2007-11-26ARDN to EPSI, Riga1 The market for re-usable PSI Presentation to EPSI Riga Adrian Norman

2007-11-26 ARDN to EPSI, Riga 1

The market for re-usable PSI

Presentation to EPSI

RigaAdrian Norman


Practical Arrangements

Directive 2003/98/EC, Article 9

Member States shall ensure that practical arrangements are in place that facilitate the search for documents available for re-use, such as:– asset lists, accessible preferably online, of main

documents, and– portal sites that are linked to decentralised assets lists.


PSI Asset Registers

• catalogues of the information held by public sector organisations

• basic tools for discovery of PSI for re-use.

If prospective re-users cannot discover what information is available, they are unable to re-use and add value to that information to produce innovative and potentially valuable information products and services.


PSI Asset Registers

Although most EU countries acknowledge the importance of such catalogues of PSI, there seem to be few examples of comprehensive national registries, let alone pan-European ones.


PSI Asset Register initiatives

• Interesting initiatives in some member countries

• The EC-funded PSI Navigator Project – produced a demonstrator of a pan-European

PSI asset directory – used a thesaurus approach– defined codes for the numerous PSI themes.


PSI Asset Registers

• The compilation of such registries is a daunting task, – especially for local government bodies that

generate a massive amount of wide ranging information, much of which may never be of interest for commercial re-use.


Possible approaches to creating PSI Asset Registers

1. An automated approach to gathering the necessary metadata

2. a partnership with the private sector.


The scale of the problem

• A million holders


There are about one million holders of public sector information in Europe

• Central government• Local government• Education• Health services• Emergency services• Armed forces• •


Library card index

The British Library had a card index of several

million information assets, mainly books.


The scale of the problem

• A million holders in Europe

• An unknown number of potential re-users worldwide


Re-users are very varied and spread around the world

• Navigation for transport• Weather forecasts• Market research• Legal judgements and laws• Genealogy and family history• Property and land use• •


The generic publishing supply chaindelivers information about an activity to a viewer

Record EditActivity ViewCollate Publish


PSIH PUBLISHERPUBLISHER

Re-users have to find PSI

RecordPSI

FindPSI

Public Admin

ConsumePSI+

Re-usePSI

PublishPSI+

~100,000 ~100,000 ~100,000,000


PUBLISHERPUBLISHERPSIH

Links are missing in the PSI supply chain

RecordPSI

Find PSI through

database

Re-usePSI

RegisterInformation

Assets

Add IARs to shared database


PUBLISHERPUBLISHERPSIH

IARs enable re-users to find PSI

RecordPSI

Find PSI through

database

Re-usePSI

RegisterInformation

Assets

Add IARs to shared database


The PSIKEY database opens the door to the

commercial use of public information (CUPI)

Psyche entering Cupid’s Garden– John William Waterhouse


PSI

market place

A market place is required to link the PSI supply chain

RecordPSI

DisplayPSI

Public Admin

ConsumePSI+

AcquirePSI

PublishPSI+


PSI

market place

A market place must link the PSI supply chain through contracts

RecordPSI

DisplayPSI

Public Admin

ConsumePSI+

AcquirePSI

PublishPSI+

offer

accept


PSI

market place

A market place must link the PSI supply chain through contracts

RecordPSI

DisplayPSI

Public Admin

ConsumePSI+

AcquirePSI

PublishPSI+

invoice

payment


Contracts for PSI re-use

• Fair trade

• Standard terms and conditions

• Electronic - to get low transaction costs

• Monitored– audit trail of deliveries and payments– low cost dispute resolution– transparent e.g. to determine market prices


Markets solve the many-to-many problem

• Financial (City of London)– Insurance, securities, commodities, futures,

shipping, …..

• E-Bay

• Amazon

• Employment

• Public procurement

• …………even farmers’ markets


Practical Arrangements

Directive 2003/98/EC, Article 9

Member States shall ensure that practical arrangements are in place that facilitate the search for documents available for re-use, such as:– asset lists, accessible preferably online, of main

documents, and– portal sites that are linked to decentralised assets lists.


PSI holders are fearful of re-users

The abduction of Psyche by Cupid– William Bouguereau

• 1825 - 1905

http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/b/Bouguereau_William/large/Le_ravissement_de_Psyche.jpg


An electronic market place for PSI will help PSI holders

• Low cost listing

• Simple administration

• Public and private sector re-user customers

• Automatic discovery and definition

• Return on investment


An electronic market place for PSI will help PSI re-users

• One place to look

• Simple administration

• Automatic discovery and definition

• Public and private sector suppliers

• Transparent pricing

• Convergence towards market value


Practical ArrangementsDirective 2003/98/EC, Article 9

Member States shall ensure that practical arrangements are in place that facilitate the search and making of contracts for documents available for re-use, such as:– asset lists, accessible preferably online, of main

documents, andand– portal sites that are linked to de-de-centralised assets lists– a European market place for trading in re-usable PSI.


European market place for trading in re-usable PSI

Can we make it happen?

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2007-11-26ARDN to EPSI, Riga1 The market for re-usable PSI Presentation to EPSI Riga Adrian Norman