1. © Robbin te Velde/ Dialogic Public Sector/Information or: the psilosopher’s stone Robbin te Velde OECD Workshop on Digital Access to Public Sector Information Paris, 31 May 2006

2. © Robbin te Velde/ Dialogic PSI value chains Public body End user Private company End user Making available Public sector content Commercial re-use of public sector information Public body

3. © Robbin te Velde/ Dialogic PSI value chains Public body End user (Private company) Private company End user Non-commercialCommercial

4. © Robbin te Velde/ Dialogic PSI value chains Public body End user (Private company) Private company End user Non-commercialCommercial Data creation Aggregation & organisation Processing, editing & packaging Marketing & delivery Consumption

5. © Robbin te Velde/ Dialogic PSI value chains Public body End user (Private company) Private company End user Non-commercialCommercial Data creation Aggregation & organisation Processing, editing & packaging Marketing & delivery Consumption

6. © Robbin te Velde/ Dialogic PSI value chains Public body End user (Private company) Private company End user Non-commercialCommercial Data creation Aggregation & organisation Processing, editing & packaging Marketing & delivery Consumption

7. © Robbin te Velde/ Dialogic The Psilosopher’s Stone 1.Government is a major producer of information 2.There is a lot of money involved in the commercial exploitation of information 1+2. Public sector information is a potential pot of gold

8. © Robbin te Velde/ Dialogic PSI value chains Public body End user Private company End user Non-commercialCommercial Data creation Aggregation & organisation Processing, editing & packaging Marketing & delivery Consumption

9. © Robbin te Velde/ Dialogic PSI value chains Public body End user Private company End user Non-commercialCommercial Data creation Aggregation & organisation Processing, editing & packaging Marketing & delivery Consumption Low end mass marketHigh end niche market Indirect (welfare) effectsDirect economic effects

10. © Robbin te Velde/ Dialogic It is quality of data that matters, not access per se Quality principle: PSI holdings should be provided in the same quality as they have been kept in the public sector Choice principle: Requested information should be provided in the format requested if the information is available in that format or could easily be transformed to that format. The requester may be charged with transformation costs, provided the administrative costs of recovering them do not exceed the cost of transformation.

11. © Robbin te Velde/ Dialogic The PIRA multiplier “If PSI is freely available, the direct revenue losses could be more than compensated for by increased tax revenues.”

12. © Robbin te Velde/ Dialogic PSI value chains Public body End user (Private company) Private company End user Non-commercialCommercial Data creation Aggregation & organisation Processing, editing & packaging Marketing & delivery Consumption

13. © Robbin te Velde/ Dialogic PSI value chains Public body End user Private company End user Non-commercialCommercial Data creation Aggregation & organisation Processing, editing & packaging Marketing & delivery Consumption Low end mass marketHigh end niche market Indirect (welfare) effectsDirect economic effects

14. © Robbin te Velde/ Dialogic The Psilosopher’s Stone 1.Government is a major producer of information 2.There is a lot of money involved in the commercial exploitation of information 1.This is important in its own right (FoI, welfare effects) 2.Boost the performance of your commercial information industry (competition law, industry policy)