mike Thacker 18 May 2011

sharing nationally to improve services locally a local government initiative sharing nationally to improve services locally trans- esd-toolkit scope UK local government 350 English local authorities in 9 regions 32 Scottish local authorities 22 Welsh local authorities Plus specialist authorities for national parks, fire, etc 23,000+ registered users Standards, tools and communities for meaningful information sharing

sharing nationally to improve services locally a local government initiative sharing nationally to improve services locally trans- Involvement across EU Smart Cities Innovation network between local government and academics for e-service delivery in North Sea region Activating Drivers for Digital eMpowerment in Europe framework and learning environment to support disadvantaged groups Civil-servant Empowerment for Multi-media Service Delivery ICT-enabled structured approach to using digital technologies to support the disadvantaged in small local authorities

sharing nationally to improve services locally a local government initiative sharing nationally to improve services locally trans- Use of Linked Data Linked Data for sharing public information Service Need Addresses Data expressed as triples Everything has a URI (or is a literal) Lists of concepts according to Simple Knowledge Organisation System

sharing nationally to improve services locally a local government initiative sharing nationally to improve services locally trans- UK LG Linked Data esd-standards – controlled vocabulariesesd-standards data.gov.uk – administrative organisationsdata.gov.uk (plus 100s of other datasets) Ordnance Survey – geographical boundariesOrdnance Survey Legislation.gov.uk – laws, statutes, etcLegislation.gov.uk CIPFA – financial classificationsCIPFA Dbpedia – disparate (eg currency)Dbpedia

sharing nationally to improve services locally a local government initiative sharing nationally to improve services locally trans- Linked Data application Standards – lists of services and other components of Local government service delivery Council spending – detailed spending records Metrics – types of indicator and actual values Projects register – distributed / shared projects information

sharing nationally to improve services locally a local government initiative sharing nationally to improve services locally trans- Document type Changes Process Organisation type Power/Duty Function NeedCircumstance Life event Service Record classification Channel type Interaction type LegislationMetrics Contains Determines Defines Impacts on AddressesImplies Allows/ Requires Confers Confers on Has Same as PerformsIs part of Defines eligibility for Conducted via Delivered via Implies preference for Grouped by People and places Organisation scope Organisation Web menu structure Accessed from Retention defined by Local Government Business Model (LGBM) © esd-toolkit 2009 Diagram may be re-used subject to crediting the source as esd-toolkit Impacts on Has The Model Need Addresses Process Delivered via Power/Duty Legislation Allows/ Requires Confers Service

sharing nationally to improve services locally a local government initiative sharing nationally to improve services locally trans- What is a service? Identifier = URI Name(s) /Label(s) Definition Relationship to other definitions Relationship to resources

sharing nationally to improve services locally a local government initiative sharing nationally to improve services locally trans- The Service List One complete list: Local Government Service List (LGSL) - England Norwegian Service List - Kommuneforlaget Scottish Service List (SSL)

sharing nationally to improve services locally a local government initiative sharing nationally to improve services locally trans- Service Grouping - Administrative EU Functions List -

sharing nationally to improve services locally a local government initiative sharing nationally to improve services locally trans- Linked Data projects register Driven directly from a triple store of projects complying with projects ontology Configurable for any SKOS lists Open PHP source ‘Skinnable’ Share all compliant projects in all instances Update managed by “owner” application

sharing nationally to improve services locally a local government initiative sharing nationally to improve services locally trans- Projects ontology

sharing nationally to improve services locally a local government initiative sharing nationally to improve services locally trans- Skinnable application

sharing nationally to improve services locally a local government initiative sharing nationally to improve services locally trans- Project search

sharing nationally to improve services locally a local government initiative sharing nationally to improve services locally trans- Project detail

sharing nationally to improve services locally a local government initiative sharing nationally to improve services locally trans- Why? 1.To share learning without saying “come to my website” 2.To evolve linkages

sharing nationally to improve services locally a local government initiative sharing nationally to improve services locally trans- Further reference 1 What is a service list? Ten reasons to use a service list Standards for classifying services...

sharing nationally to improve services locally a local government initiative sharing nationally to improve services locally trans- Further reference 2 Journal of ePracticeJournal of ePractice - Open Linked Data articleOpen Linked Data article

sharing nationally to improve services locally a local government initiative sharing nationally to improve services locally trans- More information and contacts Websites esd-toolkitesd.org.ukesd.org.uk EU standardsesd-toolkit.euesd-toolkit.eu Smart Citiessmartcities.infosmartcities.info Support Mike